# Sharp & Blunt End

*Jade Garratt · Politics, Diversity & Equity, Power, Safety & Human Error*

Introduces the sharp end / blunt end distinction from safety science to education and other high-stakes contexts. Argues that decisions made at the blunt end (policy, governance, inspection) shape the conditions at the sharp end (classroom, ward, cockpit) — and that those connections are rarely visible to decision-makers.

- **This page:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-sharp-end-blunt-end-of-education/
- **Read the full article on psychsafety.com:** https://psychsafety.com/the-sharp-end-blunt-end-of-education/
- **Interactive map:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/?node=sharp-blunt-end

## Connected concepts (11)

- [Risk Management in a Dynamic Society: A Modelling Problem](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/rasmussen-1997.md) (paper)
- [The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/vaughan-1996.md) (paper)
- [Working in Practice But Not in Theory: Theoretical Challenges of "High-Reliability Organizations"](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/laporte-consolini-1991.md) (paper)
- [Local Rationality](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/local-rationality.md)
- [Resilience and Precarious Success](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/patterson-wears-2015.md) (paper)
- [Typologies of Power](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/typologies-of-power.md)
- [HOP](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/hop-human-and-organisational-performance-training.md)
- [Leadership in Healthcare (CRM)](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-evolution-of-leadership-and-management-in-healthcare-lessons-from-aviation-and-crew-resource-management.md)
- [PS in Education](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-in-education-academia-and-teaching.md)
- [Safer to Fail in Teaching](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/making-it-safer-to-fail-in-teaching.md)
- [Safety, Stat!](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/safety-stat.md)