# HOP Core Principles

*Tom Geraghty · Safety & Human Error, Models & Critique*

Introduces the five core principles of Human and Organisational Performance — error is normal, blame fixes nothing, context drives behaviour, learning beats punishing, and how we respond matters. Frames HOP as the operational framework that makes PS principles into practice.

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## Connected concepts (9)

- [Local Rationality](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/local-rationality.md)
- [Top 10 Ways to Foster PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/top-10-ways-to-foster-psychological-safety-in-the-workplace.md)
- [HOP](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/hop-human-and-organisational-performance-training.md)
- [Just Culture](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/just-culture.md)
- [Learning Teams](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/learning-teams.md)
- [The PS Observer Effect](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/how-you-respond-matters.md)
- [Human Error & PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-human-error.md)
- [Safety Work vs Safety of Work](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/safety-work-vs-the-safety-of-work.md)
- [WAI vs WAD](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-work-as-imagined-vs-work-as-done.md)