Happy Holidays! For the podcast this week, I would like to provide the audio only portion from the recent video, “Intro to Lean BBS (Behavior-Based Safety)”. If you would like to view the full video, please visit www.safetycultureexcellence.com and click on the videos category. Remember to visit the site often as we post new ideas and tools weekly.
The presenter for this event was Terry Mathis, the Founder and CEO of ProAct Safety. Terry is also one of the founders and practical pioneers of Behavior-Based Safety. Prior to starting our firm in 1993, he developed the process in-house at Coca Cola over 20 years ago, where he was the Director of Training. He has direct experience with all of the major methods of traditional Behavior-Based Safety (Behaviour-Based Safety, BBS) and over the past 25 years he has personally been involved with over 700 implementations in close to 30 countries.
In 2000, Terry created Lean Behavior-Based Safety which is based on the Philosophy of achieving faster accident reductions with the minimum internal resources and external cost requirements, ultimately achieving a more sustainable internalized continuous improvement process. Borrowing proven techniques from Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and experiences from over 1000 successful implementations, Lean Behavior-Based Safety has proven to be the most efficient and practical approach to an already effective theoretical process.
The purpose of this event is to provide you with insight and ideas, based on our direct experience with all of the major methodologies, as today; we are the only company who has been called in behind the other approaches to improve their processes at sites all over the world.
I hope you enjoy this event, for more information about Lean BBS please contact us at www.proactsafety.com and visit our audio blog site weekly for more ideas at www.safetycultureexcellence.com
Shawn Galloway
President & COO
ProAct Safety
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Two good articles on this topic:
EHS Today - SC Safety Engineers Caution Employers About Workplace Safety Cutbacks. http://ehstoday.com/safety/management/safety_engineers_workplace_safety_1202
Occupational Health & Safety http://ohsonline.com/Articles/2008/12/Another-Great-Year.aspx
Sites all around the world are facing this challenge. We have to fight that much harder to remind people that safety really is the way we do things, not another thing to do. Consider that we are put to the test during these challenging times – what priorities really do come first, will be the question of many. It is analogous to swimming in calm waters. As the waves increase you have to swim that much harder to stay afloat. It is my belief that to accomplish this is not necessarily a matter of spending more; you just have to stay that much more focused and results-based on the vision. Lastly you have to demonstrate, demonstrate, and demonstrate the value of safety. As Emerson said - “What you do speaks so loud I cannot hear what you say.”
Shawn Galloway
President & COO - ProAct Safety, Inc.
Founder & Coauthor – Safety Culture Excellence
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Intro to Lean Behavior-Based Safety
Length: 60 Minutes
Host: Shawn Galloway, President & COO - ProAct Safety
Presenter: Terry Mathis, Founder & CEO - ProAct Safety
What You Will Learn:
- What is Lean BBS®? - Lean is not just less
- Why this approach has become the most successful in the industry
- What options are available for Behavior-Based Safety in today’s lean atmosphere
- How Lean Behavior-Based Safety works in logistically challenged organizations
- The typical results that a company should expect
- How to identify if your company is not ready for Behavior-Based Safety
- How to ensure success and trust with represented workforces (Labor Unions)
- Why customization is vital if sustainability is your goal.
- Existing processes - critical questions and easy to spot waste
- What it takes to ensure success of a Lean Behavior-Based Safety approach
Lean Behavior-Based Safety is based on the philosophy of achieving faster accident reductions with the minimum internal resources and external cost requirements, ultimately achieving a more sustainable internalized continuous improvement process.
Borrowing proven techniques from Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and experiences from over 1000 successful implementations, Lean Behavior-Based Safety has proven to be the most efficient and practical approach to an already effective theoretical process.
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Happy Holidays from all of us at ProAct Safety. This week we are releasing a fun video we put together about Lean Behavior-Based Safety (Lean BBS). You can also view the video on-demand at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE-ypMnxXGU
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Shawn Galloway
ProAct Safety
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Greetings from The Woodlands, Texas. As we travel throughout the world, we see many companies that are changing their organizational strategies and structures, which of course has an impact on the organization culture and safety culture. At many companies, the base of the culture (the largest part if you will) is the employees. Too often the average communication that we see provided to them is more of a monologue it is “oh by the way, this is what we have done.” This week’s podcast focuses on why we should involve people at all levels of an organization when we are implementing organizational change. As Patrick Lencioni says “People won’t buy-in until they have had the opportunity to weigh-in.”
If you are listening to this file through streaming media and would like to download it for later use. All files and other ideas to help you bring positive improvement in your safety culture can be found at www.safetycultureexcellence.com or you can visit our consulting firm’s website at www.proactsafety.com
Thanks and have a great week!
Shawn Galloway
ProAct Safety
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1 - First Lean Behavior-Based Safety Video
Either Download the Video, or stream it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez4WoLJdPXY
Shawn M. Galloway
ProAct Safety
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As a result of many requests, I have created a page that lists our favorite books. I hope that you will agree that continuing to “sharpen your saw” (as Covey says), is a critical thing. When I began my first job many, many years ago, my father (Michael A. Galloway) started embedding a principle in me that has proven quite useful. He would always remind me that “no one will ever owe you a job; you have to create and show new value every day”. Because of this principle, I have developed a passion for continuous education. I make time to read as often as possible. I have found this to be invaluable to me and also ensures I can bring new ideas and strategies to the people I work with. The page with the links can be found at www.safetycultureexcellence.com (or the direct link: http://safetyculture.podbean.com/recommended-reading/ ).
Enjoy!
Shawn M. Galloway
ProAct Safety, Inc
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Greetings from Indianapolis, Indiana. “Because of the reactive approach to measuring and managing safety prevalent in the world today, the true definition of safety success has been obscured. The surface definition of safety success on most safety professionals’ minds is simply a reduction in the failure rate. We have been so busy avoiding failure that we need to remind ourselves what success looks like. The word “success” tends to surface every time the accident rates go down, but does the lack of accidents really equate to safety success?” - Terry Mathis
In September’s edition of EHS today another of Terry’s articles was published. We received some great feedback from the article, including a request to record it here for the subscribers of Safety Culture Excellence. So the podcast this week is a reading of the recent article “What Does Safety Success Look Like? by Terry Mathis. It was published on the 1st of September, 2008 in EHS Today. The online article can be found at: http://ehstoday.com/safety/management/safety_success/index.html
If you are listening to this file through streaming media and would like to download it for later use, all files and other ideas to help you bring positive improvement in your safety culture can be found at www.safetycultureexcellence.com or you can visit our consulting firm’s website at www.proactsafety.com
Thanks and have a great week!
Shawn Galloway
ProAct Safety
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