Blind Leading The Blind Latest article by Phil LaDuke So many studies have proven that eyewitness testimony is inaccurate. What does this say about incident investigations? In this week's post on the Rockford Greene International blog I explore the how’s and whys of incident investigation. I would … [Read more...] about Blind Leading the Blind
Are We Blundering Our Way Through Safety
Are We Blundering Our Way Through Safety? Some of the most series cognitive traps are evident in how the safety industry has evolved. In this week's post I explore how Zachary Shore's seven cognitive traps have shaped and continue to shape how the Safety function has gone off the rails. I hope you … [Read more...] about Are We Blundering Our Way Through Safety
Screw Ups: Errors Are Inevitable
Screw Ups: Errors Are Inevitable By Phil La Duke. See it here: http://philladuke.wordpress.com/2012/08/19/screw-ups-errors-are-inevitable/ “It’s an imperfect world”, “To err is human”, “That’s why we put erasers on pencils”. When it comes to screwing up, choose your idiom. We as a global … [Read more...] about Screw Ups: Errors Are Inevitable
More Great Stuff from Phil LaDuke
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ERGONOMIST By Phil La Duke Utility Player: How human factors engineering is used to find the perfect balance of the concurrent priorities between manual labor productivity and worker health and safety. One of the fastest growing roles in the field of safety is the … [Read more...] about More Great Stuff from Phil LaDuke
Six Attitudes that Can Get You Killed
Six Attitudes that Can Get You Killed By Phil La Duke – originally posted HERE We talk a lot about behaviours in safety—whether you’re a proponent of Behavior Based Safety (BBS) or Just Culture how workers behave is of paramount concern to safety professionals. But what about worker … [Read more...] about Six Attitudes that Can Get You Killed
What Are The Alternatives to Behavior Based Safety
Recent post by Phil La Duke, long time opponent of the flawed BBS process. read more of Phil’s work HERE What Are The Alternatives to Behaviour Based Safety Last week I posted yet another criticism of Behavior Based Safety (BBS) and it drew the following comment “Good morning Phil I hope … [Read more...] about What Are The Alternatives to Behavior Based Safety
Latest Articles by Phil LaDuke
Is BBS just BS? I know of a growing number of people who are increasingly disenchanted with BBS but they openly tell me that they will not publicly criticize it because of the fanatics who shout down all other opinions or research that does not support their world view. In my writing, I admit that … [Read more...] about Latest Articles by Phil LaDuke
What to do when Senior Management won’t support Safety
Latest article by Phil LaDuke from Rockford Greene Blog. You can read more of Phil’s provocative articles HERE What to do when Senior Management won’t support Safety You know what needs to be done but there is no way you can do it with your dwindling resources. You worry that as more and more … [Read more...] about What to do when Senior Management won’t support Safety
Safety Censorship
One of our guest Authors, Phil La Duke was unceremoniously dumped from a LinkedIn Forum (and Aussie one!) for daring to publish this article. It is heavy duty and provocative but one needs to look beyond taking it personally or getting offended (I would be concerned if I was offended by this) and at … [Read more...] about Safety Censorship
When is Safe Safe Enough
Latest from Phil LaDuke – more here When is Safe Safe Enough? from Phil LaDuke’s Blog As is frequently the case, last week one of the editors of one of the premier safety public reached out to me (as well as a lot of other top safety professionals) to ask a question that he hoped would generate … [Read more...] about When is Safe Safe Enough