Podcasts about zero harm

"Sometimes work just fucking sucks"That's what David Strano said back on the Decline episode, and if you're not careful, saying smart things gets you volun-told for a guest appearance on the pod. David's a former touring roadie turned HSE director. That basically means he knows a lot about both parts of the PRS podcast, so the boys are considering just handing over the reins. Shit, he even knows what episode number we're on.It's a rare episode when there's not a NOFX song title involved, but this one goes way back in time with The Clash's "Career Opportunities" as a reference to shit jobs, success, and just getting things done in the face of a lot of competing goals.Since David has a real job (even closer to the actual work than Ron), we had a cool opportunity to talk about workplace safety as it's seen and lived with by folks doing work, especially those at the front line.David did 20 years of touring before Covid, and that's pretty rad. Except for the safety part. Nobody actually does that, apparently. It's the wild west, as David says, and shit happens as you might expect.There's a big difference between compliance and looking for high-performance safety, but the reality is that compliance is still important, even if it isn't the complete answer. The boys talk a little bit about the difference between awareness and something mattering, too. And tolerability - like the idea that if you choose to work here in a high-risk industry, you've basically said you accept some level of risk.Later in the discussion, all of those ideas tie together in a conversation about where expectations from customers fit in. Priorities - like getting a facility opened on time - mean safety drifts back to the old school view of production vs. protection, even when we're focused on more contemporary ideas. FSMM isn't meant to be the real deal, but there are times when it sure looks and feels like it is.Anyway, it's an episode focused on how tradeoffs materialize at work, how having multiple folks with checkbooks shapes safety, and where compliance fits into discussions about front-line work grappling with safety as an academic abstraction.Have fun, punkers!  DISCLAIMER: You probably shouldn't take anything in this podcast too seriously. Punk Rock Safety is for entertainment only. It's definitely not a replacement for professional or legal advice, and the fair amount of piss-taking, shithousery, and general ridiculousness ought to clue you into the fact that no one - and no organization - is endorsing (or un-endorsing, if that's a thing) any products, ideas, or other things. Except NOFX. We definitely endorse them.Oh, and give your money to Punk Rock Saves Lives. They're a rad organization that works in mental health, addiction, and human rights. And they're awesome people who can use your help to keep on kicking ass at what they do.https://www.punkrocksaveslives.org/Let us know what you think at info@punkrocksafety.com or on our LinkedIn page.Merch at punkrocksafetymerch.com

This week, the boys are talking about theory and practice, because, as the listener who submitted the question says, "fuck you, that's why."It's true, there's a lot of safety literature out there that's gotten more head-up-its-own-ass. Moralizing about safety is cool until it isn't, and the question is a good one (it was something like wanting to hear more about decision-making and doing things instead of recycling ideas as a career by itself).It can feel like things get way too academic and maybe even elite. That said, the boys argue that people don't need things "dumbed down" for them, either.The whole point of this little podcast is to be able to question things about safety. It seems like an awful lot of discussion, sometimes a little rowdy, is about whether something is "just theory" or if it's actually useful.Being useful is important, but asking who something is useful for is just as important. And being useful isn't something that just happens. It's based on theory, too.  So there's the thing. Dave brings up playing bass with only 2 or 3 strings, which means that even though the guitar company thinks they're important, Dave doesn't. The boys talk about making sure front-line folks have tools that work - but people work in other places, too. That gets back to the "Who is it useful for?" questions.Solid quote from Dave on this one, by the way: "Theory isn't just pontification, like people sitting around on whiteboards just making shit up, proposing stuff."Theory is observing patterns that actually happen in the world, and then trying to come up with models about why those patterns play out, and in what situations it matters. Otherwise, how do we build tools and predict those patterns in a way that's connected directly to work.So principles aren't theory. They're underlying values and guides for understanding.Does theory matter? Do principles matter? Yup.But as important as they are, theories and principles aren't solutions by themselves.Maybe that's the disconnect: treating principles as solutions. If you're into the whole work-as-imagined thing, that's pretty close to describing theory. There's some disagreement between the boys about starting with the theory vs. starting with observations in the organization. Here's where you probably ought to listen in to see how the conversation pans out.Arguing about what punk rock is can sometimes just get in the way of the music. The whole answer is never in the book. It's probably not only at the point of work either. Like the description of this stupid podcast says, do shit that works. DISCLAIMER: You probably shouldn't take anything in this podcast too seriously. Punk Rock Safety is for entertainment only. It's definitely not a replacement for professional or legal advice, and the fair amount of piss-taking, shithousery, and general ridiculousness ought to clue you into the fact that no one - and no organization - is endorsing (or un-endorsing, if that's a thing) any products, ideas, or other things. Except NOFX. We definitely endorse them.Oh, and give your money to Punk Rock Saves Lives. They're a rad organization that works in mental health, addiction, and human rights. And they're awesome people who can use your help to keep on kicking ass at what they do.https://www.punkrocksaveslives.org/Let us know what you think at info@punkrocksafety.com or on our LinkedIn page.Merch at punkrocksafetymerch.com

