This literature review evaluated the impact of boards of directors on workplace safety. 49 studies met inclusion. Way too much to cover. Background: · “There is a growing understanding that operative leadership, from line managers to senior management, plays an important role in occupational health and safety” · Leadership “do not act in a vacuum”… Continue reading Boards of directors’ influences on occupational health and safety: a scoping review of evidence and best practices
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Indicating what Indicators Indicate… a follow-on post about safety indicators
Another post spruiking yesterday’s compendium of indicator research – link here. The attached images highlight some further considerations around indicators – no methodology or logics here, just scattered extracts. · Image 1 highlights that simple lead / lag denominations may not adequately cover the full performance spectrum of indicators. And there’s more detailed analyses than this… Continue reading Indicating what Indicators Indicate… a follow-on post about safety indicators
A Systems Thinking Approach to Leading Indicators in the Petrochemical Industry
I’m putting together the next Research Compendium, covering indicator definitions, frameworks and examples. Showing my own bias is a focus on Nancy Leveson’s work. This post has some extracts from her article ‘A Systems Thinking Approach to Leading Indicators in the Petrochemical Industry’. This is based on what Leveson calls “assumption-based indicators”. That is, developing… Continue reading A Systems Thinking Approach to Leading Indicators in the Petrochemical Industry
The relationships between safety professionals and incident performance
What’s the relationship between safety professionals and incident frequency? I was reminded recently (thanks Stuart Hughes) that I ran a simple project a while back looking at if there was any guidance or evidence behind the effects of safety professionals on incidents, and whether having more or less changes the impact. I didn’t find much… Continue reading The relationships between safety professionals and incident performance
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