Episodes
Monday May 30, 2016
442: Behavior-Based Safety A Visual Workflow Model
Monday May 30, 2016
Monday May 30, 2016
Monday May 09, 2016
439: How Imitation Can Be Suicide
Monday May 09, 2016
Monday May 09, 2016
Monday Apr 04, 2016
434: VIDEO - Transformational Pareto Analysis
Monday Apr 04, 2016
Monday Apr 04, 2016
Monday Feb 29, 2016
429: What It Takes to Make Behavior-Based Safety Work
Monday Feb 29, 2016
Monday Feb 29, 2016
Monday Feb 22, 2016
428: Behavior-Based Safety Action Plans - Four Types
Monday Feb 22, 2016
Monday Feb 22, 2016
Monday Feb 01, 2016
Monday Feb 01, 2016
Monday Dec 07, 2015
417: 4 Types of Safety Behaviours (Culture Shock Video)
Monday Dec 07, 2015
Monday Dec 07, 2015
Monday May 18, 2015
388 - The Only Way Safety Will Continuously Improve
Monday May 18, 2015
Monday May 18, 2015
Wednesday Apr 01, 2015
Probability: Group Experience
Wednesday Apr 01, 2015
Wednesday Apr 01, 2015
A worker using the wrong tool for a job injures his hand. Another worker has used the same wrong tool numerous times with no injury. One worker retires having used this tool his whole career with no injury and another retiree has had three injuries related to using that tool. Each experience is different, and thus, each perception of the risk is different. Some think the practice is dangerous and some think it is not. Who is right and who is wrong?
We express a range of experience mathematically by calculating probability. With enough data points we can establish a pattern to this risk that may not be obvious to anyone who is a data point, but is accurately describing the experience of the large group. Sharing the findings of a probability study can actually change and norm the perceptions formed by differing experiences within the group. This new perception can more accurately describe the risk and encourage taking precautions against the risk even among those whose experience hasn’t detected the possibility of accidental injury. Perceptions, if not thus managed, will vary by experience. Managing the accuracy of perceptions is a powerful tool for improving safety performance that many organizations have not utilized.
-Terry L. Mathis
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Terry L. Mathis is the founder and CEO of ProAct Safety, an international safety and performance excellence firm. He is known for his dynamic presentations in the fields of behavioral and cultural safety, leadership, and operational performance, and is a regular speaker at ASSE, NSC, and numerous company and industry conferences. EHS Today listed Terry as a Safety Guru in ‘The 50 People Who Most Influenced EHS three consecutive times. He has been a frequent contributor to industry magazines for over 15 years and is the coauthor of STEPS to Safety Culture Excellence (2013, WILEY).
Monday Mar 02, 2015
377 - The Reality of Positive Reinforcement
Monday Mar 02, 2015
Monday Mar 02, 2015