Expert views on Measuring Safety -- Ep. 79
In this episode, we’re conducting a thorough investigation of Safety metrics to help HSE practitioners measure (and manage) the factors that most accurately reflect Safety performance.
We’ve compiled a collection of thoughts, opinions and ideas about safety data, analysis and reporting from 19 of our previous guests discussing various aspects of this diverse and divisive subject.
Many question the existing reliance on lagging indicators and proxy KPIs, while the value of Zero Harm initiatives is particularly challenged.
But what are the alternatives? Are they easily quantifiable, will they satisfy senior leaders, and where does psychological safety fit into this discussion?
This Safety Measurement special features multiple perspectives on these crucial questions from experienced HSE professionals, consultants, authors and academics. We can’t promise definitive answers, but it will help you come to your own conclusions about Safety metrics - and how they can best keep your co-workers safe.
Featured guests (in order of appearance):
Tim D’Ath (Episode 61): Measuring the wrong things in Safety • A Human-Centric Approach to Safety Managem...
Bob Edwards (Episode 53): Safety metrics need context • Managing Complexity in Workplace Safety -...
Joelle Mitchell (Episode 75): The problem with proxy Safety measurements • Connecting Risk Management with Psychosoci...
Christian Hunt (Episode 68): Measure the Safety outcome - not the input. • Humanizing Safety Rules -- Ep. 68
Clive Lloyd (Episode 44): Safety KPIs that undermine trust • The Key Component of Workplace Safety: Tru...
Jodi Goodall (Episode 67): Understanding Safety metrics is crucial • Safety Lessons From High-Reliability Organ...
Cameron Stevens (Episode 62): Health and Safety data sucks • The Impact of Technology on Workplace Safe...
Brent Sutton (Episode 60): Looking at Safety data differently • Learning From Normal Safety Work -- Ep. 60
Stephen Scott (Episode 28): The trap of Zero Harm • Embracing New Approaches to Workplace Safe...
Dr Nektarios Karanikas (Episode 08): Asking the right questions to evaluate Safety • Developing Successful Safety Management Sy...
Dr Peter Brace (Episode 73): Can you measure Psychological Safety? • How to Support Workplace Psychological Saf...
Stephan Wiedner (Episode 69): Measuring Psychological Safety • The Importance of Interpersonal Skills in ...
Murray Ritchie (Episode 72): Unhelpful Safety incentivization • Safety’s Bad Habits -- Ep. 72
Moni Hogg (Episode 39): Measuring the impact of new Safety approaches • Implementing New View Safety Methods and P...
Angelina Badri (Episode 50): A bad way to measure good Safety performance • Connected Conversations For Safer Workplac...
Jerry Smith (Episode 06): Measuring the adoption of Safety procedures • The importance of people skills in safety ...
Gareth Lock (Episode 43): The fallacy of using lagging indicators • Subaquatic Safety Lessons -- Ep. 43
Kym Bancroft (Episode 05): Alternative Safety metrics • The end-to-end process of safety culture c...
Mikel Bowman (Episode 51): Perfection doesn’t exist in Safety management • Leading From the Middle To Enhance Workpla...
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TABLE OF CONTENT
0:00 Intro
01:26 Measuring the wrong things in Safety
03:32 Safety metrics need context
06:38 The problem with proxy Safety measurements
08:15 Measure the Safety outcome - not the input.
09:50 Safety KPIs that undermine trust
16:14 Understanding Safety metrics is crucial
18:15 Health and Safety data sucks
23:33 Looking at Safety data differently
28:02 The trap of Zero Harm
30:30 Asking the right questions to evaluate Safety
35:26 Can you measure Psychological Safety?
36:40 Measuring psychological Safety
38:02 Unhelpful Safety incentivization
40:31 Measuring the impact of new Safety approaches
44:17 A bad way to measure good Safety performance
45:36 Measuring the adoption of Safety procedures
47:28 The fallacy of using lagging indicators
49:13 Alternative Safety metrics
51:53 Perfection doesn’t exist in Safety management