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Lead and Lag Indicators

Near Miss or Near Hit

August 1, 2020 by Admin 6 Comments

Near Miss or Near Hit One of the Great Misnomers of Nomenclature in Safety. A very difficult one for most organisations to get their heads around. Do we report, don’t we report, do we just ignore it? This article is probably the best I have ever seen on the subject and well worth a read. As the … [Read more...] about Near Miss or Near Hit

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Workplace Safety Tagged With: incident reporting, near hit, near miss

Misleading Indicators

June 12, 2019 by Phil LaDuke 11 Comments

Misleading Indicators By Phil La Duke on HIS BLOG Nearly every safety professional worth his or her salt has been told that he or she needs to look at both leading and lagging indicators; it’s good advice, in fact, it’s advice I’ve given many times in articles and speeches over the years.  But … [Read more...] about Misleading Indicators

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Phil LaDuke Tagged With: lag indicators, lead indicators, near miss reporting

Target Trade-Offs and Numeric Goals

June 3, 2018 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Target Trade-Offs and Numeric Goals We learn recently that Victorian Police – a supposed institution of trust, has fabricated numbers over the past 5 years  in order to meet targets. It is reported today that Victoria Police have fabricated 258,000 breath tests in order to meet targets. How is this … [Read more...] about Target Trade-Offs and Numeric Goals

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Robert Long, Safety Statistics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: safety targets

3 Steps to Xmas Holiday Safety Management

December 7, 2017 by Admin Leave a Comment

Latest article by WHS Lawyer Greg Smith first published here. The message is clear: Your current WHS system probably isn't working as well as you think it is (nor is anyone else’s) and your current lead and lag indicators are unlikely to prove the effectiveness of Safety Management and will be of … [Read more...] about 3 Steps to Xmas Holiday Safety Management

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Lead and Lag Indicators Tagged With: lag indicators, lead indicators, xmas safety message

Everything is Green: The delusion of health and safety reporting

August 27, 2017 by Admin 2 Comments

Great article by WHS Lawyer Greg Smith. First published here Quotes from the article: “How do you know the supervisors or managers are not just wandering around practicing random acts of safety, reinforcing unsafe behaviors and generally just pissing everybody off?” "What is your health … [Read more...] about Everything is Green: The delusion of health and safety reporting

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators Tagged With: reporting

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

Scenario Learning in Risk and Safety

November 8, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Scenario Learning in Risk and Safety One of the best ways of learning safety is through scenarios. Scenarios are constructed to either replicate real situations to maximize perception of recognizable cues or, to enhance the imagination of possibilities. One of the greatest capabilities a safety … [Read more...] about Scenario Learning in Risk and Safety

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Lead and Lag Indicators, Learning, Robert Long, Safety Training, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: drills, imagination, learning, resilience, scenario learning, unconscious

‘Measuring’ does things to people…. (and what to do about it)

August 29, 2016 by Rob Sams 1 Comment

‘Measuring’ does things to people…. (and what to do about it) It has become fashionable for organisations to use positive or leading indicators as a way to ‘measure’ their risk and safety ‘performance’. Leaders in some organisations have proudly told me how they are ‘progressive’, ‘generative’ and … [Read more...] about ‘Measuring’ does things to people…. (and what to do about it)

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Lead and Lag Indicators, Rob Sams Tagged With: conversation, lag indicators, lead indicators, measuring safety, safety interactions

Numerology and Psychic Numbing

December 29, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

  Numerology and Psychic Numbing Numerology is the belief in a mystical relationship between numbers and events. I can remember as a kid being challenged by the coincidence between numbers and events, later learning that the fascination between numbers and proofs dates back to the Early … [Read more...] about Numerology and Psychic Numbing

Filed Under: Accidents and Incidents, Lead and Lag Indicators, Robert Long, Safety Statistics, Social Psychology of Risk

We are in Control and Other Such Delusions!

October 5, 2015 by Gabrielle Carlton 20 Comments

We are in Control and Other Such Delusions! First published August 2014, republished by request It was sad to hear about the death of the genius man, Robin Williams. It was even sadder to hear the reason why. This is a man many of us have followed, watched, laughed with, cried with and grown up … [Read more...] about We are in Control and Other Such Delusions!

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Lead and Lag Indicators, Resilience, Safety Culture, Safety Slogans & Pictures Tagged With: compliance, control, delusions, resilience, weick

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