The original hearts and minds campaign, and the dereliction of behavior-based...
In 1960, shortly after his election, President Kennedy asked Robert McNamara to become secretary of defense in his new cabinet. McNamara, known as a star and a whiz-kid, had been president of the Ford...
View ArticleSafety Differently – The Movie
A great new addition to the conversation with interesting case studies from Sidney Dekker and the folks at Griffith University. Check it out below.
View ArticleThe Safety Profession can be like a Priesthood
Lincoln Eldrige, who probably wouldn’t want to be called a ‘safety professional,’ suggested to me some years ago that the safety profession is like a priesthood. I have always considered this an...
View ArticleOil and gas safety in a post-truth world
I spoke at the Oil and Gas Task Force Zero conference 2018 not long ago. Taking the motto of the conference, “Face the Facts,” to heart, I walked the audience through a bunch of recent data from a...
View ArticleWhy do things go right?
Photo by Josue Isai Ramos Figueroa on Unsplash In his 2014 Safety I and Safety II: The past and future of safety management, Erik Hollnagel makes the argument that we should not (just) try to stop...
View ArticleI am not a policy wonk
I coined the term ‘Safety Differently’ in 2012. It was the header of an email I sent to a motley group of company representatives—from Laing O’Rourke, Sunstate Cement, Queensland Rail, Origin Energy...
View ArticleThe Woolworths Experiment
The most pressing question for many people who are already ‘sold’ on Safety Differently is ‘how do you do it?’ How do you enable and empower people and their organization to develop and implement...
View ArticleRestorative Just Culture Checklist
OK, I relent. I said in “I am not a policy wonk” that I wouldn’t turn Safety Differently into a checklistable, to-do algorithm or procedure. Well, now I have. Or at least in small part. As most of you...
View ArticleWhen does a reduction in injury numbers become statistically significant?
By Dr. Marloes Nitert and Dr. Sidney Dekker Those who’ve been around safety (and particularly safety differently) long enough, know that LTI (Lost Time Injuries) is a lousy safety measure. LTI, after...
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