Making a Choice
“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…
Measure what matters, not what is easy
The assumption that you can make a behaviour happen by creating a form to be filled in, handing out said form and auditing its completion…
What is a behaviour?
When we are asking people to do things, we often use abbreviated versions of behaviours to describe what we are looking for. […]
How to get at-risk workers to wear light eye protection
A lot of people ask me how they can make it more likely that their at-risk workers wear the basic PPE, especially light eye protection.
I’m not a fan of blanket policies, but if you have them, the worst thing you can do is not to stand by them. So.[…]
Be Careful What You Do
Your brain adapts and changes to/by the behaviours (actions) you do.
Every day, your behaviours shape and reshape your neural networks […]
Safety just isn’t a priority
If it were, there would be unlimited time and money.
No, safety is a challenge, a puzzle, best solved by not specifically focussing on safety, but on focussing on what it takes to deliver the task correctly.
Correctly = to time, budget, to spec and with all fingers and toes left in tact. […]