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Integrating Safety into Business and Team Based Environments
Companies are moving towards integrating safety into business and team based environments as a way to inject safety into every aspect of the way work is done. They don’t want safety to be seen as a separate function. Many managers believe that the basis of a good safety culture is a workforce willing to…
Continue ReadingSafety Communication in the Workplace: Measuring its effectiveness
Is safety communication one of the weak points in your safety culture? There are ways to measure and improve it. But first, what are the important elements of safety communication in the workplace? When we talk about effective communication in a strong safety culture, what kind of picture comes into our mind? Do you see…
Continue ReadingPart II: Nuclear Safety Culture with Comment from Ed Schein
Safety Culture in High Hazard Environments Part II: Nuclear Safety Culture with Comment from Edgar Schein Not everyone feels the term “safety culture” or “nuclear safety culture” helps in the goal to avoid failure. They point out that a well-led and managed organization seems not only profitable but safe as well. Why add language that…
Continue ReadingSafety Culture in High Hazard Environments
Part I: Nuclear Safety Culture There is no consensus on the definition of nuclear safety culture. There isn’t even a consensus on a definition between the NRC and INPO. So how can we expect the power plants to understand what it is? When a site is told they have a poor safety culture, and they…
Continue ReadingThe Role of Relationships in Safety: Are we missing the boat?
Maslow’s hierarchy taught us that we are motivated first and foremost by the need for food and shelter, then safety, and third the need for relationship or belonging. Neuroscience has changed that. Our need for relationship is at the same level as food and shelter. We have been focused on behavior and culture, and have…
Continue ReadingSpending More for Less Return? Time to revise your approach to safety culture
Spending More for Less Return? Time to Revise Your Approach to Safety Culture True Case Study from Nuclear Industry A company is facing a very difficult mandate to transform the company’s safety culture. Regulators found safety violations that have to be corrected within a year or the facility will lose its license to operate. The latest…
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