This pre-recorded webinar outlines examples of good practice for SLR report writing and in generating effective recommendations to minimise risks of future event occurrence.
Investigation Report Writing - Dr Jenny O'Donnell
Four things you will hear about in this pre-recorded webinar:
The importance of clear, simple, readable report writing, including use of plain English, good structure, anonymisation, and one‑sentence‑one‑point principles.
The ‘two bottoms on the seat’ model: understanding the difference between WHAT happened (largely factual) and WHY it happened (analysis requiring interpretation), and ensuring recommendations follow evidence-based findings.
How to avoid common analytical pitfalls such as counterfactual reasoning, agentive language, judgemental phrases, and unhelpful labels (e.g., ‘should have’, ‘failed to’, ‘lost situational awareness’).
How to apply Systems Thinking, including the Local Rationality principle, to understand why the system behaved as it did and why decisions made sense at the time and write better, fairer, more useful findings.
