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This study explored the learning strategies used by different companies in response to occupational accidents. Seventeen case studies were conducted with organisations from various industries via semi-structured interviews and analysis of documentation. Providing context: ·        Organisational learning can be of any type that improves an organisation’s ability to perform its work better, in this case more… Continue reading Organizational practices for learning with work accidents throughout their information cycle

This study tracked the implementation of a restorative justice approach in a NHS community and mental health trust in the UK. The implementation occurred over a period of 18 months, where restorative justice focused on “understanding, healing, and learning”. Providing background: The restorative approach involved a number of activities. See the below image for a… Continue reading Restorative Just Culture: a Study of the Practical and Economic Effects of Implementing Restorative Justice in an NHS Trust

Which accident learning practices differentiate a high performing mature organisation versus a lower performing one? Summary in the next couple of weeks of a study which explored & ranked learning practices across 17 organisations. Four tiers of learning maturity were observed: At level 1 organisations are doing the minimum, being collecting accident data but having… Continue reading Learning from accidents across learning life cycle

What are the benefits of changing from a retributive to a more restorative justice environment? This study explored the implementation of a restorative justice approach in a NHS trust over a period of 18 months. Summary in the next couple of weeks. A whole host of changes were implemented, see image 2. Some problems with… Continue reading Driving a change from retributive to restorative justice in organisations

This study, with Amy Edmondson as one of many co-authors, explored how different types of near miss and incident event types lead to different learning outcomes. The focus is radiation oncology, but the categories may still be applicable elsewhere. Providing background: ·        Prior work suggests that both near miss events and actual incidents are rare given… Continue reading Missing the Near Miss: Recognizing Valuable Learning Opportunities in Radiation Oncology

Which management/HR concepts have the strongest impacts on organisational behaviour indices? This 2016 study, impressively, compiled and calculated the pooled results from >250 meta-analyses from the past 30 years to answer this question. This may be a useful reference for your own work. Key tabulated results in the attached image (I’ve somewhat-arbitrarily highlighted the effect… Continue reading Meta-analysis of 30 years of management and HR constructs: leadership, culture, climate & structure the strongest predictors

This explored how leader motivating language and follower self-leadership influence a follower’s feelings of psychological safety (PS). Data was via online survey and 427 respondents from India and 452 from USA. Providing background: Results Key findings were: o Self-leadership and ML significantly influenced PS in India and USAo This influence occurred via mediating influence of… Continue reading Sound and Safe: The Role of Leader Motivating Language and Follower Self-Leadership in Feelings of Psychological Safety

Do different near miss types result in different organisational learning responses? A 2021 paper I summarised, with Amy Edmondson as co-author, explored this question. Post in the next couple of weeks. The six event types were: They found that “could have” events were viewed as “less successful” than “almost happened” events, and more likely to… Continue reading Near misses and good catches and their relationships to learning, or not

What is the relationship between the role of leader’s use of motivating language and of follower self-leadership skills in facilitating feelings of psychological safety (PS)? New study I’ve summarised explored this question – post in the next week or two. Key findings were that: o  Self-leadership and motivating language (ML) significantly influenced PS in India and… Continue reading The links between leader motivating language and follower self-leadership on psychological safety

By way of video and interviews, this study explored the ways insulation installers working in the Australian construction industry reflect on their work practices and explained the gaps between procedures and practice. The authors argue a more nuanced lens around procedure departures is important because traditional approaches to OHS can assume that rule departures are… Continue reading Using participatory video to understand subcontracted construction workers’ safety rule violations