You may have heard the story at the end of September that a Federal mandate is requiring that all street signs be changed to a font called “Clearview” and that signs are not ALL CAPS. The reason is simple enough – the easier a sign is to read, the less a driver’s attention is taken…
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Texting With Integrity
Driving is hazardous. It also can be time-consuming, particularly if you live far from work or take a crowded commute. And as I pointed out on my list last week, people sometimes compromise their safety in the name of expediency – they text while driving. In the world of industrial safety, companies who excel do…
You ARE the Culture!
Company Culture. Our safety culture. The culture of the team. These are all frequently cited as the reason programs succeed or fail. And yet many safety programs are aimed at affecting the culture. Changing attitudes and actions. Culture is, in a way, a misleading word. It is a collective noun. It represents a collection of…
Are You Interested in an Armor Upgrade?
As I mentioned in Monday’s post, I spent part of the weekend at Dragon*Con, a convention for enthusiasts of all things science fiction, comics, role playing, fantasy, computer gaming and more. It was intriguing, to say the least, to see people walking around with weapons of all sorts. By policy, all weapons had to be…
Bringing the Whole Package
If you are a regular reader of mine, you know that I have been writing about various traits that we all bring to the workplace to varying degrees. These ideas, developed in the book A Kick in the Seat of the Pants have worked well for me over the years. Essentially, the concept is simple….
Here Comes the Judge!
Over the last few weeks, I have written about characteristics that we each display in our work. Along with the Warrior, the Explorer, and the Artist, we all have a little bit of a Judge inside. He or she frequently advises the rest of the team of the value in their ideas or in an…
We all Need a Kick in the Pants (Sometimes)
When I was first made a team leader in my work, I knew all the people who would be working for me and wondered how I was going to get them working together in a way that no one else had. Then I found this awesome book – A Kick in the Seat of the…
