How can you develop better indicators targeting the effectiveness of your risk control system? This episode draws on a few sources, including the HSE UK’s HSG254 and the ICMM’s critical control framework, among others, outlining an approach to safety indicators that targets measuring the most important elements of your risk control systems. PS. Sorry about… Continue reading Indicators that suck less: Risk control system indicators
Is sitting all day putting you into the grave?
Is sitting all day putting you into the grave? If so, how much physical activity can offset the higher risk of early death? It turns out – it doesn’t take a lot of movement to offset the risk.
Safe As YT week in review: Pt 1 Drew Rae, zombie leadership, boomerasking, fatigue and work injuries, and Dekker on BBS
Safe As YT week in review. 1. Part 1 interview with Drew Rae, discussing New View evidence, safety clutter, Take 5 rituals, risk assessments + more 2. Zombie leadership – discussing old romanticised axioms of leadership that refuse to die 3. Boomerasking – the annoying habit of asking a question just to answer it yourself… Continue reading Safe As YT week in review: Pt 1 Drew Rae, zombie leadership, boomerasking, fatigue and work injuries, and Dekker on BBS
Prof Sidney Dekker: Does behavioural safety have a role in modern organisations?
Prof Sidney Dekker’s view on the role of #BBS in modern organisational safety approaches. PS. Make sure to Like, Comment, Share, and Subscribe. I have one of, if not the biggest, names in BBS and safety culture coming up soon! #behavioralsafety #humanfactors #safety
Is fatigue and shift work injuring you?
How risky is your current shift work schedule – are you more likely to be injured during night shifts, or what about the fourth shift compared to the first? This ep breaks down some of the links between fatigue, shift work schedules and work-related injury.
Towards a Worker-Centered Framework for Categorizing Procedural Adaptations
This paper applied a worker-centred framework for categorising procedural adaptations, via observing >1.4k procedural steps. Shared via an open access licence. ** PS. Check out my YouTube: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=nrKljK0AeUZXTOgd Extracts: · “Safety science has developed extensive taxonomies for categorizing human performance failures but lacks equivalent vocabulary for describing successful work performance, leaving practitioners without adequate language to… Continue reading Towards a Worker-Centered Framework for Categorizing Procedural Adaptations
Axioms of ‘dead’ leadership beliefs and ideas
A follow-up on yesterday’s post about zombie leadership – said to be “strong … commitment to an older set of ideas which have been repeatedly debunked but which … refuse to die”. Zombie leadership is presented in several outdated axioms – like reducing leadership to the leader alone, or there being special qualities held by… Continue reading Axioms of ‘dead’ leadership beliefs and ideas
Transforming Safety Culture: A Systemwide High Reliability Approach to Preventing Serious Harm in Healthcare
This studied whether High Reliability Organising (HRO) interventions improved serious safety events (SSE), reporting and aligning leadership with frontline practice. Was a retrospective observational design across 12 hospitals, between 2021-24. Usual limitations & cautions apply with these sorts of designs and measures. ** Check out my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Safe_As_Pod Extracts: · The HRO intervention included leadership… Continue reading Transforming Safety Culture: A Systemwide High Reliability Approach to Preventing Serious Harm in Healthcare
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