Do you believe in Zero Harm? Is that your goal for avoiding injuries and ensuring safety of your people? Is that an expectation imposed upon your organisation?Here is a true story and an attempt to challenge the Zero Harm ideology prevalent in almost all safety critical industries. Earlier this year, I interviewed a seafarer whose brother went missing at sea. We don't know under what circumstances Captain Mathew (name anonymised) went missing or, if you like, what was the cause of this accident. Unfortunately, the sea does not provide many answers but this painful story, told from his brother's perspective who also happens to be a seafarer, reveals the dark side of the Zero Harm ideology. There's a lot of debates and discussions in the risk and safety industry whether Zero should be a goal or not. There are practitioners, academics and researchers who believe that there is nothing wrong with having Zero as an aspiration. I hope that this story will serve to slow people down and think about how a seemingly aspiring goal translates into practice in global shipping. I call it a true story but it is shaped by my biased and subjective views. True only to the extent that some may find resonance with this story while others find it deeply uncomfortable.This story touches upon several themes:The unintended effects of absolute and binary goalsWhy perfection (Zero) cannot be a goal to motivate fallible humans.Why compassion, empathy, listening and understanding cannot coexist with absolute and binary goals?Why safety inspections, audits and investigations are so far from an objective exercise?And finally, the entire culture of the risk and safety industry is based on the idea of harm aversion. The power of this story lies in understanding how the ideology of harm aversion translate into practice. More specifically, absolute goals such as Zero Harm lead to more harm in a risk-averse society.  This story was first published in the book, 51 stories in Culture, co-authored by Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Robert Long. Link to the book: https://novellus.solutions/product/51-stories-in-culture-to-live-and-to-be/

"I think the context was kind of like, how do you go about trying to maybe introduce or convince your organization on some of the more contemporary ideas, when your organization is deeply rooted in zero harm and... Well, I think that's mostly it. Or something like that."  It's our first *official* episode dedicated to a listener question, and Dave totally nailed the summary with the leadoff quote.So what happens when people in authority are focused on zero? Well, for one, you name the episode after the band Authority Zero.It's not super constructive to come out and say that zero harm is stupid. Feel free to give it a go, but the boys wrestled with where it's okay to agree on the big ideas - like don't kill people at work - and have an adult conversation about differences in how we get there.To our listener's question, though, the boys had a pretty solid discussion on introducing some punk rock in a Backstreet Boy safety world. Making the cost of trying something new low is important. We don't need to burn all the boss's shitty records just to have them listen to something new.Focusing on deep discussions of principles is pretty lazy stuff, and then you get folks worried that we're saying harm is okay. It isn't, but maybe we should be focusing on asking leaders how, if it's zero harm or it's not zero harm, what does that mean for what's actually going to change in my organization? Are there unintended consequences of having aspirations of zero? And if there are (and there are), then what should we do differently to sort that out?  Getting to a discussion that's somewhere between shifting an entire worldview and being too far down in the weeds is a tricky balance, but we're trying to get to a middle ground. At least a little bit.The consensus seems to revolve around the idea that we don't have to lure leaders into the van with candy. It might just be that they haven't heard different ideas, and building from what they know to what they need is probably just fine. Maybe it isn't very punk rock, but not thrashing into a leader's office like we're in the mosh pit of contemporary safety is a better move. DISCLAIMER: You probably shouldn't take anything in this podcast too seriously. Punk Rock Safety is for entertainment only. It's definitely not a replacement for professional or legal advice, and the fair amount of piss-taking, shithousery, and general ridiculousness ought to clue you into the fact that no one - and no organization - is endorsing (or un-endorsing, if that's a thing) any products, ideas, or other things. Except NOFX. We definitely endorse them.Oh, and give your money to Punk Rock Saves Lives. They're a rad organization that works in mental health, addiction, and human rights. And they're awesome people who can use your help to keep on kicking ass at what they do.https://www.punkrocksaveslives.org/Let us know what you think at info@punkrocksafety.com or on our LinkedIn page.Merch at punkrocksafetymerch.com

