Safety pros deal with human weaknesses probably more than anyone in the organization, save for perhaps HR. So it might benefit you to pick up Dan Ariely’s book “The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty.” The more I thought about his research findings on human weaknesses, I realized parallels can be drawn between his empirical research and the challenges safety pros face.
Take the case of the what-the-hell effect. Ariely found that once an individual gives in to temptation (what the hell), it is much easier to cave in the next time temptation surfaces. Consider this from a safety perspective. List all the individuals who have been involved in a safety incident at your facility in the past year. Did these individuals commit the same or similar safety infraction(s) in these incidents? What, if any, disciplinary action was taken with these individuals?