ABSTRACT
Adopting a Safety–II perspective does not mean that everything must be done differently or that currently used methods and techniques must be replaced wholesale. The practical consequence is rather a recommendation to look at what is being done in a different way. It is still necessary to investigate things that go wrong, and it is still necessary to consider possible risks. Since the socio-technical habitats on which our daily life depends continue to become more and more complicated, remaining with a Safety-I approach will become inadequate in the long run, if that has not already happened. Complementing current safety management practices with a Safety-II perspective should therefore not be a difficult choice to make. People are good at finding ways of doing their work that meet the requirements, their own level of ambition, the social expectations, and the organisation's demands and overcome the permanent and temporary problems that exist in every work situation.
