The professional safety landscape is always shifting, in terms of hot-button issues. Many of you have seen the years of heavy OSHA standards-setting in the 1970s and '80s, the boom in behavior-based safety in the 1990s, and now the focus on organizational leadership and culture.
Dr. Tom Krause's 2005 book, Leading with Safety, is representative of this new landscape. Evolving front-burner safety topics were also evident at the most recent users conference of Behavioral Science Technology, Inc., of which Dr. Krause is co-founder and chairman of the board. More than 3,000 BST users attended the conference earlier this spring in Dallas.
We interviewed Dr. Krause by phone in early May for his take on why leadership and culture are hot safety topics, as well as other organizational issues and changes facing safety professionals.