Insights & Perspectives Blog

Insights explores the ideas, research, and emerging discussions surrounding Predictability Lead Time™.

From violence against healthcare workers and predictable harm to leadership, risk management, and organizational learning,

these articles examine whether asking different questions may lead to different opportunities for prevention.

The Most Important Question Isn't "Why?"

The Most Important Question Isn't "Why?"

The Most Important Question Isn't "Why?"Alison Prentice
Published on: 17/07/2026

Healthcare has spent decades asking why workplace violence occurs. Predictability Lead Time™ asks a different question: When did the situation first become reasonably recognizable as becoming predictable?

Predictability
Read more

Start the Conversation

Ready to Explore a Different Way of Thinking?

If this concept is relevant to your work, request the first document in the Predictability Lead Time™ Introduction Series below.

Get In Touch

Reach out for more information

Image

Location

British Columbia, Canada

Patient safety changed healthcare by changing how healthcare thought about harm. Predictability Lead Time™ begins by asking whether violence against healthcare workers deserves the same willingness to think differently.

Predictability Institute™ advances new ways to understand and measure predictable harm in healthcare through research, structured assessment methodologies, and professional collaboration.

© 2026 Predictability Institute™. All rights reserved. Predictability Institute™, Predictability Lead Time™, Predictability Lead Time Index™, Predictability Window™, Predictability Marker™, Predictability Timeline™, Organizational Awareness Timeline™, Organizational Awareness Interval™, Response Interval™, Intervention Interval™, Predictability Confidence Indicator™, Predictability Maturity Model™, Predictability Assessment Lifecycle™, and Organizational Acceptance of Predictable Harm™ are trademarks of Alison Prentice.

© 2026 Predictability Institute™ . All rights reserved