I'm a firm believer in finding creative (often cheaper and more effective) ways to solve ongoing problems. I love to quote this poem about creative thinking whenever I get: "that's the way we've always done it" ENJOY! The Calf Path - Sam Walter Foss – 1895 One day through the primeval wood A calf … [Read more...] about That’s The Way We’ve Always Done It – The Calf Path
Safety Poems
We have always done it that way
We have always done it that way Safety Consultants often find themselves visiting a new site and asking “why do you do it that way”? The standard response is: “we’ve always done that way” That has been problem for many years CHECK OUT THIS POEM written in 1885! I once asked a manufacturing … [Read more...] about We have always done it that way
Prevention Better Than a Cure
Prevention Better Than a Cure Nice little safety poem as apt today as when it was written 120 years ago! An Ambulance Down in The Valley By Joseph Malins, 1895 ‘Twas a dangerous cliff, as they freely confessed, Though to walk near its edge was so pleasant; But over its terrible edge … [Read more...] about Prevention Better Than a Cure
Workplace Safety Poem
Workplace Safety Poem Thanks to Scott Hafer for sending this in: Work place safety, our obligation grows, it’s not about the money or the company, it’s about our families as we all know. The obligation of safety is not a joke, our bodies or our families, we do not want … [Read more...] about Workplace Safety Poem
Safety Poems
It's Up To Me The Safety Poem "I chose to look the other way" has been used as a theme in a number of successful training videos, it is a powerful and very poignant piece of prose and is hung in many workplaces See the Poem Here. Here is another workplace safety poem by Don Merrel which says it … [Read more...] about Safety Poems
Safety Poem
Safety Poem Written by a Safety Person leaving a Safety Team to pursue other opportunities and based on the Lewis Carroll ‘Walrus’ poem: 'The time has come', the walrus said, 'to talk of many things, of boots and gloves and fluoro vests, for the team of safety kings'. 'But wait a bit' the … [Read more...] about Safety Poem