What is SACCIA?
SACCIA is a scientifically developed competency model for safe communication. It describes five abilities that prevent misunderstandings and communication errors, thereby helping to avoid harm or injury.
SACCIA ensures successful shared understanding as a foundation for safe and coordinated action — especially under pressure, in crises, or in high-risk situations.
That is why we call it SACCIA-safe communication.
Interpersonal Adaptation
To what extent have participants used communication to adapt to one another's cognitive, linguistic, and emotional needs in order to ensure mutual understanding?
Sufficiency
To what extent have participants used communication to gather, share, and integrate all relevant information from available sources, ensuring a sufficient shared information base?
Accuracy
To what extent have participants used communication to verify both the correctness of information and their shared understanding of it?
Contextualisation
To what extent have participants used communication to identify and neutralise contextual barriers to shared understanding (e.g. differing objectives, time pressure, biases, hierarchies)?
Clarity
To what extent have participants used communication to express information clearly and unambiguously, and to identify and resolve uncertainties?
Interpersonal Adaptation
To what extent have participants used communication to adapt to one another's cognitive, linguistic, and emotional needs in order to ensure mutual understanding?
Sufficiency
To what extent have participants used communication to gather, share, and integrate all relevant information from available sources, ensuring a sufficient shared information base?
Accuracy
To what extent have participants used communication to verify both the correctness of information and their shared understanding of it?
Contextualisation
To what extent have participants used communication to identify and neutralise contextual barriers to shared understanding (e.g. differing objectives, time pressure, biases, hierarchies)?
Clarity
To what extent have participants used communication to express information clearly and unambiguously, and to identify and resolve uncertainties?
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Prof. Dr. Annegret Hannawa
Prof. Dr. Thierry Girard
Erika Ziltener
Paul Truffer
Prof. Dr. Annegret Hannawa
Prof. Dr. Thierry Girard
Paul Truffer
Erika Ziltener
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