Safety Fürst

I’m Sabine Fürst.

I’m curious about how work really gets done.

As a Human Factors & System Safety specialist, I help organisations learn from everyday work – from what goes well as much as from what goes wrong. Without judgement or blame, and with plenty of curiosity.

Let’s talk How I work
Sabine Fürst laughing, wearing a green blazer
© Ursula Denison

My approach

The plan says one thing. Everyday work often does another – and almost always for good reason.

The gap between work-as-imagined and work-as-done holds what staff achieve and what organisations can learn. With the Safety-II approach, we navigate the complexity of your reality together.

How it’s imagined How it’s done

My path

Two safety-critical worlds taught me: safety emerges in everyday work and in what happens between people, technology and organisation.

  1. Flight attendant

    In the cabin, I experienced that safety is the achievement of a whole system, every day.

  2. Midwife

    In the complexity of healthcare, I learned what holds teams together under pressure and what pulls them apart.

  3. MSc, Human Factors and System Safety

    At Lund University, I found the theory and language for what I had experienced in practice.

  4. Safety Fürst

    Today I bring both together: in consulting, training, teaching and research, where safety and organisational development intertwine.

What I offer

Speaker, workshops, projects

Talks & workshops

Looking for an interactive keynote or a workshop that truly makes a difference? I bring human factors and patient safety to where they matter: your everyday work. Lively, practical and with room for your own experiences.

Selected talks & workshops

Projects

From the boardroom to the team. With everyone who upholds safety.

I support you through every phase, or join wherever you are right now.

  1. Analysis

    Understanding how work really gets done – and where systems come under pressure.

    • Systemic analysis
    • Discourse analysis
    • Case reviews

  2. Strategy

    Setting priorities together and shaping a realistic path towards safety and learning.

    • Organisational culture & leadership
    • Change & organisational development

  3. Implementation

    Embedding training, learning teams, debriefings and more in everyday work.

    • Consulting & training
    • System safety & patient safety
    • Human factors & CRM
    • Just culture & second victim

  4. Evaluation

    Making impact visible, refining, and feeding what we’ve learned back into the organisation.

    • Debriefings
    • Organisational learning

Teaching and engagement

Knowledge only makes a difference once it’s shared.

Where I teach

  • FH Joanneum
  • FH Salzburg
  • TU Wien
  • University for Continuing Education Krems
  • Lund University

Where I’m involved

  • Board member, Austrian Patient Safety Platform
  • Team member, Second Victim association (Verein Second Victim)
Talk · Video (in German) Held:innen brauchen keine Checkliste On the myth of the hero in medicine

Impressions

Happiest in the middle of things, not just up front.
Portrait of Sabine Fürst © Paul Härting
“To me, learning isn’t solely the responsibility of individuals – it’s a capability that an organisation develops and sustains.”
Sabine Fürst · Human Factors & System Safety

Project partners

Organisations and teams I work with.

Clinics and partners in Austria and Germany.

A coffee – or straight to a project?

Thinking about working together, or have a role in mind that might be a good fit? I look forward to hearing from you – and I reply personally.

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