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What are the Key Principles of Safety Differently?
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
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…
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
CONTEMPORARY SAFETY?
Trivial Safety and Paper
Safety
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…
Work As Imagined
Work As Done
Safety Differently is not a
program…
…it’s a set of principles that
guide and inform decisions and
actions
SAFETY DIFFERENTLY PRINCIPLES
• People are the solution
• Intervene in the conditions of work
• Define safety as the presence of positive
capacities
PRINCIPLE ONE
PEOPLE ARE THE SOLUTION
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.
Work As ImaginedWork As Done
Why this way?
Is this better?
PRINCIPLE TWO
INTERVENE IN THE CONDITIONS OF WORK
What are the Key Principles of Safety Differently?
A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO AN OLD PROBLEM
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
PRINCIPLE THREE
DEFINE SAFETY AS THE PRESENCE OF POSITIVE CAPACITIES
ABSENCE OF ACCIDENTS?
safety is not the absence of
accidents
safety is the presence of
capacity
CONKLIN, 2018
ErikHollnagel
HOW DO ‘DYNAMIC NON-EVENTS’ HAPPEN?
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
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
THANKYOU!
Andy Shone, CEO
Southpac International
www.southpacinternational.com
andy@southpac.biz

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What are the Key Principles of Safety Differently?

  • 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
  • 10. PRINCIPLE ONE PEOPLE ARE THE SOLUTION
  • 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.
  • 12. Work As ImaginedWork As Done Why this way? Is this better?
  • 13. PRINCIPLE TWO INTERVENE IN THE CONDITIONS OF WORK
  • 15. A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO AN OLD PROBLEM
  • 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
  • 17. PRINCIPLE THREE DEFINE SAFETY AS THE PRESENCE OF POSITIVE CAPACITIES
  • 18. ABSENCE OF ACCIDENTS? safety is not the absence of accidents safety is the presence of capacity CONKLIN, 2018
  • 19. ErikHollnagel HOW DO ‘DYNAMIC NON-EVENTS’ HAPPEN?
  • 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
  • 22. THANKYOU! Andy Shone, CEO Southpac International www.southpacinternational.com andy@southpac.biz

Editor's Notes

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  • #6: KEY POINTS: DELIVERY: REFERENCES: 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:
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