Recently, one of my favorite people related a metaphor that I would like to share.
He said:
If you think of safety as a stew, the traditional elements of safety — safety audits, incident investigations, policies and procedures, even safety training programs — are the solid ingredients of a stew, i.e. the meat and vegetables. The culture is the broth in which they simmer. If you have a rancid broth, you can’t have a good stew—even if you keep adding the most expensive ingredients.
-Darrell Henagan, Turner Industries