How to overcome the risk vs priority gap in safety

Today's Guest:

Today, I'm sharing a recording of one of our safety roundtable webinars where we discussed how to overcome the risk vs priority gap in safety.

We talk about which risks cost organisations the most, the areas safety professionals prioritise the most and how these can be misaligned with each other.

We also discuss how different industries affect perceptions around safety, why board members tend to view safety differently from safety professionals and what the future looks like for the safety profession.

https://safetyroundtable.co.uk/

You'll learn:

• Which risks cost organisations the most.
• Areas safety professionals prioritise the most.
• The gap there is between priorities and risks.
• How industry affects safety perception.
• How board members prioritise safety issues differently from safety professionals.
• How to overcome the risk vs priority safety gap.
• The future of the safety profession.

Resources:

• The Safety Roundtable
• Slip Safety Services

In this episode, we talk about:

[3:27] The most relevant health and safety risks for organisations.

[4:25] Which risks cost organisations the most.

[5:25] Areas safety professionals prioritise the most.

[6:20] The gap between priorities and risks.

[12:03] The difference between safety professionals and CEOs.

[16:47] The future of the safety profession.

[19:36] How risk management can be a route to board access.

[20:47] What board's priorities tend to be.

[24:47] How safety is prioritised in the offshore and shipping industry.

[27:28] How industry affects safety perception.

[30:11] How board members prioritise safety issues differently from safety professionals.

[32:54] The stigma around back problems in the military.

[36:03] The importance of terminology when discussing safety.

[40:30] The different attitudes to claiming between employees and customers.

[46:09] The need to prove a link between safety and high performance in business.

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Quotables:

• 6:04 - "We're looking at where we have relevant risks, we're looking at the causes of incidents and claims and we're placing our priority in broadly the same places. But if we drill a little bit deeper there is a bit of a gap between priorities and risks."
• 46:59 - "Making people feel safer and be safer and reducing risk drives higher performance in the business."

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