With academic rigour, real-world experience, and original insights, Sidney can help your organisation liberate itself from outdated practices and build a culture that sets your people up for success.
Born near Amsterdam as the middle child of a Government Director and one of the first female ministers in the Dutch Reformed Church, Sidney grew up drawing inspiration from his mum’s sermons and pastoral care-giving, and his dad’s pragmatic and compassionate human-centred leadership.
2019 | Nominated for the Vice Chancellor’s Research Engagement Excellence Award |
2016 | Vice Chancellor’s Senior Researcher Award Arts, Education and Law ($3K) |
2012 | Honorary Member, Associazione Italiana Non-Technical Skills AINTS, Italy |
2008 | Eminent Scientist of the year in Surgery and Medical Ethics
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2006 | Hodgson Prize for best paper, Royal Aeronautical Society, London, awarded by Duke of Edinburgh |
2005 | The Oklahoma State University Foundation offered an annual US$1000 Sidney Dekker Critical Thinking Award to students with particularly innovative ideas for a number of years. |
2003 | Citation of Excellence, Emerald Management Reviews for one of top fifty management papers |
2002 | Bronze Medal for best paper, Royal Institute of Navigation, London |
2023 | Certificate IV in Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care (NTS, Australia) |
2019 | Nationally Accredited Mediator (College of Law, Brisbane) |
2013 | Certificate IV in Occupational Health and Safety (BSB41407), HBA Brisbane |
2008 | Commercial Pilot License IR ME, ATPL theory, Boeing 737 300-900 type rating |
1996 | Ph.D. Cognitive Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University, USA |
1992 | M.Sc. Experimental Psychology, Leiden University, the Netherlands |
1991 | M.A. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands |
2023 | Ranked in the top 1% most influential scientists in the world since Isaac Newton by Stanford University.
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2 May 2016 | (Obama) White House Roundtable Sidney’s work on understanding human error was discussed at White House briefing on wildland fire risk/urban interface.
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8 July 2014 | US Senate Testimony Sidney’s book, Drift into Failure, was used in testimony for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
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8 July 2014 | Hudson River Landing by Sully Captain Sullenberger was reading Sidney’s book, Just Culture, during his trip. It got wet in the Hudson River landing. He was offered a new copy by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, as televised by CNN and ABC. |
Chaplain, NTS Australia
Accredited Mediator College of Law, Brisbane Australia
Full Professor, Linköping University, Sweden
