EP261 The Swiss Cheese Model: letting go of “all or nothing” thinking

Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

Angela Watson

Teachers, Courses, Education, Teaching

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🗓️ 4 September 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

This short, encouraging episode explains how you can tackle really difficult problems using layers of imperfect solutions, rather than giving up doing anything altogether.

This approach is used in healthcare, aviation safety, computer security, and more…why not uncover a real place for it in K-12 education, as well?

We can work to create positive change in our schools, communities, nation, and planet if we think in terms of multiple layered solutions, rather than waiting for that one big perfect thing that fixes it all forever.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 261 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host Angela Watson
0:07.8	and I'm here to speak encouragement into the hearts of educators and get you informed
0:12.2	and energized for the week ahead. Today I'm talking about the Swiss cheese model of
0:17.3	solving complex problems and how you can use it to tackle big issues that are holding
0:22.5	that progress in your school. Visit truthforteachers.com to get an easy to read, easy to share version
0:29.1	of this podcast episode. I have been able to learn so much about productivity. I feel that my
0:37.3	workload is more manageable. I was actually able to move from making my copies on a day-to-day
0:44.0	basis to having things for the entire next week ahead of time, sometimes even two weeks out.
0:48.2	Knowing what boundaries I can set and also knowing when it's okay to work and when it's okay not
0:52.7	to work and just take that time from me. What you just heard were teachers talking about the
0:57.5	impact of my 40-hour teacher work week. If you want support with this, remember that our fast
1:02.8	track program is open to new members all year long, along with our 40-hour instructional coaching
1:08.5	and 40-hour leadership program for administrators. If you want to learn how to create a sustainable
1:14.1	approach to the job that you love, go to 40htw.com to learn more.
1:21.7	Today's episode is going to be short and sweet despite the depth and complexity of the topic
1:27.0	at hand. And I think you'll find that that falls right in alignment with what I'm describing here.
1:33.2	The Swiss cheese model was created by James T. Reason. It is used in risk management,
1:39.4	in aviation safety, in engineering, in healthcare, computer security, and more. And I think there's
1:46.2	a real place for it in K-12 education as well. Here's what Wikipedia has to say. The Swiss cheese
1:53.5	model likens human systems to multiple slices of Swiss cheese, stacked side-by-side,
2:00.0	in which the risk of a threat becoming a reality is mitigated by the differing layers and types
2:05.6	of defenses that are layered behind each other. Therefore, in theory, lapses and weaknesses in one
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