Some thoughts by Dave Whitefield on what moving towards risk and safety maturity looks like, and why I think embracing risk (as opposed to just managing it, or worse, rejecting it) is an essential step along the way. (Video length-18:53)
See also: Embracing Risk, Forward to the book “Real Risk”
Embracing Risk from Dave Whitefield on Vimeo.
Dave Whitefield
Director at People and Risk
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After 20 years in safety and training, I now focus primarily on the human side of safety. I help clients tackle their wicked problems through seeking to understand how people organise in response to uncertainty, and how they make sense of risk.
I do this through consulting, coaching, training and workshop design and delivery, MC'ing events and conferences, and delivery of keynote presentations.
Shannon Barter says
Well done Dave, a great presentation indeed.I do similar work as you with top tier mining companies in Qld.Tt is so refreshing to see that I am not the only one out there trying make a directional change away from orthodox safety and counting injuries. I focus primarily on care, psychological safety and relationship centered approach to leadership as a foundation.
Thanks again
Shannon
Need to Stay employed says
Outstanding presentation, it made alot of sense. The worldview of most in the world of orthodox safety will never allow for this approach. The cognitive dissonance is way to much, the lack of education in ethics is vast and they believe its just easier to “manage” even though long term its not sustainable and will produce the same results over and over. Cults have nothing over the power of Orthodox safety to be shown a viable alternative that rejects absolutes and embraces humanity and treat it as white noise.