This month Newton Scavone, one of our senior teacher/consultants, who was born and raised in Brazil, shares his thoughts on many aspects of understanding and why it matters to sending people home alive and well at the end of the day. He shares his journey seeking understanding and explains the difference, in his terms of art, between “square feet” and “cubic feet” of understanding.
Doubt is a feeling of uncertainty; a lack of conviction. Feel unsure, you’ll be reluctant to commit and take action. Thinking that sounds like a bad thing, but it that really true – for safety?
This month Paul steps aside so that Gary Rivenes, one of our senior teacher/consultants, can share his thoughts on the responsibility of leaders to own safety — theirs and that of those who work for them. Gary makes the case that owning safety is critical to getting great safety performance but that owning it, without acting on it, is not enough.
This month Paul takes a moment to hit the reset button when it comes to running effective safety meetings, and revisits the simple approach of asking the right questions to help you make the most of yours.
This month Paul does a deep dive into understanding hazards — what can hurt us – and hazard recognition. Actually, that is not exactly correct, he does a deep dive into understanding the failure to recognize hazards and getting to the truth about what really happened. As long as I have known him, Paul has had a fascination of trying to understand what really happened when things go wrong. He puts the “axe of truth” to the reported findings. He has done Root Cause of Root Cause investigations analyzing the findings of reports in his organization and those in the public domains. Whatever your role in your organization, understanding what he shares this month can make a difference sending people home alive and well at the end of the day.
There’s a world of difference between knowing something and understanding it. In this edition of the Flash, Paul gives some insight as to how we come to understand, as well as what might be done with that important knowledge.
This summer Paul has locked himself in his hut, affectionately known as “The Cave”, working on the Second Edition of Alive And Well At The End Of The Day. Last week Paul finished the task and has reemerged from The Cave. This month he shares some of what he was thinking about while writing. He reflects on making change happen, accountability and culture while discussing recent headlines. He’s included some insight into the writing process as well.
In this month’s edition of the Flash, Paul lends some advice on where to look for hazards and some perspective about the environment around us.
This month Paul examines influence and influencers. He separates the current trend of self-proclaimed influencers from the real influencers. Especially those who make a difference in industrial organizations sending people home alive and well at the end of the day. He ends up focusing on one particular person who’s influence, even though he does not blow the whistle, has made a huge difference. You will want to know about this Safety Ambassador.
In this month’s Newsflash Paul discusses performance feedback – good and bad – and the important role good and honest coaching plays in sending everyone home safe.
Last month Paul made a presentation in Louisville. His presentation was preceded by two researchers presenting their findings. Paul latched on to the data and started looking for the story in the numbers that would help good leaders send those who follow them home alive and well. His finding of the story in the numbers is fascinating and important.
This month Paul asks what “normal” looks like when it comes to wearing PPE. It’s a simple question, and one well worth asking.
This month Bill Wilson, one of our senior consultant/teachers, examines the decision making that can lead to people getting seriously injured or worse at work. He discusses why part of the problem may be found in the defining and communicating of priorities. He helps us focus on what really matters when it comes to setting and making THE Priority the priority.
In this edition of the Flash we look and the difference in approach required when intervening on safety outside of the workplace. The difference is an important one, and knowing it will help you make a bigger difference back on the job, too.
This month Paul examines the responsibilities of leaders, especially when the goal is to make sure everyone goes home alive and well at the end of each and every shift. He explores the challenges of getting everyone working safely and the supervisor’s responsibility for making sure that happens.
This month Paul looks into how our minds recognize and perceive different types of hazards. You might not be surprised to hear that we aren’t always the best at recognizing what is most likely to hurt us.
This month Paul unravels the mystery of the handshake. Not only does he solve it, but he ties it together with Jimmy Stewart’s It’s A Wonderful Life AND the goal of sending people home alive and well at the end of the day.
In this month’s Flash Paul nudges us to remember what is most important, and shares some perspective on how to think better when a task seems critical.
This month, Jay Bizarro is our guest contributor and shares more of his great thinking about how to do exactly that and improve safety performance. He introduces us to “skydivers”, “The Safety Switch”, “The Probability Problem”, and “The Unsafe Behavior Database.”
This month Paul has been out on assignment visiting many of our clients. Last week he visited a client’s Safety Day and asked, “What is the secret of your great safety performance?” It lead to a fascinating discussion and some very important learning. In this edition of the News he dives into learning from success and failure on the road to great safety performance.
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