Steve shares insights into how Cementation is setting new standards in the underground mining industry by prioritizing the safety and well-being of every worker. From innovative practices to a culture of care, discover how Cementation ensures that every team member returns home safely at the end of the day. Watch Here Mining Now and Media Partner

In this podcast episode, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the concept of risk appetite versus zero harm and the confusion it creates at board levels because they're trying to put all of their risk issues into a single statement.They discuss how a risk appetite is about balancing risk and reward, whereas zero harm is about nothing bad happening, and this gets uncomfortable when applying risk appetite to human safety. The outline the commonly applied risk paradigms and how a synthesis of risk appetite in commercial and safety practice does occur in project due diligence.For more information about Richard & Gaye's due diligence work, head to https://www.r2a.com.au

This week we are joined by the inspirational Dr Simon Roberts. Simon has worked as an occupational health and safety (OHS) professional across multiple industries, business sectors and global locations for more than 25 years. With Master degrees in OHS, Business Administration, and Leadership, Simon worked on his Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) through the University of Southern Queensland while maintaining full-time employment in the resources sector. Simon's research explored and identified potential opportunities to improve outcomes associated with the intersection of C-suite leadership, Zero Harm messaging, governance reporting and investor response. (Worker safety: zero harm messaging, reporting and the C-suite)Link to Dr Simon Roberts Thesis for those interested - https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q62xq/worker-safety-zero-harm-messaging-reporting-and-the-c-suiteLinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/drsimonrobertsWebsite – www.EHS2U.comLink to Usability Mapping : https://www.usabilitymapping.com/ Thanks for listening. We have some great guests coming up in future pods so get ready to learn. Until next time, enjoy the rest of your week, and stay safe. https://plus.acast.com/s/health-and-safety-conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Noluthando Mtthonti-Mlambo speaks to Lerato Tsele of the Minerals Council about driving Zero Harm in mining.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we're conducting a thorough investigation of Safety metrics to help HSE practitioners measure (and manage) the factors that most accurately reflect Safety performance.We've compiled a collection of thoughts, opinions and ideas about safety data, analysis and reporting from 19 of our previous guests discussing various aspects of this diverse and divisive subject.Many question the existing reliance on lagging indicators and proxy KPIs, while the value of Zero Harm initiatives is particularly challenged.But what are the alternatives? Are they easily quantifiable, will they satisfy senior leaders, and where does psychological safety fit into this discussion?This Safety Measurement special features multiple perspectives on these crucial questions from experienced HSE professionals, consultants, authors and academics. We can't promise definitive answers, but it will help you come to your own conclusions about Safety metrics - and how they can best keep your co-workers safe.Featured guests (in order of appearance):Tim D'Ath (Episode 61): Measuring the wrong things in SafetyBob Edwards (Episode 53): Safety metrics need contextJoelle Mitchell (Episode 75): The problem with proxy Safety measurementsChristian Hunt (Episode 68): Measure the Safety outcome - not the input.Clive Lloyd (Episode 44): Safety KPIs that undermine trustJodi Goodall (Episode 67): Understanding Safety metrics is crucialCameron Stevens (Episode 62): Health and Safety data sucksBrent Sutton (Episode 60): Looking at Safety data differentlyStephen Scott (Episode 28): The trap of Zero HarmDr Nektarios Karanikas (Episode 08): Asking the right questions to evaluate SafetyDr Peter Brace (Episode 73): Can you measure Psychological Safety?Stephan Wiedner (Episode 69): Measuring Psychological SafetyMurray Ritchie (Episode 72): Unhelpful Safety incentivizationMoni Hogg (Episode 39): Measuring the impact of new Safety approachesAngelina Badri (Episode 50): A bad way to measure good Safety performanceJerry Smith (Episode 06): Measuring the adoption of Safety proceduresGareth Lock (Episode 43): The fallacy of using lagging indicatorsKym Bancroft (Episode 05): Alternative Safety metricsMikel Bowman (Episode 51): Perfection doesn't exist in Safety managementSafety Labs is created by Slice, the only safety knife on the market with a finger-friendly® blade. Find out more: www.sliceproducts.comIf you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@sliceproducts.com

