Measuring in Risk and Safety 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 us how they are ‘progressive’, ‘generative’ and ‘world class’ because they focus … [Read more...] about Measuring in Risk and Safety
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Psychosocial Safety is NOT Measurable
All that counts in life, work and being cannot be counted. It is pure mythology that ‘what cannot be measured cannot be managed’. What utter nonsense. Even the person who thought up this silly meme, recanted on it sometime later. Unfortunately, Safety has been conned by the promises of … [Read more...] about Psychosocial Safety is NOT Measurable
The Craziness of Injury Goals
The Craziness of Injury Goals I used to work for a company that would budget to have a certain number of lost time injuries and fatalities each year. That may seem unconscionable today but it was not because they wanted or liked to hurt people or didn't care about them, it was for the Boardroom and … [Read more...] about The Craziness of Injury Goals