12/18/2023 0 Comments Edgar schein iceberg model of cultureNope! It may involve behaviours and attitudes and (horrors!!!) even emotions. Just as any sensible and intelligent person can list indications of a co-operative or gender-equal, a gender biased, a racist, a competitive or a collaborative culture.Ģ. I can walk onto a commercial building site and know immediately the kind of safety culture it has.Is that not, after all, what the Worksafe SafePlus tool is/was supposed to be about? I can also happily make the indications 'tangible' in a list of items and issues to look for. Culture is VERY easy to identify! Especially a safety one. Repeat anything often enough and it takes on a religious feel, no doubt! Unfortunately in order to good at anything we do, it will take repetition, or rather practice.ġ. (A forum member put a link to a similar article on this forum recently). The manner in which it's pursued often reflects an almost religious zeal. I would think a tendency towards doing what is right and good is a particularly desired attribute to have among staff? Something which would be certainly encouraged to further support ones safety culture.Ĥ. There is little or no evidence it's even necessary for good safety - if it exists. Isn’t culture the opposite? The very presence of a consensus forms a collective approach which in turn will form into a culture – It’s what we value?ģ. The whole concept is fuzzy and lacking consensus. The thoughts in our head, the words we speak and the actions of our feet, all present our culture.Ģ. Rather we make it each and every day as we go about our business. It's intangible and you can't "manufacture" it, or "make it happen". I would of thought the opposite to some of the suggestions made:ġ. Interesting take on a what is considered the core of safety excellence.Ĭulture is and always will represent what and who we are? Which like anything us humans lend our hand to translates to safety. I translated my PowerPoint show into a post today. There is little or no evidence it's even necessary for good safety - if it exists.Ĥ. It's intangible and you can't "manufacture" it, or "make it happen".Ģ. The research suggests "safety culture", may not really exist, may be impossible to manufacture even if it IS real, and is probably of no use anyway.ġ. In a nutshell, I waded through a heavy piece of research (source in my full post - see link below) and it supported some doubts I already had about safety culture. And have a bit of fun with it! I think the talk was well received by the amount of discussion we had. I thought it was an opportunity to do some research. I was asked by one of my long-term clients to do a talk on "safety culture" a few weeks ago.
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