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Murray Ritchie, an experienced OHS practitioner, researcher, educator, and speaker who's worked with various industries, governments, and NGOs.He joins us to discuss the content of his new book: ‘Seven Bad Habits of Safety Management - Examining Systemic Failure' (published September 2023).Murray gives EHS professionals an honest, open and comprehensive appraisal of current approaches to Safety Management, covering education, regulations, Plan Do Check Act, the right to refuse, Heinrich, BBS, Zero Harm, Safety Culture, and so much more.This insightful interview is packed with real-life examples from his 40-year career and extension academic research, highlighting where the industry is failing to improve.Murray's on a mission to propel Safety out of its ‘comfort zone'. This conversation helps HSE professionals focus on what's important: finding facts and fixing them before somebody gets hurt.Find out more about Murray's work:Tri-Lens Safety (trilenssafety.com)Murray's book:Seven Bad Habits of Safety Management: Examining Systemic FailureMurray recommended the work of Sydney Dekker and Clive LloydContact Murray by email:murray@trilenssafety.comMurray Ritchie on LinkedIn:Murray Ritchie MSc | LinkedInSafety Labs is created by Slice, the only safety knife on the market with a finger-friendly® blade. Find out more: www.sliceproducts.comIf you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@sliceproducts.com

Episode page with transcript and more Joining us for Episode #476 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Ken Pilone, who has more than 30 years experience in Organization Development in Government, Retail, Automotive, Distribution, and Aerospace. He recently retired from Providence Health & Services, working most recently as the Senior Manager of Business Process Engineering at Providence Health & Services — a role that encompassed internal Lean consulting, including executive coaching, lean training, leadership development, and all functions typical of a lean promotion or PI/CI function. He's now working as an independent coach. He spent nearly 20 years with Toyota as Lean consultant within the company as well as with suppliers, vendors, partners, and community groups. He a co-creator of the University of Toyota at the company HQ. He led the work to adapt the Toyota Production System to non-production environments (warehousing, supply chain, HQ administration depts., sales, product distribution, dealer operations, etc. In addition, he led the Center for Lean Thinking. Ken has a Masters's in Industrial Psychology and Organizational Development with his Toyota experience, Ken has developed specialties in Lean consulting in non-production environments, curriculum development and delivery, leadership, and management development coaching, Toyota problem-solving method training, and public speaking. He's the author of Lean Leadership on a Napkin: An Executive's Guide to Lean Transformation in Three Proven Steps. In today's episode, we discuss the application of Lean in healthcare and Ken's experience there… and more! Questions, Notes, and Highlights: Police work? LAPD Viewing work as a process…  Helping people see that in healthcare? How to go about that? Not using the term “value streams” Fixing defects vs. fixing the system? Defects in policing paperwork in the field Correcting the paperwork vs. why it occurred Process is broken — Band-Aids No time… why? How can we create time? Microexperiments vs. implementing? How to help people look at improvements as experiments? Psychological safety – removing the danger? “Never Events”? Zero Harm? JPL – process gremlins and being proactive… “Breaking the system on purpose” Adapting to healthcare… Tell us about your later transition into working in healthcare? Pulled or pushed? The importance of leading with humility? How to build that? The podcast is sponsored by Stiles Associates, now in its 30th year of business. They are the go-to Lean recruiting firm serving the manufacturing, private equity, and healthcare industries. Learn more. This podcast is part of the #LeanCommunicators network. 

View video and more here ay 16, 2023, from 1 to 2:30 pm ET A panel discussion with a team of leaders from Value Capture, LLC, clinicians, Continuous Improvement professionals, and DEIA practitioners (scroll down for bios): Deondra Wardelle Mark Graban Debbie Sears Barnard Alan Wikler, Psy.D. Gerald Harris Ken Segel About the Session Discover what getting to zero harm means and explore how getting to zero harm for patients and staff can be achieved by emphasizing the most fundamental aspect of Lean, actively showing respect for others. Recognize how combining Continuous Improvement, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) and the four stages of Psychological Safety can promote health equity and improve patient and staff safety. Discuss intentional approaches to create and develop equitable, psychologically and physically safe spaces for diverse healthcare staff and patients of underrepresented groups that benefit staff engagement and the overall patient experience.

