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Counter Intuitive Safety

June 29, 2023 by Mark Taylor Leave a Comment

Introduction Neuroscience research has revealed that our brains account for approximately two percent of our body weight, but consume about fifteen percent of our cardiac output, twenty percent of our total body oxygen and approximately twenty-five percent of our blood sugar. They are built up of … [Read more...] about Counter Intuitive Safety

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety, Risk Assessment, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: brain, countermeasures, neuroscience, science

Building High Performance Safety Cultures

June 28, 2023 by Mark Taylor 7 Comments

Building High Performance Safety Cultures (More than ‘the way we do things around here’) What is a Safety Culture? First published here: http://safetyma.myob.net/news/building-high-performance-safety-cultures/162354 If you ask most business leaders to describe their company’s safety culture, … [Read more...] about Building High Performance Safety Cultures

Filed Under: Safety Culture, Safety Procedures Tagged With: high performance, safety culture

Build a Psychologically Safe Workplace by Taking Risks and Analysing Failures

April 29, 2020 by Mark Taylor Leave a Comment

What do Sir James Dyson, Thomas Edison, Walt Disney, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, Vincent van Gough and Stephen King have in common? They are of course all famous people, but what many people don’t know is that they had far more failures than successes before they reached eventual … [Read more...] about Build a Psychologically Safe Workplace by Taking Risks and Analysing Failures

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety

Enculturing Safety

January 17, 2019 by Mark Taylor 1 Comment

Enculturing Safety 30 July Speaking at a rally in Washington DC on 2011 Matt Damon stated: “As I look at my life today, the things I value the most about myself are my imagination, the love of acting, my passion for writing, my love of learning, my curiosity - all come from how I was parented and … [Read more...] about Enculturing Safety

Filed Under: Safety Culture Tagged With: Safety Culture

Groundhog Safety Day

February 28, 2017 by Mark Taylor 7 Comments

Groundhog Safety Day Everything we see, smell, hear, feel and taste leads our brains to think equal to everything familiar in our reality. Neuroscience theory tells us that our brains are organised to reflect everything we know in our environment, in the form of knowledge and experience. Our … [Read more...] about Groundhog Safety Day

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators

Under Par Safety

April 23, 2016 by Mark Taylor 4 Comments

Under Par Safety Our brains are wired for inadvertence and laziness, not for attention and choice. So why do we force people to attend long winded safety meetings which bore people to death? Also, our brains are not designed to think in binary logic, so why have we created systems which force … [Read more...] about Under Par Safety

Filed Under: Safety Professional Tagged With: heuristics

21 Safety Engagement Tools & Techniques

January 1, 2016 by Mark Taylor 10 Comments

Thanks to Mark Taylor from www.safetymatters.co.nz for sending these in. I haven't heard of a few of these but others I have found useful. We still need to realise that no tool is perfect or free of subjectivity and bias see:  When the Safety Tool Becomes the Method. Have you used any of these or … [Read more...] about 21 Safety Engagement Tools & Techniques

Filed Under: Safety Procedures Tagged With: engagement, Safety Tools

Boxing-In Safety Can Be Dangerous

July 5, 2015 by Mark Taylor Leave a Comment

Boxing-In Safety Can Be Dangerous When I was a young boy I remember my parents buying their first automatic washing machine which came in a large cardboard box. I watched them fill it with clothes, a magic white powder and revolve around for about two minutes before turning my attention to the … [Read more...] about Boxing-In Safety Can Be Dangerous

Filed Under: Safety Clutter, Safety Procedures, Simplistic Safety Tagged With: hazard identification, JHA, risk registers

What Makes A Good Safety Leader?

May 17, 2015 by Mark Taylor 11 Comments

What Makes A Good Safety Leader? By Mark Taylor – see his previous very popular articles here Inspirational safety leaders are reflective and critical thinkers who are able to envision health and safety as a creative enterprise for social, cultural, and individual good, and not simply as a means … [Read more...] about What Makes A Good Safety Leader?

Filed Under: Safety Leadership Tagged With: fear, hope, safety leader

Is There Safety In Numbers?

May 2, 2015 by Mark Taylor 4 Comments

Is There Safety In Numbers? There seems obsession to measure health and safety at present and this often done through the use of so called lag or lead indicators. The majority of these include a number based system for monitoring ongoing performance. A few examples of these are included in the … [Read more...] about Is There Safety In Numbers?

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Safety Statistics Tagged With: 1% safer, lagging indicators, lead indicators, numbers, one percent safer, Safety

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