Scott Stricoff

Scott Stricoff is president of BST. Scott oversees BST's consulting and client partnerships in the transportation and utilities industries, government sector, and other arenas to enhance safety management and culture. Scott is a noted thought leader with demonstrated expertise in process safety and hazard analysis, occupational health and safety, and environmental and public health. Scott is co-author of the book "The Manager’s Guide to Workplace Safety," which was released in fall 2012.

Five ways managers undermine culture

Scott Stricoff

Don Groover

June 7, 2013

In order to build (or strengthen) a safety culture, it’s helpful for managers to recognize pitfalls of leading in safety and understand how to remedy them.

Six ways to undermine safety

Scott Stricoff

March 29, 2013

Leaders want to demonstrate commitment to safety.

Incident investigations: five challenges to successful findings

A good incident investigation process identifies root causes and how to address them so that the safety culture is strengthened.

Scott Stricoff

March 20, 2013

Even though organizations may have a proper incident investigation process in place, often times the process is less than optimal in achieving its objectives.

Creating the right context for process safety: 7 questions to ask

Scott Stricoff

February 8, 2013

Virtually all catastrophic events in man-made systems are related to technical failures made possible by organizational failures. This explains why catastrophic events continue to occur despite widespread implementation of sophisticated technical and management systems. Deepwater Horizon and Texas City disasters are examples of events caused by weak organizational safety—the context within which technical and management systems function.

Resilience in the face of catastrophe: Hurricane Sandy’s lesson for organizations

Scott Stricoff

November 20, 2012

When Hurricane Sandy devastated the Northeast the New York Stock Exchange was closed for two days.

During this webcast, we’ll answer frequently asked questions, and talk about common violations to help you avoid trouble and meet the Agency’s requirements.

Scott Stricoff

ARTICLES

Five ways managers undermine culture

Six ways to undermine safety

Incident investigations: five challenges to successful findings

Creating the right context for process safety: 7 questions to ask

Resilience in the face of catastrophe: Hurricane Sandy’s lesson for organizations

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