Deondra Wardelle and Mark Graban discuss the ongoing blog series and upcoming panel discussion webinar on the theme of "Getting to Zero Harm for Patients with DEIA and Psychological Safety. They share what sparked the #RootCauseRacism® collaboration with Value Capture, LLC. They also discuss the power of connecting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) to Psychological Safety as a way to promote health equity and offer countermeasures that improve patient and staff safety. Blog series: https://www.valuecapturellc.com/blog/tag/rootcauseracism Webinar registration (for the live event or recording): https://www.valuecapturellc.com/webinar-panel-zero-harm-patients-staff-deia-psychological-safety

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Tim D'Ath, an experienced Head of Safety & cultural transformation leader of high-performing teams in both corporate and high-risk environments. He specializes in the psychology of safety and explains to HSE professionals how they can bring a more human-centric approach to safety management.Regulations and humanity often seem at odds, and this friction is probably most apparent in high-compliance industries - where Tim has had great success implementing progressive safety programs and psychosocial wellbeing strategies.He shares his 4 principles of designing safety management systems and explains that compliance is a byproduct of getting things right. A key theme is workforce engagement, and he provides practical tips on how safety professionals can crowdsource and co-design solutions that interpret regulations into relatable formats for the worker.Tim reflects on current mainstream approaches to safety and voices his frustration at various elements, including imposing solutions on workers, lag indicator metrics, BBS programs, and Zero Harm initiatives. However, this is an uplifting interview with plenty of advice for disillusioned safety practitioners and many reasons to be optimistic about the future of safety.Tim could not recommend Clive Lloyd's best-selling book highly enough:Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care: Lloyd, Clive: 9780367509538: Amazon.com: BooksTim D'Ath on LinkedIn:Tim D'Ath | LinkedInSafety Labs is created by Slice, the only safety knife on the market with a finger-friendly® blade. Find us at www.sliceproducts.comIf you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@sliceproducts.com

What is Zero Harm? At KBR, it's a way of life! Since its inception, the platform has resulted in unprecedented global HSSE (health, safety, security and environmental) performance and is also the foundation of KBR's ESG culture, commitments and initiatives. Ultimately, Zero Harm is about doing what's right to protect our people, planet, communities and business. This week, host John Arnold is joined by Paul Stephenson, director HSSE, to talk about the journey to Zero Harm and this year's global Zero Harm Day celebrations, happening on February 22.

Thank you so much to Steve for joining us on the pod this week after we reflected on the article he'd written for Sentinel on another episode a few weeks back. His article "Organisational Risk: Predicting the unpredictable" for IIRSM's Sentinel Magazine was really refreshing to me. And now he's here with us in the flesh! Steve has an extensive background in economics, security, nuclear, risk, the list goes on, he's a very well-respected professional in our industry. We discuss the safety profession in general and it's perception, mature risk management, zero harm, the sharing of information, big corporations vs SMEs, the nature of trade associations, and loads more. Thanks again Steve. Absolutely cracking chat. Enjoy.

In this episode of SenioRx Radio, we talk with Dr. Soojin Jun, a board-certified geriatric pharmacist and a founding member of Patients for Patient Safety US, a group of patient safety activists. We invited Dr. Jun to discuss her work in patient advocacy because this is a growing area for consultant pharmacists. Dr. Jun offers valuable insight into advocating for patients within our current clinical roles, as well as discussing working on behalf of the patient as their personal advocate to navigate the healthcare system.  

