Safety Moment - Embracing Positive Change in Safety Conversations

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We've all had it happen. We're having a conversation about safety,

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and a senior leader stands up and says, that's complete crap. That's wrong.

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In fact, if we've got a lot of sprained ankles going on in the field,

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that means the safety program is terrible, and we're going to have a fatality.

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We need to change it now, and you either do it or you find a new place to work. I don't think so.

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Okay, maybe it hadn't been that dramatic, at least I hope not.

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But for some of you, I think it might kind of have been that dramatic.

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Hi, everybody. Todd Conklin, Pre-Accident Investigation, Safety Moment,

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Operational Excellence Moment.

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I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm kind of working on, well,

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Stephen Covey would call it sharpening the saw. But I'm giving us lots of safety

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moments kind of for us because I think February is a really good time to sort

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of focus on how things are happening and what's going on.

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And it's February, so that's what I'm thinking about.

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And this safety moment actually really comes from a pretty powerful idea.

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Don't fight against ideas you hate. Fight for ideas you love.

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Does that make sense? Don't fight against ideas you hate.

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Fight for ideas you love. So if a manager insists on telling you that Heinrich's

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Pyramid has to be true, don't fight against the fallacy of Heinrich's Pyramid.

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Fight for the understanding of complexity and adaption and the fact that there

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really is no connection between frequency and severity.

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That's a really powerful way to think about

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encountering people it's a

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powerful way to think about facilitating change it's

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a powerful way to think about living your life and it's a powerful way to think

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about the world right now and it helps me and and i hope it helps you i try

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to really remember not to fight against the things i hate but i hate them and

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so i want to fight against them.

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I try to remember that what I really want to do is fight for the things I believe in.

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And that sort of sets the tone in such a way that I really come to the problem differently.

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And because I come to the problem differently, the discussion I have,

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the teaching I do, the listening I do really comes from a frame of creating

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better and deeper understanding.

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Of values that we think will make a difference.

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That's our safety moment for today. Short and sweet, isn't it?

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But it's pretty powerful. Be brave, you guys. No fear.

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I hope you learn something new every single day, and I hope you learn something today.

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Have as much fun as you possibly can, and for goodness sakes, be safe. Be safe.

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