Describing how she brought her company’s safety culture out of the Dark Ages, a safety manager sounded almost apologetic. “Guidelines and goals must be developed and enforced.†Pause. “Yes, discipline.â€
Discipline — it’s a word you don’t hear often in safety these days. Bring up discipline when everyone else talks about visions, values, and “harnessing the enthusiasm of employees†and you sound like a Theory X (control those slack workers) Neanderthal.