On this week's episode of the GoGCast, Cat gets Black Friday dates wrong but jumps on an early deal and finally orders a new PC. Plus, we chat about Bayonetta 3, Steam Sale, how Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is selling gangbusters despite its issues, and more! What is Everyone Playing? (00:19:38) Bayonetta 3 (00:24:57) This Week's News (00:28:01) Touching Tribute in God of War Ragnarok to game dev who passed away during production (00:28:01) Trading in Twitter for Hive, seems like a gaming community exodus (00:31:19) Groom gets his best buds Xbox controllers as groomsmen gifts (00:39:50) Steam Sale is on (00:43:17) Massive tech problems for Scarlet and Violet, despite biggest launch in franchise history  (00:44:33) Ubisoft and Riot Games announce the “Zero Harm in Comms” research project to detect harmful content in game chats (00:53:30) Outro and Wrap-up (00:59:20) - Thanks for listening! The GoGCast comes out weekly so make sure to subscribe and you won't miss an episode. For more about us, Girls on Games, check out girlsongames.ca. Find our Merch at http://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/GirlsOnGames/ Buy us a Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/girlsongames

Just culture is a framework for open and honest discussions around errors occurring in hospitals. In Episode 15, we share our experiences with Just Culture, and provide insights into creating an safe, trusting work environment. Healthcare is on a journey to Zero Harm, and Just Culture is one way to get there. Also, for all our Emergency Nursing colleagues...Happy Emergency Nurses Week! Thank you really doesn't seem like enough for the incredible work ya'll do for your communities...but it is all we have...so THANK YOU!!!-----------------------------------------Be sure to connect with us on Instagram:@realnurses_pcSend questions, topic ideas, or comments to realnursespc@gmail.com

At Cleveland Clinic, we are committed to achieving zero harm. We continue to remove barriers and encourage caregivers to speak up when they see improvement opportunities and difficult situations. Our vision is to improve and transform the quality of healthcare. Critical to our success is ensuring Cleveland Clinic's caregivers are consistently working together to create and lead change that positively impacts how care is delivered.

This podcast is part of our HRO and Healthcare focus. The episode features Sheeva Azma, founder of Fancy Comma and a freelance science, technology, health, policy, and business journalist. Her investigative journalism introduced her to High Reliability Organizing and how it can help overcome bias, racism, and burnout in healthcare workers. Sheeva's research highlights the impact of Covid and Long Covid on patients, doctor's decisions, and burnout amongst health care staff. Improving and planning against this impact, HRO can help organizations make changes to their cultures to reduce the impact and improve the work environment.Sheeva also has a relationship with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. This organization is focused on patient safety in a variety of healthcare settings and situations. Like Sheeva the Patient Safety Foundation is committed to Zero Harm.

Episode page: https://valuecapturellc.com/he67 Welcome to Episode #67 of Habitual Excellence, presented by Value Capture. Joining us today as our guest is Denise Cardo, MD. Dr. Denise Cardo is the director of the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Cardo joined CDC in 1993 as a medical epidemiologist in the Hospital Infections Program (later named as Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion). After holding several leadership positions in DHQP, she was selected as division director in 2003. Her interests include patient safety, occupational health, prevention of healthcare-associated infections, and antimicrobial resistance. She's recently the co-author of a NEJM Perspectives piece: Health Care Safety during the Pandemic and Beyond — Building a System That Ensures Resilience In today's episode, Dr. Cardo talks with host Mark Graban, about topics and questions including: Why should we aim beyond merely “getting better” and why should we be aiming for Zero Harm? Aim for “perfect healthcare with no harm? What are some practices that are not evenly distributed across the US? Working previously with PRHI - Ken Segel and Paul O'Neill? 70% decrease in harm showed what's possible Preventing preventable infections or ALL infections?? What is the role of CDC in promoting and partnering with healthcare organizations on patient safety? How has that evolved? Policies to incentivize - transparency and accountability Aligning payment to results… most countries aren't there yet Please tell us how the CDC partners with CMS, AHRQ, and other federal agencies? With private advocacy groups? Focusing on Americans, CDC is a global leader — Collaboration or learning from similar organizations in other countries that are focused on patient safety? Lessons from the Covid pandemic? As you wrote about in the NEJM, why have we seen more patient safety problems recently, including more falls, more infections, more pressure ulcers in hospitals and SNFs? You and your co-authors wrote the recent trends “severely suggests that our health care system lacks a sufficiently resilient safety culture and infrastructure.” Disparities and equity - not just access to care, but “quality care” Moving forward, what evidence would you expect to see if we DID have a “sufficiently resilient safety culture and infrastructure”? Click to visit the main Habitual Excellence podcast page.

