The Art of Safety

How to simply and easily persuade everyone around you to take safety as serious business

LATEST ARTICLES

The “God Delusion” of the Safety Profession

The "God Delusion" of the Safety Profession   An equipment operator in the Canadian oil sands tells the story of being trapped in the cab of a burning haul truck. Determined not to die there, and despite the terrible realization that any escape attempt is going to involve burns, he kicks open ...more»
January 4, 2010

Gary’s Interview on Beyond Lip Service Radio

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August 29, 2009

Gary’s Interview on Beyond Lip Service Radio Show

  On April 28th, I had the pleasure of appearing on Blog Talk Radio's Beyond Lip Service Show. Every day, we shape the reality of how people experience us and what we offer. Are you delivering your messages in the most effective way— the way that gets immediate buy-in? Listen ...more»
May 20, 2009

Art of Safety Workshop – Toronto

 The next Art of Safety workshop is fast approaching - February 17 & 18 in Toronto - spread the word and think about who you should send... check it out on the website Events listing... www.artofsafety.ca Gary ...more»
January 17, 2009

Changing the Language of Safety – Part 2

In Part 1 we introduced the concept of presuppositions, phrases that have negative impacts on our safety programs, here’s another example: 3. “Is it safe?” The answer to this kind of question is either a “yes” or “no” answer. It either is, or is not. This ...more»
August 1, 2008

Changing the Language of Safety – Part 1

The “art” of safety, as opposed to the science or technology, offers subtle ways to use influencing language without inadvertently or clumsily sabotaging one's own best efforts. The recently released Art of Safety offers ingenious ways to lift stalled programs off the plateau through the use of simple communication ...more»
July 1, 2008

Job Safety Analysis

At the core of many safety activities is the Job Safety Analysis. In reality it is most often a “Task” Safety Analysis, an individual task is analyzed, not a job. A job will generally contain a variety of tasks. A Job Safety Analysis is an adaptation of a Task Analysis ...more»
June 2, 2008

Safety Incentives

The idea of offering incentives to promote improved safety performance has long been a topic of heated debate.  Some suggest that they don’t motivate al all, that they contribute to the hiding of incidents, increase negative peer pressure to under-report, and that they reward the wrong things or the wrong ...more»
March 12, 2008

Art of Safety Live Event – Calgary, Alberta – April 2-4, 2008

Attention Safety Practitioners: Ever feel you’re working way too hard and nobody is paying attention? A special note from Gary Phillips Do you wish that everybody around you took Safety as Serious Business? Unfortunately most Safety Programs only go so far… Announcing The Art of Safety Workshop “A whole new approach to safety—the best I’ve seen ...more»
February 1, 2008