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Global Health Safety Environment (HSE) Visionary Credible Leader | Strategic Advisory | Safety Culture Transformation | Professional Chemical Engineer | Keynote Speaker & Coach

Flywheel Effect In Safety Culture In my nearly 40 years of professional experience, first as an Engineer, then as a HSE Practitioner, and now as a Global HSE Leader, I have come across various spectrums of safety culture maturity. I regard myself to be fortunate to have started my career experiencing first-hand how a matured safety culture works in practice with oil majors Shell, Exxon and BP. One think I realised though, is that transforming safety culture is not as onerous as one thinks…yes, it takes time but all you need is the first step, something to kick-start the change and the journey. I think safety culture transformation can be likened to a large flywheel. Something has to happen to start moving it. It doesn’t have to be a watershed event (like a major accident) but once inertia has been overcome and the wheel is in motion, the transformation journey begins. The next important thing to watch out is its track and direction. The last thing you want is to start turning it uphill…against the tide…you will only face push-back and resistance that will ultimately cause the wheel to roll backwards and stall the transformation journey. It’s therefore important that you steer the wheel towards a downhill track so it gains momentum, where small wins build on each other over time. No doubt the journey will still be full of potholes and obstacles but if it’s headed in the right direction, you’re in safe hands! #safetyculture, #safetyleadership, #safetytraining Check out below https://lnkd.in/gKw7j8Wp

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