As many of you know I have taken on a new client (full time) in 2022 and my role in this organization is to build a safety management system (SMS). And let me tell you what, if you thought explaining a RAGAGEP to management was difficult – try explaining that safety is a “process” and…...
The Safety Process through the eyes of a Quality Assurance Process Read More »
As safety professionals, we typically spend a great deal of time training workers. However, the time we are given to conduct this training is shrinking; so we need to be SMART in how we develop our content AND deliver it. The “learning pyramid” has been around as long as I have been alive and it…...
The learning pyramid… what works best Read More »
I have shared Dr. Lloyd with you all before; one of my favorite safety authors and Safety psychologists. But man, did he ever just sum up in 45 minutes what we are trying to accomplish in our careers as safety professionals. For sure, buy his book “Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care“ But…...
Dr. Clive Lloyd discusses his five fundamentals to culture change Read More »
Two similar terms with very different meanings. And in terms of safety performance, the gap between these two terms, although they are incorrectly used to speak of hazards in the same context, is light-years apart. A “recognized hazard” is…… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log...
Recognized Hazard vs. Realized Hazard Read More »
In 2001, Dr. Patrick Hudson, Centre for Safety Science – The Netherlands published a paper on safety cultures. His work has stood the test of time, as many authors today still reference his 2001 research paper. In his paper, he explains there are five (5) different types of safety cultures and explains a number of…...
Characteristics of a Safety Culture (Patrick Hudson, 2001) Read More »
One of my favorite and newest safety authors is Dr. Clive Lloyd. His new book, Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care Dr. Lloyd explains the progression of safety cultures from Stage 1 – Apathetic through Stage 5 – Integrated and to be frank, it is the best explanation of cultural progression I have…...
5 Stages of Psychological Safety Culture (Dr. Clive Lloyd) Read More »
Let’s take a safety quiz. I’ll show you two (2) pictures and you tell me which one shows a risk. Most everyone can recognize the rattlesnake as a risk, as it presents an immediate threat to our safety. How many saw the fire extinguisher, with it last annual inspection in 1965, as…...
Risk… can you see it? Read More »
I swear I think these “coaches” were all safety professionals in their previous careers. ? I look back at all the “right words” spoken in meetings, only to be followed up with decisions/choices by managers that conflicted with their words. Most of us call it “walking the talk”; but then that same management group will…...
“Our choices reveal our intentions” Read More »
A researcher puts five (5) gorillas in a cage where a cluster of bananas is hanging from a string, with a ladder leading to the bananas. When the first gorilla goes for the bananas, the researcher sprays ALL five (5) gorillas with freezing water for five minutes. Sometime later, when a second gorilla inevitably tries…...
What 5 gorillas, a cluster of bananas, and a water hose can teach us Read More »
Exxon Mobil changed their company’s mindset and approach to safety after the Exxon Valdez disaster – Safety is now embedded in their culture and comes first. Results speak for themselves. Their motto is – Nobody gets hurt. They recently won an award from the National Safety Council. This is the CEO’s testimony. I highlighted some…...
Exxon Mobil’s cultural transformation Read More »
This came from the International Civil Aviation Organization and was modified by yours truly for manufacturing facilities to adopt. It may be the best wording I have seen for what Safety is supposed to be at the C-Suite level within organizations. Safety is… “the state in which the possibility of harm to persons or of…...
This is a MUST WATCH video and yes it is long, but it is a video every safety professional and even management personnel needs to watch. For those still living in the world of Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) and you think that is just fine – WAKE THE HELL UP PEOPLE! As they explain…...
TRIR shown to be no better at measuring outcomes than random roll of a dice (Video) Read More »