Today, Dr. Peter Pronovost joins us. He is the Chief Clinical Transformation Officer at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, where he is a champion for innovation as well as patient safety and value improvement. His devotion to value improvement in this role reduced Medicare Annual expenditures by 21% over a two-year period.   Nicknamed “Dr. Checklist,” Peter garnered worldwide recognition for a patient safety checklist that he developed. And, in 2008, he received a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” and was named by Time magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People.”   In our conversation today, Peter and I talk about what it means to provide high quality care, about the necessary cultural shifts that are taking place in healthcare, about how even seemingly simple innovations can have long-lasting impacts on providing patients with better care, and about the power of our beliefs, human connection, and love in positively impacting others.   Additional Resources:   University Hospitals' Journey to Zero Harm: https://vimeo.com/687888354   Pronovost on Love Wins: https://vimeo.com/555014083/162fedf615

Show notes and links: https://www.valuecapturellc.com/he56 In today's episode, our guest is Dr. Donna Prosser, the Chief Clinical Officer for the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, an organization that Value Capture is proud to partner with, given our shared interests in improving healthcare. Donna has been in the healthcare industry for more than 30 years and is currently the Chief Clinical Officer at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. She spent the first fifteen years of her career at the bedside and transitioned into administration after a personal experience helped her to understand just how fragmented and unsafe patient care can be. This experience ignited a passion to improve healthcare quality and safety in her that continues to burn to this day. She previously worked as a healthcare consultant, helping organizations across the United States and previously had leadership roles and/or clinical roles at Martin Health System, Carteret Health Care, and the Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Prosser received a Doctorate in Nursing Practice at the University of Central Florida, a Master of Science in Nursing at Duke University, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at George Mason University. In the episode, Donna discusses efforts to improve patient safety and healthcare quality — and her personal motivations for doing so — with our host, Mark Graban. topics and questions include: What inspired you to get so involved in patient safety? A personal experience... How can we help advocates and patients be partners and not adversarial? Two stories — helped STOP the errors Fixing errors vs. focusing on culture, systems, etc. Fragmented care, system issues -- or systemless? Covid era - lack of visitation, impact on errors?? What's the scale of the problem? It's been 20+ years since To Err is Human… is it getting better?? Are we seeing results? Goal of Zero Harm by 2030? How do we get there? Making a commitment to zero harm PATIENT AIDER app PSMF resources that can help? Coaching support for organizations that commit to zero harm Creating a foundation for safe and reliable care Previous episode with Dr. David Mayer, former CEO of the Foundation

   Dr. Renz currently serves as Deputy to the Commander at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC).   In this episode you will hear about the experiences Dr. Renz had and lessons he learned a completing a Senior Executive Fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and earning his master's degree in Public Health and Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health.  His faculty advisor at Harvard was surgeon, author and public health researcher Dr. Atul Gawande.  Dr. Renz describes how the principles of High Reliability Organizations can be used to create a culture of quality and safety within Military Medicine facilities and across the deployed environment.  He lays out some of the challenges in adopting this shared mindset and provides some concrete examples of the benefits of an organization setting a serious goal of Zero Harm.  He also describes how Military hospitals such as BAMC can serve as the lynchpin to creating and sustaining a Ready Medical Force.  Dr. Renz is a leader, innovator and subject matter expert in quality and safety in the medical arena- you will be glad you listened to this episode!   Find out more about Dr. Renz at wardocspodcast.com/guest-bios and visit our webpage and become part of Team WarDocs at wardocspodcast.com.   Please take a moment to follow/subscribe, rate and review WarDocs on your preferred Podcast venue.

Joan Hovatter joins Roxanna to take a closer look at the relentless pursuit of zero harm through a commitment to improving patient and employee safety. 

In this episode, Anton Lourens, CEO of Booyco Electronics discusses the correct way of implementing PDS technology, its benefits and its contribution to Zero Harm.

Dr. Gandhi is responsible for advancing the Zero Harm movement, improving patient and workforce safety, and developing innovative health care transformation strategies. In addition, Dr. Gandhi is leading the Press Ganey Equity Partnership to advance equity in health care. Link to claim CME credit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3DXCFW3 (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3DXCFW3) CME credit is available for up to 3 years after the stated release date Contact CEOD@bmhcc.org if you have any questions about claiming credit.

