Safety Differently in Mining
Jeff Lyth1 November, 2024
Safety Differently – Innovative and Critical Safety Thinking in HOP (Human and Organizational Performance)
The ‘failed state’ of safety
I recently gave a talk about Safety Differently to a group of, mostly, safety professionals. As usual, I offended some people with…
Sidney Dekker7 October, 20144 ways to embrace uncertainty
How can we know that we are safe? Facing complex situations and an undefined future requires an idea about the mechanisms that…
Daniel Hummerdal24 June, 2013Safety culture: Facts, fiction and faith
We know that safety cultures are not just created at the sharp end. For safety culture, we need to look deeper inside…
Sidney Dekker11 December, 2012Compliance paralysis
Recently, a friend of mine visited a construction site. The site was in the middle of nowhere, in the Australian outback, and…
Daniel Hummerdal22 January, 2013Incident investigation: Learning vs Blaming
I would like to tell a story. The story is not in itself unique and I suppose many persons have seen or…
Phillip Dowland30 July, 2019Coaching Differently
I have the great opportunity to coach my sons’ youth basketball teams and have done so now for about 6 years. As…
Mike Behm28 November, 2015Unplugging from The Matrix: the pattern of a brave new world
The Risk Matrix is everywhere. In every procedure about risk management, in JSEA and HAZOP documents and on Start cards. The only…
Ben Seligmann13 October, 2014The use and abuse of ‘human error’
“Oh my God. I told those guys at safety that it was dangerous and one day we would lose concentration and pay…
Steven Shorrock11 October, 2013Danger was the safest thing in the world if you went about it right
This seemingly paradoxical statement was penned by Annie Dillard. She isn’t a safety professional nor a line manager steeped in safety experiences.…
Gary Wong6 March, 2015Good Leaders or Good Followers
Not a day goes past without me being reminded about the traits of good leaders. We are bombarded by photos and quotes…
Kim Flanagan11 August, 2014Latest stories
Safety Theater: Where your accidents hide in the green
Sidney Dekker26 October, 2024
