Tag: Safety Culture

The Safety Dilemma: How to Reward Results Transparently

When we design programs, yes, we recognize great results and actions that participants have taken. But what we’re really trying to do is help our clients motivate and inspire behavior – creating changes in everyday actions that will lead to the desired end result.

This is particularly important in safety programs or anything that is employee-facing. You can have some small incentive for achieving “accident-free days” or “no incidents.” But really, that is not what we want the core of the program to be. We want to create a program that drives the behaviors that create a base culture of safety.

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An Accident Waiting to Happen

You have probably heard the phrase “an accident waiting to happen” – or used it yourself to refer to a person or environment that is dangerous or unsafe. According to wordhistories.net the phrase is of US origin and first appeared in print in the October 6, 1905 edition of the Central Kansas Democrat: “We heard… Read more »

Leading from the Front: Developing a Safety Culture

While researching ways leaders could communicate key safety incentive program messages to their participants, I came across a wonderful and informative post by Robert I. Sutton on the Harvard Business Review Blog Network.  In his post Robert shares a recent discussion he had with Paul Anderson.  Their discussion was centered on the impact Paul had… Read more »