5 Things We Can Learn from Organisations with Mature Safety Cultures
When seeking to drive safety performance improvement, we often look to previous incidents to see how we can prevent them from reoccurring in the future. But while this is a necessary step in the right direction, if our focus is only based on avoiding mistakes, instead of also actively aspiring towards excellence, we risk a […]
Driving A Positive Safety Culture – A Look Behind The Curtain Of The Mining Safety Crisis
Over the last few decades, the mining industry has played an integral role in Australia’s economic growth. Especially during the period that we refer to as “The Mining Boom”, this expansive industry has helped bolster our economy and is fuelled by the collective efforts of frontline workers in mining sites across the country. But yet, […]
The State Of Safety In New Zealand
An Insight Into Our Neighbouring Nation As an Australian-owned company, we share a strong bond with our partners in New Zealand. With so many cultural and geographical similarities between us, you wouldn’t be mistaken for assuming that our statistics and trajectories around safety were similar too. However, when you take a look into the safety […]
New Sentis Study Uncovers the State of Safety Culture Across Industry
Only 14% of organisational sites operate from a positive safety culture, according to a new study of 73 sites across agriculture, construction, government, healthcare, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas and utilities. For organisations whose sites fall into the remaining 86%, operating from a negative or unhelpful safety culture carries an increased risk of serious incidents […]
A Plan is Only as Valuable as Your Ability to Execute on it: Building a Roadmap for Safety Culture Change
When it comes to improving an organisation’s safety culture, we often focus our attention and planning processes around the specific activities that need to be implemented. From running safety training programs to revising our operating procedures and workplace protocols, most of our energy tends to be focused on what needs to be done to drive […]
Developing Your Safety Culture Isn’t Set and Forget: The Power of Positive Safety Habits
When it comes to developing a positive safety culture, there’s often a false belief that it’s a once-off activity. You make the decision to invest in developing your culture, you run training and coaching programs across your organisation to shift your team’s perspective around safety, and you enjoy the merits of improved safety outcomes for the foreseeable […]
Don’t Blame the Player, Blame the Game: How to Shift Away From a Safety Culture of Blame and Avoidance
During our time as safety culture experts, we’ve seen the inner workings of organisations that span across every stage of our safety culture maturity model, each with their own unique traits and characteristics. But of them all, there’s one type of cultural trait that stands out as a key indicator of poor cultural maturity and safety […]
Driving a Positive Safety Culture – Sneak Peek and Waitlist Sign-up
“When you work unsafely, you get higher production and praise.” “If you report something then you have an issue, it’s a blame game.“ “They need to kill a few [people] before anything is done.” Investment in safety culture is crucial. If your people lack the intrinsic motivation to take responsibility for their own safety, the risk of incidents and […]
Encouraging a Culture of Safe Production
A healthy dose of performance pressure is crucial for maintaining optimal levels of production. It motivates teams meet their KPIs, deliver on production targets and stay on-task. Problems arise when levels of production pressure increase to the point that the focus on production starts to overshadow the importance of safe behaviours. Especially if your leaders […]
