Leading and Learning Through Safety
Do you want to engage your culture? Safety is the first step to creating the motivation needed for people to perform their best. Each day, we have the chance to lead our teams and learn more about our people through an understanding of our safety climate. Through looking at current issues in HSE, we chat about creating cultural value through safety. Your host is Dr. Mark French, CSP, SPHR aka The Safety Dude.
Episodes
In this episode of the "Leading and Learning Through Safety" podcast, Dr. Mark French discusses the absence of science in decision-making and its impact. He reflects on a 1979 documentary titled "Song of the Canary: The DBCP Story," which explores a chemical plant's discovery of harmful effects due to the absence of data. Dr. French delves into how organizations sometimes turn a blind eye to critical inform...
In this episode of the "Leading and Learning Through Safety" podcast, Dr. Mark French focuses on communication. He emphasizes the importance of effective communication in leadership, particularly in the context of safety. Dr. French discusses the challenges of two-way communication, highlighting the need for understanding and acknowledgment. He explores tools like the Blanchard SLII system to assess motivation and knowled...
In this podcast episode, Dr. Mark French discusses workplace violence, emphasizing the importance of people-first leadership that prioritizes the safety and well-being of employees. He highlights recent incidents of workplace violence and acknowledges the challenges in predicting and preventing such incidents. Dr. French stresses the need for open communication channels within organizations to address early warning signs of potenti...
In this episode, we talk about the control of hazardous energy.
In this podcast, we chat about workplace violence and the environment around workers.
This week, the podcast is focused on what leads to a corporate culture of uncaring and apathy. Until, that is, something goes terribly wrong.
This week we talk about cultures that erode good people practices
This week, we review the previous year and talk about accelerating leadership and safety for 2024.
This week, we take a brief look at what is on the horizon with OSHA for 2024
A study found that the number of injuries reported in January is higher than in December. We talk about this in this week's podcast
The Dunning-Kruger effect states that those with less knowledge may be more confident about that knowledge. How do we, as leaders, help guide those to learn more and challenge their understanding without belittling or sounding condescending? All that and more in this podcast episode
This week, I talk about my own leadership journey and some of my own personal biases. There have been some key moments in my career and life that led to how I react. The good news is understanding leads to real change
This week we talk about Black Friday and the process of hazard prediction and prevention.
This week, we chat about how self governance can help prevent laws that may not follow common sense.
This week we talk about some interesting news about those who work at and around the home.
Links:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/osha-investigation-finds-safety-violations-georgia-grain-silo-fatality
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-30/california-newsom-veto-housekeepers-nannies-domestic-workers-safety-protections
This week's podcast is about the uncertainty of predicting interaction with hazards .
Links:
https://www.wsmv.com/2023/09/19/construction-worker-jumps-into-river-cool-off-dies/
https://www.ktnv.com/news/circular-saw-accident-leads-to-las-vegas-strip-construction-workers-death
KPIs OKRs or whatever they are called in your organization are about good data. This week we talk about data and how it is used to guide leadership
This week, we chat about the importance of safety training and the ripple effects when training is unavailable.
Resource Links
https://jordanbarab.com/confinedspace/2023/09/25/weekly-toll-say-their-names/
This week, we talk about critical life safety hazards and how to learn better. Information is critical and witness accounts of an incident are vitally important.
Material Links:
https://www.wcpo.com/company-s-safety-failures-are-to-blame-for-teen-dying-in-cement-mixer
https://abcnews.go.com/US/las-vegas-grand-prix-worker-dies/story?id=103439928
Safety starts at the top, and the absence of good leadership becomes very apparent when you look at the culture.
Links
https://jordanbarab.com/confinedspace/2023/09/20/osha-cites-before-worker-is-killed/
https://www.wcia.com/news/local-news/adm-explosion-draws-third-osha-investigation/
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