Inevitably organizations face the need for some form of change in order to garner improvement in operational results, performance of their employees, financial outcomes, etc. This then leads to an analysis of the situation, a selection of an intervention, which is then deployed in order to solve the problem or gain an improvement in results. It is a proven fact that much of the deployed change initiative fails to deliver the expected improvements. There are many reasons for the degree of this failure as indicated by the following researched data:
Improvement initiatives in safety face even a greater challenge to overcome due to some structural issues inherent in the administration of core operational processes, management procedures, and safety practices. This is manifested in: