ISHN - Columns http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column Columns Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:45:46 -0400 en-us © 2007 BNP Media 60 EDITORIAL COMMENTS: Summer of discontent http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000876675 “Conflicted” is being diplomatic to describe how many Americans feel about leadership in general these days. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000876675 SYSTEMS THINKING: “Zero is the goal” http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000876667 Slogans like “Zero is the Goal” are fine as long as management is willing to provide the resources to do the more difficult and expensive safety and health program activities. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000876667 POSITIVE SAFETY CULTURES: The benefits of positive emotions http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000876661 Researchers have discovered some very interesting things about the positive emotions and their value. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000876661 MANAGING BEST PRACTICES: Feeling socially responsible? http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000876652 Understanding ISO 26000 is important because the document may serve as an initiative to establish social responsibility requirements from other sources. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000876652 TRAINING STRATEGIES: The battle for attention http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000876641 The primary reason for any solid training program is to develop high-functioning, “whole-brain” employees. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000876641 EDITORIAL COMMENTS: The revolution will be digitized http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000859686 Six months ago I didn’t know a tweet from a twit. Now I tweet every day. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000859686 MANAGING BEST PRACTICES: Track the public view on toxic chemicals http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000867588 You should be aware the public’s attention on toxic chemicals is rising. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000867588 TRAINING STRATEGIES: Observation intelligence http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000867532 Learn how organizations can develop a process-driven observation program that fosters employee engagement. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000867532 SYSTEMS THINKING: “Right vs. wrong” or is it “Right vs. right?” http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000867770 How would you handle these ethical dilemmas? http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000867770 EDITORIAL COMMENTS: Up on Angels Landing http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000836936 Sometimes getting involved is a no-brainer. But seldom is the situation so black and white. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000836936 MANAGING BEST PRACTICES: New fed law challenges EHS pros http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000837003 Determining if chemical exposures are safe for workers who breastfeed falls on the shoulders of EHS pros. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000837003 SYSTEMS THINKING: Twisted leadership safety ethics http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000842775 There is a difference between an unethical safety leader and one who occasionally falls prey to twisted leadership safety ethics. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000842775 POSITIVE SAFETY CULTURES: Can people really change? http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000842794 Change, especially when it is major change, often does not come easily. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000842794 TRAINING STRATEGIES: Six deadly habits of the highway http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000841965 We pilot ton-and-a-half hunks of metal down a crowded highway while talking on the phone, listening to angry talk-show hosts, drinking our coffee and thinking about what will greet us at work. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000841965 EDITORIAL COMMENTS: Oh brother, how compliant art thou? http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000819968 Test your compliant nature by answering these questions. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000819968 MANAGING BEST PRACTICES: “I know nothing” doesn’t cut it http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000819924 Warning: This article includes ethics training that may force you to come off the sideline and participate in ethics. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000819924 EDITORIAL COMMENTS: OSHA listens — and then what? http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000800514 If it takes OSHA 94 years to inspect every U.S. worksite once, as the AFL-CIO claims, it will take the agency 100 years to get around to all these “inputs.” http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000800514 POSITIVE SAFETY CULTURES: Toyota and our turbulent times http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000800492 In the tragic Toyota situation, there are lessons for us all. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000800492 SYSTEMS THINKING: Hope is not a strategy for change http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000808307 When hope is all we count on and we subsequently fail, we give up. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000808307 MANAGING BEST PRACTICES: Talking about developmental hazards http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000812970 You may be surprised to learn that there are no specifications for a pregnant employee in OSHA’s lead standards. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000812970 TRAINING STRATEGIES: Entering oxygen-depleted atmospheres http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000808365 One of the most dangerous confined space entries is when a depleted oxygen, or inert, atmosphere is present. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000808365 EDITORIAL COMMENTS: Questions that never go away http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000772528 I’ve been reporting on the work of safety and health professionals since 1980 and these questions have consistently defied consensus. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000772528 MANAGING BEST PRACTICES: Fish bones and bow ties http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000772493 Risk assessment techniques are necessary to help decision makers make informed choices, prioritize actions and distinguish among alternative courses of action. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000772493 SYSTEMS THINKING: Death by bullet points http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000774108 Have you ever wondered why you think your brain is going to explode as you sit through a grueling PowerPoint presentation? http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000774108 POSITIVE SAFETY CULTURES: OK, we have a meeting with no boss http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000774421 One of the defining activities of the assessment center methodology is the so-called “leaderless group discussion.” http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000774421 EDITORIAL COMMENTS: “Help, I’m crashing and burning” http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000755570 Here’s a dramatization of a call for help and the ensuing responses posted on the EHSQ Elite Linkedin Group. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000755570 MANAGING BEST PRACTICES: What would you do without TLVs®? http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000755582 Now is the time to reexamine how your organization will apply exposure limits for airborne chemicals. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000755582 SYSTEMS THINKING: Marching to your own drummer http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000755574 To be a systems thinker, you have to, on most occasions, be a contrary thinker. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000755574 EDITORIAL COMMENTS: True grit in filmmaking http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000732362 What is the best movie you have seen reflecting the realities, attitudes and culture of true grit working people? http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000732362 MANAGING BEST PRACTICES: Smartphones as an EHS game-changer http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000732354 Smartphone technology can enhance our ability to perform better. Check out some features that might impact EHS practice. http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000732354