Health and safety has traditionally been viewed as a matter of policies, procedures, risk assessments and compliance. Every UK workplace has legal duties, managers with responsibilities and systems designed to prevent accidents. Yet despite decades of legislation, people are still injured, made ill or killed at work every year. Why? Because hazards don’t just exist … Continue reading Health and Safety Is Everyone’s Job: Why Active Bystandership Could Transform UK Workplaces
Tending the Vineyard: What Champagne Can Teach Us About Workplace Culture and Active Bystandership
A couple of weeks ago I was driving through the Champagne region of France. As I did i noticed the vines being tended to by many people. I knew it wasn't harvert time and after tasting some great champagne at a local house I asked what was happening. The lady there simply said "we need … Continue reading Tending the Vineyard: What Champagne Can Teach Us About Workplace Culture and Active Bystandership
Success Leave Clues: The Values Behind Every Great Team
When we think about high-performing teams, we often focus on the outcome. Whether it’s the project being delivered on time, an operation completed successfully, a crisis managed professionally or customers that were satisfied. These are the visible signs of success. What we don’t really talk about are the values that made that success possible. Whether … Continue reading Success Leave Clues: The Values Behind Every Great Team
Active Bystandership: The Hidden Health Resource Inside Every Workplace
Health at work is often framed in physical terms. We measure sickness absence, track injuries, and promote exercise, nutrition, and sleep. These are essential, they focus rightly on the individual, but they miss out the many other forces that exist in all workplaces. The reality is they miss something quieter and more powerful: the social … Continue reading Active Bystandership: The Hidden Health Resource Inside Every Workplace
The Bigger Picture
Is behaviour the problem or the symptom? In this piece I urge senior leaders and indeed society to stop seeing the bad behaviour as the problem. Service level observations simply lead to service level responses. A deeper and more meaningful dive is needed into the culture and ask (1) Why, despite the many reports into … Continue reading The Bigger Picture
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