Greetings all! I’m excited announce the agenda for this year’s Behavior-Based Safety Conference. The ProAct Safety’s 11th Annual Conference is scheduled for 17-18 April 2012. There are pre-conference events on 16 April and post-conference session on the 19th. If you would like more information on the event or would like to register, please visit: http://proactsafety.com/events/annual-conference
International Safety Excellence Coach Shawn M. Galloway of ProAct Safety shares the five most frequently found perceptions that become dangerous beliefs in organizations on the path to safety excellence. To see more Culture Shock Videos or read Shawn's column in Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine, visit www.cos-mag.com. For all articles, videos and podcasts visit www.ProActSafety.com/Insights or the blog at www.SafetyCultureExcellence.com
Between the recent articles in safety publications and the capsizing of the Costa Concordia, there is a renewed dialogue among safety professionals and others about accident causation.In the first third of the last century Heinrich proposed, from his observations of accident reports, that 88% of all accidents were the result of unsafe acts, 10% from unsafe conditions, and 2% from undetermined causes.One author recently refuted this, mainly citing the tendency to blame employees for accidents when much of the “cause” was due to systems issues controlled by managers.
While there is validity in looking beyond human behavior, there is great danger in overlooking it and its critical role in accidents.We should always look at the “why”, but we can’t forget the “what.”It looks like we have opened the door to a whole new set of terminology around what has been traditionally labeled “immediate cause,” “underlying cause,” “root cause,” and “contributing factor.”If changing terminology or consolidating terminology helps prevent accidents, I am all for it.
From the discussions on line, there may be a need for better developing the talking points around accident causation.It is hard to synergize solutions when it takes 1200 comments in a LinkedIn group just to get everyone agreeing on terms.
The main point that must not get lost in this discussion is the fact that behaviors , regardless of what causes, prompts, or influences them are critical to risk control and, thus critical to accident prevention.We have assumed a lot over the years about what causes human behavior and how to change it.However we approach it in the future, we must not forget it.If a driver swerves into the other lane, the probability of an accident just dramatically increased.THAT is human behavior.
Now, how do we keep drivers in their own lanes? That is the next level.We err when we think that changing the influences on behavior will automatically and completely and immediately change behavior.If we don’t change behavior, we have missed the mark or are shooting at the wrong targets.It is not about blame, it is about prevention.
If we forget this basic premise as we strive to better understand its causes and influences, we are taking a step forward and falling hopelessly backwards.We need to understand the next level of causation or influence or systems issues or whatever we decide to call it so we can use it to shape behavior, not forget it.
With my many travels, fortunately or unfortunately I come across some strange situations. Perhaps it’s because I look at things differently, I see things that others don’t, have a strange sense of humor, or just happen to have a camera when someone is doing something completely ridiculous. If you have participated in any of my workshops or seminars you have seen my collection of close to 2000 of these pictures. I’ve decided to start sharing the ones I have personally taken here. I’m curious who might have the best responses to the following two questions:
1. What is wrong with this picture?
2. If you expressed concern to them, what rationale do you think they would provide as a response?
(Remember people do things for a reason. Always seek to understand the reason if you want to influence future decisions.)
Shawn M. Galloway of ProAct Safety discusses how to change workforce behavior through training. MetaPower's Carl Green asks: "How can we design training vehicles with both technical and cultural parameters?" This conversation is Part 2 in the Listening To Learn series from MP Media. Visit the MetaPower Blog for more Messages That Matter: blog.MetaPower.com For more about Shawn Galloway or ProAct Safety visit: www.ProActSafety.com.
The interview took place in Philadelphia on October 31, 2011 at the National Safety Council Congress & Expo. Produced by Greg Gibson of MP Media/MetaPower International, with assistance from Kevin Healy. You can watch or download the video here, or watch it on YouTube:
Are you integrating safety into your business? If so, great it is a wonderful thing to do. But, have you also integrated your business into safety? One cannot successfully be accomplished without the other. If you are a successful business and are on the path to safety excellence, what business principles and practices helped you become successful in the marketplace? How can those practices enhance other areas of operations like, safety?
If people do not see the same level of efficiency and effectiveness in safety as they do in their business, how excited are they going to be when being told safety needs to be the way they do their business? If we want people to see how safety helps them with their performance, they have to see integration potential from all angles. What practices do you excel at in business and how could those practices enhance the value-add of safety?
Welcome to 2012. I’d like to start our fourth year podcasting with a video challenge. Two years ago I recorded a very similar video standing in almost the same spot. I asked you what your focus was going to be in 2010. But the focus I was asking about was what you were going to focus on in safety? This year, I ask what are you going to focus on for your career in 2012? While I don’t advocate selfishness, the reality is if you don’t focus first on yourself, you might not have a career for you to make a difference in the lives of others.
Consider the following questions:
·What books are you going to read?
·What seminars are you going to attend?
·What groups are you going to learn from?
·How are you going to maximize the increasing availability of new ideas?
·How are you going to show your ideas
·How are you going to demonstrate value?
·What is the legacy you are going to leave behind?
·What do you want people to believe about you? – boss, peers, those you support in safety?
