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Improving safety by focusing on risk management

Peter G. Furst
March 19, 2024

When it comes to managing the risk associated with employee safety, the risk manager usually looks to the safety department to address that area.


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workplace culture

The organizational culture drives (safety) performance

Peter G. Furst
February 10, 2024

To make any permanent significant change to companies’ organizational systems, practices, or procedures, one has to modify the culture.


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communication with employees

Communication leads to engagement

Speech and language mean more than you might think
Peter G. Furst
December 16, 2023

Successful execution of organizational strategy hinges on the effectiveness of the supervisor's ability to lead workers to enthusiastically engage in their assigned tasks.


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Why do many safety change initiatives fail to achieve expected results?

Peter G. Furst
October 18, 2023

Improvement initiatives in safety face challenges due to structural issues in the administration of operations, management and practices.


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Why do these safety myths prevail?

There are many beliefs accepted as wisdom in this industry, here’s why they’re ineffective
Peter G. Furst
September 21, 2023

Safety is an outcome of an activity engaged in by a person performing their daily work or task. Let’s dispute some myths.


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Human error: Prevention vs. tolerance | Part 2 of 2

Rethinking traditional approaches to safety management
Peter G. Furst
August 18, 2023

The traditional approaches to managing human performance may not be effective. Here’s a new approach to performance evaluation.


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A new perspective on safety management | Part 1 of 2

Performance management and the human error factor
Peter G. Furst
June 15, 2023

Traditionally, performance has been managed by setting goals for employees to achieve or accomplish. Here’s a new perspective.


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Leading Safety

How to proactively manage construction safety through pre-operational planning

Discovering the ‘why’ of risk
Peter G. Furst
May 22, 2023

Why are workers getting hurt in spite of safety standards, programs, policies, procedures, training, and possibly everyone’s best efforts?


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Ignoring or engaging in risky behavior might be a perception issue

Peter G. Furst
April 27, 2023

A person’s perception of risk or their tolerance of it, will in one way or another influence their decision-making and impact their safety.


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Leading Safety

A scorecard for safety

Measurement and metrics are required for management to implement change
Peter G. Furst
March 15, 2023

To manage effectively, information that tells management in real time how well the organizational and operational systems are performing in order is crucial.


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