Articles by Matt Forck, CSP, JLW

Safety isn’t number one!

How safety leaders work with the corner office
June 11, 2013

Take the following quiz about your person in the corner office. In the last ten presentations given by your CEO, what was the main topic? Next, if you looked at the agenda presented at your company’s most recent board of director meeting, what would be the primary focus?


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Beyond “safety smart”

Develop a keen sense of “hazard intelligence”
May 3, 2012
Have you heard of Chris Langan? Today he lives on a horse ranch in Northern Missouri.


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“Reality traps” can doom teams

5 essentials to avoid failure
December 5, 2011
Chances are that you have a safety team — or likely many safety teams — within your organization.


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TRAINING STRATEGIES: Move beyond behavior-based safety

January 4, 2011

Moving beyond BBS means using today’s technology to make proactive data real time. It hits the desks of safety staff and senior leaders as it happens and is recorded. This way, senior leaders can quickly intervene or can offer recognition for a job well done.


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"Managing the desert island"

October 7, 2010
When it comes to safety in your organization, have you ever felt like it was you against the world?
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Near miss reporting: the sounds of silence

October 8, 2009
Here are five key reasons why near-miss events are not reported and analyzed.
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Culture: Where's the beef?

October 1, 2007
When Ray Kroc stopped selling Dixie cups at the age of 52 and opened the first McDonald’s hamburger joint in Des Plaines, Illinois, he realized something that few others knew then or even grasp now. His secret: the burger doesn’t make the burger joint. In sales, there are intangibles more important than the product.
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