·What do you need to do to create that legacy?
·How are you going to monitor progress?
·What are you going to do to make certain 2012 becomes a more value-contributing year than ever before?
1.On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind’s Hard-Wired Habits by Wray Herbert
2.Leaders at All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis by Ram Charan
3.Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional’s Guide to Growing a Practice by Alan Weiss
4.The First 90 Days: Critical Success for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael Watkins
5.How To Maximize Fees In Professional Service Firms by Alan Weiss
6.Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed by Joey Green
7.The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuition Deceive Us by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons
8.Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar’s Way to Transform Your Dog… and Your Life by Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier
9.Make Today Count: The Secret of Your Success Is Determined By Your Daily Agenda by John C. Maxwell
10.Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
February 2011
1.The Leadership Engine: Building Leaders at Every Level by Noel Tichy with Eli Cohen
2.Million Dollar Speaking: The Professional’s Guide to Building Your Platform by Alan Weiss, Ph.D.
3.Understanding A3 Thinking: A Critical Component of Toyota’s PDCA Management Systems by Durward K. Sobek II and Art Smalley
4.For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway
5.What Is Six Sigma? by Pete Pande and Larry Holpp
6.The Secrets of Power Negotiating: How to Gain the Upper Hand in Any Negotiation by Roger Dawson
7.Globalization (EK Essential Managers) by Pervez Ghauri and Sarah Powell
March 2011
1.Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain by Antonio Damasio
2.Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions by Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde and Sandra Blakeslee
3.Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles
4.Value-Based Fees: How to Charge – and Get – What You’re Worth by Alan Weiss, Ph.D.
5.Please Hug Me—I’ve Been Delayed: The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need to Help You Survive These Not-So-Friendly Skies by Jeff Michaels
6.Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down by John P. Kotter
April 2011
1.Leading The Charge: Leadership Lessons From The Battlefield to the Boardroom by General Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz
2.The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
3.Million Dollar Coaching: Build A World-Class Practice by Helping Others Succeed by Alan Weiss, Ph.D.
4.The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization by Peter F. Drucker with Jim Collins, Philip Kotler, James Kouzes, Judith Rodin, V. Kasturi Rangan, and Frances Hesselbein
5.The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin
6.Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
7.Business Etiquette: 101 Ways to Conduct Business With Charm and Savvy by Ann Marie Sabath
8.Change the Culture, Change the Game: The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results by Roger Connors and Tom Smith
9.The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
May 2011
1.Ignore Everything: and 39 Other Keys To Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
2.Poke The Box by Seth Godin
3.The Consulting Bible: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Expand a Seven-Figure Consulting Practice by Alan Weiss, Ph.D.
4.It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques From the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by Michael Abrashoff
5.Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome
6.Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story by Peter Guber
7.Decision Points by George W. Bush
8.The Global Consultant: How To Make Seven Figures Across Boarders by Alan Weiss and Omar Khan
June 2011
1.Thrive! Stop Wishing Your Life Away by Alan Weiss
2.The Four-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss
3.The Company We Keep: A Husband-And-Wife True-Life Spy Story by Robert Baer and Dayna Baer
4.Leadership Lessons of the Navy Seals: Battle-Tested Strategies for Creating Successful Organizations and Inspiring Extraordinary Results by Jeff Cannon and Jon Cannon
5.In The Sounds and SeasVolume 1 by Marnie Galloway
July 2011
1.Heaven is For Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
2.Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
3.The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
4.10 Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships by Dr. Laura Schilessinger
5.Reward Systems: Does Yours Measure Up by Steve Kerr with Glenn Rifkin
August 2011
1.Lessons in Mastery by Anthony Robbins
2.Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
3.Organizational Consulting: How to Be an Effective Internal Change Agent by Alan Weiss
4.The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability by Roger Connors, Tom Smith and Craig Hickman
5.The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World by Chris Guillebeau
September 2011
1.The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World by Walter Kiechel
2.How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable For Results the Positive, Principled Way by Roger Connors and Tom Smith
3.The Six Characteristics of Highly Effective Change Leaders: by Brett Clay
4.Leadership is An Art by Max Depree
October 2011
1.Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehle
2.Man’s Search For Meaning by Victor E. Frankl
3.Managing the Generation Mix: From Collision to Collaboration by Carolyn A. Martin, Ph.D. and Bruce Tulgan
4.Journey to the Emerald City: Achieve a Competitive Edge by Creating a Culture of Accountability by Roger Connors and Tom Smith
5.The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
6.The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation by Jay Elliot and William L. Simon
7.Process Consulting: How to Launch, Implement, and Conclude Successful Consulting Projects by Alan Weiss, Ph.D.
8.Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler
9.Doing Well By Doing Right: Guidelines, Accountabilities and Discussion About Ethical Management Practices by Alan Weiss, Ph.D.
November 2011
1.The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance by Tony Schwartz
December 2011
1.The Tell-Tell Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest For What Makes Us Human by V.S. Ramachandran
2.The Millionaire Messenger: Made a Difference and a Fortune Sharing Your Advice by Brendon Burchard
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