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A Stew?
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.
Rape in the Military and On College Campuses & Drinking & Driving: What do they have in common?
We have long debated and decried death by drunk drivers. For a while now, we’ve been aware of problems in the military, both at the service academies and in the uniformed services as it relates to women as victims of rape. We have MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) and we have former President Obama and
Should College Athletes Be Compensated?
Should all Division I football and basketball players get additional compensation? Should the compensation be commensurate with the player contributions much like it is in the NBA and NFL? Should other “minor sports” also get some compensation even though they don’t generate much – if any – revenue?
Incarceration for Addiction is Bad for Everyone
America has the highest incarceration rates in the developed world. Most of those incarcerated fit into a narrow socioeconomic segment of the population and are being warehoused for non-violent offences. Why are we doing this to ourselves and what can be done to reverse this situation that always takes us to a place we don’t
We invite you to download and examine the following materials.
The collection includes articles, reviews, and other resources
about culture measurement and management.
about culture measurement and management.
“Culture Measurement and Management: The Holy Grail of Social Architecture” Brochure
This new business brochure describes the products and services provided by Culture Quantified. – View
“Values-Driven Safety” Brochure
This is the brochure for the Values-Driven Safety Applications Manual in pdf form. – View
Occupational Hazards “Why We Need an Antidote for Behavior-Based Safety” Article
This landmark article describes why behavior-based safety doesn’t always meet expectations and what can be done about it. – View
Occupational Hazards “Getting the Safety Culture Right” Article
This article was the second in a series of two; the first set the stage for this one. It describes “the antidote.” – View
Safeguard Magazine “Safety’s Cultural Ambassador” Interview
This feature story, written in New Zealand, provides a history and background for the development of cultural re-engineering. – View
Business & Legal Reports Inc. “Got Safety Culture at Your Workplace?” Newsletter
This widely read newsletter focuses on what is happening with regard to interest in culture now and features the work of Culture Quantified. – View
Safeguard Magazine “It’s the Culture, Stupid” Article
This article is reprinted from an earlier article in Occupational Hazards and introduced safety culture measurement and management concepts in the Southern Hemisphere. – View
Professional Safety “Professional Prosperity: The Narrowing Road” Article
This article should be read by all safety professionals interested in career development; it tells how to do it and what to avoid. – View
Professional Safety “Why Can’t We Solve the Soft-Tissue Injury Dilemma” Article
This article has been the basis for several messages including a recent audio conference; this is must reading for everyone interested in reducing back and other soft-tissue injuries. – View
Safeguard Magazine “Values-Driven Safety” Book Review
This is one of the book reviews done on “Values-Driven Safety”; it provides some interesting and amusing insights. – View
Professional Safety “Safety Culture Enrichment: Why Take the Circle Route?” Article
This article suggests that there is a slow and fast way to enrich culture and suggests that most operations managements would prefer to take the shortcut…and they should. – View
Interesting Quotes
As part of our work here at Culture Quantified, we have found the use of metaphors and quotations to be helpful in explaining our thinking. We’d like to share them with you. Those highlighted in yellow are the ones we really like. – View
Hatch Annual Safety Report – See what an industry leader is saying about our process. – View
DoD Analysis of Safety & Culture Measurement Programs –
Read why the US Department of Defense cited our system as one of only two safety culture maturity models identified as industry Best Practices and credible Safety Management Systems. – View
Don Eckenfelder has presented papers at American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Professional Development Conferences
The papers are listed and available below:
2010 ASSE PDC “Safety is free—Because Culture is the Key”
This paper discusses how, if one manages their culture then safety is a natural by product.
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2007 ASSE PDC “Culture Is Quantifiable”
This paper talks about how you can measure safety culture and offers a “Scorecard” to collect data to create a safety culture profile that points to exercises to enrich safety culture. – View
2006 ASSE PDC “Why Don’t They Listen?”
This paper contains the information everyone promoting safety should know…and apply; so they will be listened to by operations people concerned with the bottom line and organization efficiency. – View
2005 ASSE PDC “The Solution to the Soft-Tissue Injury Dilemma: We Think It’s an Ergonomic Issue: It’s Not!”
This paper is an update and enlargement of the paper previously published in Professional Safety and available in pdf form above. – View
2004 ASSE PDC “Safety Culture Enrichment-Dealing with the Root Cause of Losses (How to Measure and Manage Safety Culture Enrichment)”
This paper gets into the “nuts and bolts” of safety culture measurement with the rationale for why it should be done by all progressive organizations. – View
2003 ASSE PDC “The Antidote for Behavior-Based Safety: The Virtues and Vices Associated with BBS and The Cure”
This paper resembles those published by Occupational Hazards but has a little more content. The title pretty well explains the content. – View