Safety Leadership

“The new year can bring additional short-duration or evolving work projects and, with them, a heap of unique obstacles to safety,” says Jim Spigener from DEKRA Insight, who shares “a better way to increase the behavioral reliability” at these worksites.

Jill Wiltfong from DEKRA Insight speaks with Dr. Susan Koen – an expert on human reliability, workplace fatigue and high-performing work systems – about why performing the same tasks time and time again can contribute to failure to recognize changes and the associated risks.

What did DEKRA Insight learn when it partnered with a researcher to understand what aspects of the observation process had the greatest impact on safety performance? Gennifer Lyon explains.

Jill Wiltfong from DEKRA Insight says EHS professionals are often tapped to head up sustainability efforts because “We’re good (or should be) at these things.” She offers five steps for developing a comprehensive approach to sustainability.

"There’s no doubt the factory as we know it today is changing radically, and the effect on workplace safety with be huge," notes DEKRA Insight's Jill Wiltfong, who talks with colleague Stefan Rutten from DEKRA Certification.

Jim Spigener from DEKRA Insight shares 11 leadership characteristics that he says the best performers in safety practice consistently.

Don Groover from DEKRA Insight explains why asking for help is the “most powerful way to change your behavior.”

Don Groover from DEKRA Insight explores why “the longer we perform an at-risk behavior without a negative outcome, the more we’re convinced that we’re not going to get hurt by that behavior.”

Don Groover from DEKRA Insight explains why “being close to safety compliant is not the same as being safety compliant.”

Jim Spigener from DEKRA Insight discusses how, as oil prices make a comeback, "leaders who don't get in front of the upswing and include safety in the rebuild will likely find themselves in a losing game of catch-up."