PAPod 592 - How a Near-Miss Sparked the Learning Team Movement

Todd Conklin tells the origin story of "learning teams," sparked by a self-reported near-miss at Los Alamos involving a postdoc and an arcing wrench. Rather than pursuing a punitive investigation, a group of workers gathered to identify what needed to be learned, uncovering broader gaps in postdoc training and safety planning. The episode explains how learning teams prioritize asking better questions, collecting the right data, and designing system-focused solutions. Conklin describes how this approach spread across the lab and why it remains a fast, effective tool for operational improvement.

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PAPod 592 - How a Near-Miss Sparked the Learning Team Movement is an episode from PreAccident Investigation Podcast by Todd Conklin.

This episode is 28:58 long.

This episode was published on Apr 4, 2026.

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