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Always Be Improving In Safety
Posted by Kevin Burns on October 1, 2024
Always Be Improving In Safety
When you tweak job performance in small chunks, little by little, safety performance improves. Back in a former lifetime (20 years ago), I made my living as a radio announcer. Radio is a cut-throat game that depends on ratings. Take a tumble in the ratings and you can start looking for another job. To stay on top in the ratings requires constant monitoring, adjustment and improvement. That means weekly airchecks.
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Go Positive To Motivate In Safety
Posted by Kevin Burns on October 1, 2024
Go Positive To Motivate In Safety
In safety, there is a mistaken belief that in order to motivate employees to buy-in, you have to “go negative.” The focus of safety marketing has been wrong. How do scare tactics, gruesome photos and videos and data and charts provide inspiration, motivation and encouragement to buy-in to safety directly?
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6 Gut-Check Safety Strategies
Posted by Kevin Burns on October 1, 2024
6 Gut-Check Safety Strategies
200 people will die in workplace incidents this year - one every 43 hours. Every second day, someone is going to die. The roofer stood 3 stories up on the roof and surveyed his work. On his back was his fall-arrest harness. At his feet was the clip supposed to be connected to his harness. I called the company OH&S Manager. He explained he would take action immediately and mentioned that any contractor in contravention of OH&S regulations are fined $100.
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Why Safety Meetings Must Move Out Of Back Shops
Posted by Kevin Burns on October 1, 2024
Why Safety Meetings Must Move Out Of Back Shops
If you want to change the culture of safety within your company, start not with how you DO safety, start with how you celebrate safety. We've all been to safety meetings that missed the mark—topics irrelevant, sessions too long, disorganization was the rule.
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How To Shift Safety Culture Without Senior Management Support
Posted by Kevin Burns on October 23, 2025
How To Shift Safety Culture Without Senior Management Support
Don't worry that senior management is not supporting your Safety Culture initiative. Truthfully, you don’t need their help. Corporate Culture is the glue that holds your organization together - how you do things, how you hire, how you even handle meetings. Safety Culture is the way your people do safety. But as I wrote in an earlier Blog post, the Unspoken Code of peers is one of the largest contributors to Culture. Companies who attempt to shift Culture without taking into account The Code, run a real risk.
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