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    Safe Decision Making® Research: Insights and Implications

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    The notion that leadership matters to organizational safety is intuitive for most people. Despite this understanding, safe decision making is an aspect of leadership that has not received enough attention.

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    • Safety Leadership

    The 7 Crucial Things all Leaders Need to Know About Safety

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    In our work at Krause Bell Group, we’ve found that the most important ingredient in any safety program is strong leadership. But all too often, senior executives and safety leaders don’t “get” safety at the level they need to in order to be effective. So what is it that senior leaders need to ‘Get’ about…

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    • Serious Injuries & Fatalities

    VIDEO: Serious Injuries and Fatalities – The New Paradigm

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    In this video, Tom Krause continues to discuss the difference between the old safety paradigm and the new, and what should be done to decrease serious injuries and fatalities.

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    • Serious Injuries & Fatalities

    Why Serious Injury and Fatality Prevention Efforts Stall

    June 30, 2026

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    Despite the best of intentions, many SIF Prevention efforts stall or fail to deliver the expected outcomes. This article summarizes the three key phases of an effective SIF Prevention program, detailing the five factors that often cause stagnation or failure. Studying the Data RIn 2010, Dr. Tom Krause and his team sponsored the first major…

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    • Safety Leadership

    Are you an Unintentional Exposure Amplifier?

    June 23, 2026

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    As leaders, it is easy to underestimate the impact of our actions and decisions. Leaders can unintentionally become exposure amplifiers, creating negative downstream impacts. This article uses three specific examples to illustrate amplifiers that result directly from a leader’s action or decision, and offers guidance on how to identify and manage them. What is an…

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    • Safety Leadership

    Don’t Let Safety Become a Suggestion Rather than a System

    June 18, 2026

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    The degradation of a safety system can have many causes. During two Root Cause Analyses we participated in, we saw the same outcome at the supervisor level, from two dramatically different causes. The first was the misapplication of Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) principles, and the second was a senior leader with an extremely high…

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    • Serious Injuries & Fatalities

    It’s World Cup Time! What do Leaders and Referees have in Common?

    June 15, 2026

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    Safe, Fair, and Fun I have been a soccer referee for close to 20 years, enjoying both the camaraderie and the challenge. I had to step away for 15 years to focus on my day job, but was able to become recertified. In both my first referee training session 25 years ago and my recent…

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    • Safety Leadership

    Culture, Safety, and Driving Results: A Conversation with Dr. Tom Krause

    June 9, 2026

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    This article summarizes a webinar where Rebecca Timmins interviewed Dr. Tom Krause, discussing his thoughts about where we’ve come from and where we need to go in safety. The conversation included a candid discussion about Behavior Based Safety, what really drives serious injuries and fatalities, and the under-recognized role decision making plays in effective safety…

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    • Safety Culture

    Cultura sustenta o desempenho 

    May 27, 2026

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    Um excerto com 7 Insights sobre liderança em segurança Este é um trecho do capítulo 4 do livro de Tom Krause e Kristen Bell “7 Insights sobre liderança em segurança“ Leia este capítulo em formato PDF Nunca vimos um líder que não quisesse melhorar a cultura da organização onde trabalhava. Declarações como: “precisamos mudar a…

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    • Safety Culture

    La culture soutient la performance 

    May 27, 2026

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    Un extrait du 7 Perspectives sur le leadership en matière de sécurité Ceci est un extrait du chapitre 4 du livre de Tom Krause et Kristen Bell “7 Perspectives sur le leadership en matière de sécurité“ Lisez ce chapitre au format PDF Nous n’avons jamais rencontré un dirigeant qui ne souhaitait pas une meilleure culture…

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    • Reference Guides

    Why Compliance Won’t Prevent SIFs

    May 22, 2026

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    If your dashboards are green yet serious near misses keep happening, you are seeing the limits of compliance. To learn why procedures and box-checking don’t automatically produce safety, see Why Safety Procedures Don’t Always Lead to Safe Behaviors. SIF prevention is not about proving you have controls – it is about proving those controls work…

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    • Safety Leadership

    Press Release: Dr. Thomas Krause Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at Safety On The Edge Global Forum

    May 20, 2026

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    Recognizing pioneering research and leadership transforming safety science and practice. BALTIMORE, MD. – May 5, 2026 – Dr. Thomas Krause was announced as the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Safety On The Edge Global Forum on May 5, 2026. His pioneering research, including the seminal SIF Study that introduced the serious injury and fatality…

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