The document discusses the principles of "Safety Differently" which aims to address issues with traditional approaches to safety such as burgeoning compliance costs, proliferation of safety work, and flatlining safety performance. The three key principles of Safety Differently are: 1) People are the solution rather than the problem, 2) Intervene in the conditions of work, and 3) Define safety as the presence of positive capacities rather than just the absence of accidents. The document provides examples and explanations of each principle.
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What are the Key Principles of Safety Differently?
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2. You guys are all brainwashed ‘Dekkerites’!
Safety Differently is…insert derogatory term here…
Safety Differently is a socialist conspiracy
From one extreme…
SAFETY DIFFERENTLY – A BALANCED CONVERSATION
3. SAFETY DIFFERENTLY – A BALANCED CONVERSATION
Safety Differently is the answer
Safety Differently is…insert grand statement here…
Everything before Safety Differently is rubbish!
To the other…
4. S A F E T Y C U R R E N T LY
• People are the problem to control
• Tell them what to do
• Count success by absence of negatives
6. ISSUES SAFETY DIFFERENTLY AIMS
TO ADDRESS
BURGEONING
COMPLIANCE IMPOST &
COSTS
PROLIFERATION OF
SAFETY WORK
FLATLINING SAFETY
PERFORMANCE
(BY TRADITIONAL METRICS)
NUMBERS GAMES
An overall perception that safety has become a bureaucratic
accountability not an ethical responsibility…
8. Safety Differently is not a
program…
…it’s a set of principles that
guide and inform decisions and
actions
9. SAFETY DIFFERENTLY PRINCIPLES
• People are the solution
• Intervene in the conditions of work
• Define safety as the presence of positive
capacities
11. PEOPLE ARE THE
SOLUTION
• If our starting assumption is that people are
the solution not the problem, both the
purpose and the focus of many safety
activities change
• This involves deliberate decisions to trust
and empower people
• Actions are more focused on devolving,
decluttering, and decentralising.
16. WHAT MAKES THIS SUCCESSFUL?
Autonomy and self-determination
Behaviour changed by setting, not rules
Collaboration
Design
o Looks risky: safer behaviour
Engagement
o Cannot enter the crossing without being
engaged in your own safety
20. SAFETY AS A CAPACITY – OTHER IDEAS
• Diversity of opinion and the possibility to voice
dissent
• Keeping a discussion on risk alive
• Deference to expertise
• Ability to say stop
• Broken down barriers between hierarchies and
departments
• Don’t wait for audits and inspections to improve
• Pride of workmanship
KEY POINTS:
DELIVERY:
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Hardware giant Bunnings is being roasted for imposing a radical change on its famous weekend sausage sizzles. And it all comes down to onions.
Bunnings management has told community groups the onions must go on the bread first, ahead of the sausage.
The hardware giant is taking the high moral ground and claiming health and safety has prompted the change.
It says pieces of onion dropped by hungry shoppers have created “slipping hazards” outside its stores. Putting onions first, ahead of the sausage, would help avoid this, it said.
6th November 2018
Almost 200 of the 3,800 graves at Efford Cemetery have been deemed to be a hazard after a recent inspection.
But the hazard signs have sparked outrage from families of those buried at the Plymouth site.
Paul Ford's grandparents are buried at the cemetery, dismayed to find their names were covered.
He told the Plymouth Herald: "Where they have put the placard you cannot see who has been buried there; it looks more like a building site.
"I think it's disrespectful to cover up the names of the dead. If it was on the back it would be okay, but it's not.
"They should have made more effort not to cover up the names. It's an eyesore.”
In most cases where the graves were marked with the hazardous warning, the families were formally told in writing.
However, those with family unable to be traced were tagged with yellow stickers.
Others have since taken to social media to support Paul, with one writing: "I would go crazy if a sign was put on my dad's grave like this.
"I agree place the sign on the back."
Another added: "Surely there’s a better way of doing this. A sign by the entrance and a small yellow marker by the graves would have sufficed.
"It’s turned what should be a peaceful place of rest and respect into looking like a building site. I’m all for health and safety but this is over the top!"
A Plymouth City Council spokesman said: "We check each and every memorial in our cemeteries every five years for signs of defects that could make them dangerous to visitors.
"An inspection is carried out by monumental masons and the memorial is tested for stability.
"Our recent round of inspections showed that only five per cent of the 3,800 memorials that have been tested at Efford Cemetery this summer had defects.
"The deed holder/owner of the grave is responsible for the memorial, so if a memorial is found unsafe and/or in need of repair we'll send a letter to the address we've got on record.
"When this is not possible, we place a warning sign on the grave to advise the owner how to contact us to talk about options for repair.
"More information can be found on the Burial and Cremation section of our website."
INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
Key points:
Who knows best
Delivery:
1. Explain slide
What we have always done, even when the cleverest designers have design the path.
Don’t ask why don’t they use the path
Instead
Ask why they take the path they do.
Experienced v’s concept
References:
Individual notes:
KEY POINTS:
HOP is not a programme and there is no end date
We want to change the way you think
It’s the 100 small things we have to change – all the minor tweaks to make
Its about how you communicate and work with people
DELIVERY:
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INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
KEY POINTS:
Many of these ideas are not new but some have certainly been forgotten (particularly Deming)
DELIVERY:
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INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
Key points:
Who knows best
Delivery:
1. Explain slide
What we have always done, even when the cleverest designers have design the path.
Don’t ask why don’t they use the path
Instead
Ask why they take the path they do.
Experienced v’s concept
References:
Individual notes: