Hazard/Risk
Victims of Culture
Culture is best defined as “the way things really are around here.” That means every operation everywhere in the world has a safety culture.
May 15, 2018
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Compliance
On The Road – Again
In this month’s Managing Safety Performance News, from a restaurant in Siberia, Paul examines the differences and similarities of the challenges supervisors and managers face leading people to work safe the world over, including one very important challenge.
April 30, 2018
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Hazard/Risk
Good Questions
In our classes, we like to ask Darn Good Questions. Here are a few that you might want to answer – or, even better, ask others.
April 13, 2018
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Safe Spaces?
In this month’s Managing Safety Performance News Paul examines the case of a self-driving car and cyclist—actually a cyclist walking her bike across the street. You might have read the headlines. Below the headlines there is a lot to learn and take back to the shop floor to make sure every one goes home alive and well at the end of each and every shift. By the way, when I started to read Paul’s article I did not see his take on the lessons to be learned coming at all.
March 30, 2018
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Hazard/Risk
Proceed With Caution!
In your opinion, which is more dangerous?
Entering a confined space
Entering a pedestrian crosswalk on a busy street
March 15, 2018
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Leadership
Three Questions
In this month’s Managing Safety Performance News Paul examines three darn good questions to see what we can learn. You might think this month’s article is about darn good questions, it is, but back up the truck: it is full of other darn good ideas including getting people to follow all the rules all the time, making change happen, execution, and safety leadership. You will be intrigued as he pulls the thread and brings them all together. There’s a lot to learn.
February 28, 2018
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Hazard/Risk
Safety Rules and the Wise
Remember when you were a kid and some grown-up would see you with your shoelaces untied?
February 15, 2018
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Execution
Perspective – And Leadership
In this month’s Managing Safety Performance News Paul examines the perspective of leaders, how perspective can effect a leaders action, and how leaders can get a new perspective. He suggests the right perspective about safety is helpful, even critical, to sending everyone home alive and well at the end of the day.
January 31, 2018
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Hazard/Risk
Taking Care of Safety
The question of what comes first – production or safety – is one that is asked the world over. It’s easy to get caught up in the moment…
January 15, 2018
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Execution
The Danger Zone
In this month’s Managing Safety Performance News Paul starts the New Year by examining the challenges of leadership and looking at how complacency plays into the goal of sending everyone home, at the end of each and every shift, alive and well.
January 1, 2018
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Fall From Height
In this edition of the NewsFlash Paul asks a simple question about a preventable tragedy.
Lessons Learned? Really?
This month Paul talks about the investigation reports that he has read and the findings of those reports. He dives in on the lessons learned portion of many reports and provides a better understanding of investigations and lessons and leaves us with some Darn Good Advice about what we should get from investigations.
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This month Paul talks about being held accountable. He explores common misconceptions about accountability and what it means to you doing your job. He examines a recent headline story about a CEO downunder. He provides a better understanding of accountability and leaves us with some Darn Good Advice.
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Look Out!
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Asking “Where?”
When the time comes to look for the hazards that can hurt you, where do you look? Without giving that question a lot of thought, you might answer…
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This month Paul dives into problems big and small. He explores the nature of problems and how we think about them, then leaves us with some Darn Good Advice.
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Does your operation have life critical safety rules? Many do, for things like suspended loads, elevated work and entering confined spaces. When you don’t follow the rules for hazards like those…
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This month Paul explores habits. Not just the changes we each have made in response to COVID 19 but more importantly the nature and value of habits related to sending people home alive and well at the end of the day. He investigates habits as they apply to managing risk and gaining compliance and leaves us with some Darn Good Advice.
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