Category

Safety

2022
December, 2021

Predictions for Safety in 2022

My prediction for 2022 is that fatality rates will continue to reduce. Read More

November, 2021

Reducing Risk Taking during the Silly Season!!!

“More workers die in the weeks leading up to Christmas than at any other time of year”, according to WorkSafe Victoria statistics, which found that over the past decade, almost 25 per cen Read More

June, 2021

Giving employees a voice through engagement surveys

Employee engagement is a big topic. Google studied it in 2012 (for 2 years) and found that psychological safety was the most important organisation factor to develop engaged staff and engaged tea Read More

May, 2021

Building Resilience so you can Advance Despite Adversity

When we hear the word resilience, we tend to think about being tough, coping with challenges, and being strong in the moment, when the chips are down, or the pressure is on. And that is right. It Read More

January, 2021

The “Scared to Speak Up” quandary

This willingness to take interpersonal risks at work, whether to admit error, ask a question, seek help, or simply say “I don’t know,” is part of what organizational psychologists refer to Read More

December, 2020

A Great Example Of Safety Leadership At Qantas

So, it is New Year’s Day, and my wife and I have been up since 3.30am, to get to Sydney in time to board a plane bound for Osaka in Japan! So excited. We are seated comfortably on the plane Read More

December, 2020

Safety Leadership: The Impact of transformational leadership on safety outcomes

In 2010, Jane E. Mullen and E. Kevin Kelloway studied 54 leaders from 21 health care organisations, with the goal of unpacking if leadership training (more than just front lin Read More

December, 2020

Achieving Zero Harm by being a Psychological Safety Leader!

At its most basic level, psychological safety is about emotional safety, physical safety, and safe decision making. It is about empowering people to express themselves, without fear of reprisal, Read More

December, 2020

The Real Cost and ROI of Toolbox Talks in Australia Each Day

According to my (very, very conservative) estimates, Australian industry spends in excess of $23 Million on Tool box talks every single work day. And, that is just the time cost of the attendees. Read More

November, 2020

The Sociality of Safety

What is psychological safety, at its most basic level? Yes, it is about emotional safety, physical safety, and safe decision making … And… Put simply, psychological safety is ‘S Read More