The Best Vs. The Worst
The World’s Leading Safety Experts Present:
The World’s Leading Safety Experts tackle the worst and most persistent safety problems.
Based on the SafeConnection Expert Panels. By Mackenzie Wilson.
The Best Vs. The Worst is an exciting new series of 12 articles in which global experts explore the answers to some of the most
interesting, difficult and even controversial questions on workplace safety. It offers a concise but insightful summary picked
from some of the best SafeConnection Expert Panels – a series of online discussions where leaders from the world’s top
companies share their current safety strategies to deal with both continuing and emerging challenges in the safety industry.
Written by Mackenzie Wilson, the series has been prepared specifically for you to get the most out of these experts without
having to go through 25+ hours of video material. It provides Health and Safety professionals a perspective based on reality Vs.
theory from experts who have to live with their decisions on a daily basis.
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International experts sharing their insights about safety
Topics
Topics covered in the series:
The Search for Reliable Leading Indicators – Are There Really Any?
For over 30 years, safety professionals have been searching for reliable leading indicators. But is it possible that in so many years no one has found any? Read what safety experts from some of the most important companies in the world have to say about it!
Recordables Vs. serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs): Why have only recordables come down?
It’s common knowledge that serious injuries and fatalities have not come down over the last 10 years the same way that total recordable injuries have. Is it because of the theory or lack of execution? Find out what the world’s top safety experts are doing to prevent this persistent problem!
Zero Harm: Is it a Mindset or Reality?
In theory, all injuries could be prevented, but in reality, it’s not a good bet – especially off the job or while driving. Nevertheless, accepting a level of harm that is above zero seems like giving up. Find out who has Zero Harm in their mission statement and what the results have been so far.
Felt Leadership: Are They Feeling it?
Could ‘felt leadership’, or real, genuine leadership be the key to world class safety performance, to the glittering prize of zero harm? How safety experts from around the world deals with that?
Balancing Just Culture and Accountability: How do you make it fair?
How do companies strike a fair balance between the fact that humans make mistakes and the need to make people accountable for workplace safety? SafeStart author Larry Wilson put this critical safety culture question to SafeConnection Expert Panels
Excellent Safety = Excellent Business. Yes, but is it Cause or (just) Correlation?
It is now a given that safety excellence correlates with business excellence, but is it possible to go further and establish a causal link? SafeStart author Larry Wilson invited SafeConnection Expert Panels to consider this topic. First however, to establish the current thinking, he canvassed…
Fatigue Risk Management.
Fatigue is a part of our lives, affecting our reflexes, ability to anticipate danger and decision making. What should safety leaders do about it, especially in the workplace? SafeStart author Larry Wilson invited experts from world-class companies to join him for another round of SafeConnection…
Production Vs. Safety: Ancient Myth or Current Reality?
SafeStart author Larry Wilson tackled an age-old problem in the latest round of SafeConnection Panel discussions: blaming ‘production’ for rushing at work. Experts from world-class companies gave invaluable contributions on how they are tackling the classic conundrum of balancing production and saf…
Competence, complacency and fatal injuries – The counter-intuitive nature of serious incidents and fatalities.
SafeStart Author and SafeConnection moderator Larry Wilson doesn’t just read summaries: he dives deep where others skim to get at the telling details. While examining over 400 detailed incident investigation reports, Larry discovered that over 45 percent of fatalities happened to people over 50. In…
Capturing Hearts and Minds: Strategies that worked in the field and in the boardroom.
Getting beyond compliance-based safety to a place where employees understand safety as a top priority is not just necessary but can only happen if their hearts and minds are won over. SafeStart author Larry Wilson invited a SafeConnection Expert Panel to share their experiences.
Engaging the frontline supervisor: what works in reality?
Everyone knows how important engaging the frontline supervisor is for world-class safety outcomes. And yet, companies all over the world struggle with this aspect. Why? It might be down to training, lack of motivation and accountability, or the hiring and promotion process: theories abound, but…
Corralling the recalcitrant manager.
I was originally going to title this ‘Corralling the slippery manager’ says Larry Wilson, SafeStart Author and SafeConnection moderator, at the start of the session. “But I softened it somewhat because, in the vast majority of cases, these aren’t bad people, they’re just pro’s at
An exciting series of free online expert panel discussions where leaders from the world’s top companies share their current safety strategies and future plans for today’s ever-evolving workplace.
Get your safety culture in place!As experience proves, merely speaking about hazards and risky behaviour is not enough to keep your staff safe. But you can make a difference by raising awareness of the sources of injuries – and how to prevent them before they happen.