The BBS Dilemma Part 4
Part 4 is about how leadership can design a Serious and Fatal Injuries (SIF) initiative to revitalize an existing BBS initiative.
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The BBS Dilemma Part 3
Part 3 is about the crucial role of leadership if BBS or any improvement strategy is to work well.
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The BBS Dilemma: Part 2
Part 2 is about how BBS processes get killed, and when they should be abandoned.
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The BBS Dilemma Part 1
If you think BBS is all good or all bad you are wrong. If you think Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) will solve all your problems in the general realm of making the workplace safer, you are also wrong.
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How to Transform Business Results by Getting Safety Right First
The connection between safety and business performance comes down to creating the conditions for organizational success—and it just so happens that safety is the perfect platform to support that collaborative effort.
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Developing a Safety Improvement Strategy: Part 3
Introduction In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we laid out the reasons for having a written Safety Improvement Strategy, why an early objective is likely to be to improve the organizational and safety culture, and how to approach the measurement aspect. In this section, we’ll finish with objectives and start on the…
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Developing a Safety Improvement Strategy: Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, we talked about the importance of having a carefully planned strategy for how your organization will approach safety improvement. We pointed out that many great organizations who are serious about safety improvement, surprisingly, don’t have a coherent, over-arching Safety Improvement Strategy. Here we go on to Part 2: What…
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Developing a Safety Improvement Strategy: Part 1
Developing a Safety Improvement Strategy: Part 1 What Is a Safety Improvement Strategy and Why Do you Need One? It always surprises me when I see leading organizations who value safety lacking a comprehensive strategy to attain their objectives. The situation is usually something like this: “We are doing a lot to improve safety performance….
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Portrait of an Effective Safety Leader
You know it when you see it. But it isn’t always easy to articulate clearly, especially to those who don’t understand it to start with. What does effective safety leadership really look like?
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To “Fix Stupid,” Start with Personal Reflection
If this is one of your habitual sayings, it will be hard to change. It will take not just changing your words but your thinking, your assumptions. Here are several reasons you should try:
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The Case for Safety
Big visions require resources. In a world where resources are limited, safety leaders need to be able to demonstrate why their investment is not just the right thing for the workforce, it’s the best thing for the business.
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Why Mindfulness will not Improve your Safety Performance
When people talk about how safety performance has improved over time, they typically focus on three phases: Technical – improvements in machine and equipment safety; Organizational – a concerted effort to improve the safety of all systems and procedures employed in the workplace; and Behavioral – a specific focus on the behaviors of frontline employees….
