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Safety auditing differently with humble inquiry

Posted by Robert O'Neill

Screen Shot 2021-10-05 at 3.23.11 pmHave you ever been involved in a safety investigation where you felt like you were being interrogated?

You felt like you've done something wrong, and the intention was more to find out how you should be punished than how your organisation could learn

Sadly many of us have either had that or heard about others that have had that particular experience, yet the fact is that such an approach does very little to improve safety.  

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Topics: Reviews, Audits and Inspections, Organisational Resilience, Safety Differently

From Compliance to Organisational Resilience. 4 critical principles

Posted by Robert O'Neill

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Topics: Safety Management Systems, Organisational Resilience

Simplifying safety systems and reducing the weight of compliance

Posted by Robert O'Neill

469577905-280x240The past principles and practices of safety management have served us really well and they will continue to do so particularly for simple tasks where individuals or small groups are carrying out things where the risks are well-known and not much is changing in the environment.

However, what happens when a procedure doesn't fit the situation?

 

What happens if something unexpected strikes and there's no rule to cover the situation?


What happens if we chose to go outside the procedure to get things done?


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Topics: Safe Systems of Work, Safety Management Systems, Organisational Resilience, Safety Differently