Through the darkness of future past: A cautionary tale

In rail transport, some safety concerns are intimately linked with fatigue. In 2013, one such concern was explored in a series of “Future Inquiry Workshops” during which participants mapped a chaotic present and envisioned their “ideal” future a decade from then. Ten years on, this chapter revisits this to explore how futures free of fatigue-related risk were envisioned, the ways organisations believed this would be achieved, and whether their ideals matched a future now all but realised. We finish with six principles for change that based on organisational behaviour and aspirational change apply to all transport sectors.