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Fatal Assumption?
April 15, 2025
In this month’s Flash, Paul looks into a tragic and fatal event for which two known facts and one likely assumption serve as important lessons in sending folks home alive and well.
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What Was He Thinking?
March 31, 2025
This month Paul examines an off-the-job injury to the number one rated professional golfer, Scottie Scheffler who was seriously injured when he used an improvised tool to make dinner. Paul and colleague Dr. Pete Robison examine “What was he thinking?” framing the conversation around Thinking Fast.. And Slow teachings of Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman.
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Ladder Safety Month
March 14, 2025
In this month’s Flash we continue the campaign to help you improve your safety tool box meetings with an example on ladder safety.
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Execution and Leadership
February 27, 2025
This month Paul examines execution in business and as it relates to sending people home alive and well at the end of the day. He shares the story of one of his former bosses who thought like McKay. Paul explains plans are important, but execution is what is done, and how well things are done. He says, “Yes, there can be cases where failure was a function of a terrible plan fabulously executed, but they’re pretty rare.” He discusses the problems with execution and leaves us with some valuable lessons that can make a difference ensuring everyone goes home safe every day.
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An Ask – Don’t Tell Safety Meeting
February 18, 2025
In this month’s Flash we provide another example for an Ask, Don’t Tell Safety Meeting. The example serves as a reminder on the use of the tool, and provides an important lesson to be learned about accidents.
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Ask – Don’t Tell Safety Meetings
January 15, 2025
In this month’s Flash, we take a moment to revisit the Ask – Don’t Tell safety meeting format, and provide an example for the application of the method.
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Leading – And Managing Safety
January 7, 2025
This month Paul hails Ceasar’s selection of New Year’s Day as the beginning of the next trip around the sun, as well as the perfect moment for every manager and supervisor to plan and evaluate. He points out there is nothing more important than planning for actually making things safer for those who do the work of the business. In the process he takes on “the next big thing” and “conventional wisdom” that frequently appear during the planning process. He leaves us with thoughts on the critical importance of leadership and execution if the goal is to see that everyone goes home alive and well the end of the day.
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The Holidays
December 13, 2024
This month Paul dives into the application of the Scientific Method to better understand factors that drive safety performance. He offers up a hypothesis worth testing when things are going well, and some advice on how best to examine the evidence if safety performance isn’t what it ought to be.
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About Practice
November 22, 2024
This month Paul examines the art and science of practice, specifically of safety leadership practice. When it comes to safety leadership practices, he clarifies what that means and how to evaluate the practices. He shares his thought on the critical nature of improving the practices and thoughts on how to do it. This is definitely one of the most important messages he has shared in the Managing Safety Performance News.
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