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Culture Change A company’s culture represents the environment its people work in. It reflects how the business operates, which, in turn, is a reflection of its leadership. If you want a different culture, you need to change the way the business operates, which means changing the way it is led. However, many people don’t see […]
“they chose to do that” implies that the person doing the behaviour is in control of their actions at the time the action occurred.
Scientific research would say that this is not the case…
Take 5’s and Safety Cards – A paper on their efficacyThis paper describes and analyses a particular safety practice, the written pre-task riskassessment, commonly referred to as a “Take 5”Opening line from the conclusions – “The best available current evidence, including our findings in this study, suggests that there is no plausible mechanism by which […]
No one comes to work to hurt themselves and 99% of people are coming to work to do a good job.
So, any program that tries to change the mindset of workers is starting from an incorrect premise. […]
We think we can persuade people to be safe. We think that if we can just help them link their actions to a negative consequence, it will make them behave in a safer way. […]
In 1975, a study was conducted to examine the relative effect of antecedents and reinforcement in producing stable performance change. […]
‘Wrong’ is a judgement against an expectation. But the action taken, the behaviour, was right for that individuals context, understanding and goal, at the time the action occurred.[…]
A summary of thoughts from one of our intrepid learners, from a recent course (uncut and unedited) –
“Everybody is different.
Everybody is the sum of their experiences (and genes). […]
Many injuries and incidents happen after something changed, a change in task, a change in direction, a change of tool, of method, of people…
A supervisor sees a worker standing on the mid-rail of the cherry picker.
“Hey pal, do you need to stand on that rail, is there is no other way to do that job?”…