Managing the Mega Project to Zero HarmWith Hector Salazar, GM of Construction Safety at HPCL-Mittal Energy LimitedBathinda, IndiaIt's a little airport. It was a small plane. And it was still another hour by cab before I got to Bathinda. But once onsite at the HMEL refinery, in what seemed to be the middle of nowhere, there was a huge mega-project going on. Thousands of workers coming and going. I counted 15 cranes—big cranes—but there might have been more. I got there before COVID. Things were on schedule and no lost time accidents. I got to present to the leadership group and Hector also go me in front of the managers or the onsite supervisors for all of the major contractors working on the project. Then COVID hit.Hector has been a guest on the expert panel webinars we did all over the world when we had a show about managing contractors through the pandemic. But that's been over a year. The project is still going on and things are still going very well. However, it isn't just what they have achieved—it's also about how they did it.

In the second of a two-part conversation, Colin talks to Simon Bown, formerly in charge of health and safety at Luton airport, and now overseeing safety at Keolis Amey Docklands light railway. It's an insightful, thought-provoking conversation that'll inspire and empower all health and safety practitioners.  In part two, Simon and Colin discuss the metrics that Simon uses in order to measure success, why aiming for “Zero” in some cases is desirable, and the ideal future of health and safety in the workplace.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Target Zero and Zero Harm systems are slightly unrealistic, but the zero approach should be pursued in terms of loss-of-life or serious maiming of the workforce. In these cases, zero is, of course, the aim.  One of the most troubling aspects that Simon has noticed, is that in terms of mental health, workers sometimes feel unsupported. Changing this perception is a case of altering a company's culture.  Traditional safety practices have led us successfully to this point in time. It now takes creative thinking to help move safety on even further.  The aim for the future should be to make specific safety measures almost invisible, in that they become the intrinsic way of working, and do not requires an extra level of jurisdiction or supervision.  BEST MOMENTS 'No business should kill or seriously maim someone'  ‘If you made an honest mistake, do you feel like the business would support you?'  ‘It's about leaders, leadership, and how people are leading organisations'  ‘What are the craziest things you need to do in order to be successful?'  VALUABLE RESOURCES The Interesting Health & Safety Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/vn/podcast/the-interesting-health-safety-podcast/id1467771449   Simon Bown LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-bown-a6225a36/?originalSubdomain=uk  ABOUT THE HOST Colin Nottage  ‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.'  This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into industry. Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions.  He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes that are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem-solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation. Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses. Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive. He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought-after health and safety speaker and trainer. He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

http://www.valuecapturellc.com/he4 In this episode, Ken Segel, co-founder and managing director of Value Capture, has a conversation with host Mark Graban on the theme of zero harm. The late Paul O'Neill, founder of Value Capture, always talked about the need for leaders to set goals that are at the "theoretical limits" of performance. How can such goals be aspirational and inspiring to everybody in an organization? How are these goals a necessary contributor to habitual excellence?

Professor Andrew Sharman is the head of a risk-consultancy, and president of IOSH (The Institute For Occupational Health And Safety). As one of the leading lights in health and safety, Andrew has been instrumental in promoting competency and behavioural safety in the workplace, and has joined Colin today to talk about the challenges he's faced so far in ensuring we're all kept safe in our jobs, as well as his vision for the future. KEY TAKEAWAYS IOSH has been looking to the future for some time now, utilising a strategy called Work 2022, which leverages on three key points:  How practitioners influence people  How they enhance the work that's being done  How to collaborate to gain success    Vision Zero is a proposed strategy to keep all of the world's employees out of harm's way whilst at work. The Dupont Corporation founded this principle in the 18th century.    Zero Harm is the proposed strategy that looks to eliminate work-based injuries by implementing safe work systems. The ffectiveness of this strategy is controversial.    The Vision Zero concept has seven golden rules:  Taking leadership and demonstrating commitment  Identifying hazards and controllable risks  Setting targets  Ensuring safe systems in the workplace  Realising the importance of interface  Developing competence and improving qualifications  Motivation through participation    Rules and framework are essential, but they must never be weaponised in order to promote safety. It's far more effective to promote positive development.    The IOSH competency framework is directly designed to support practitioners with the challenges required, and to aid in the ever-evolving technological landscape.    While senior leaders committed to improving health and safety, it is the discharging of these commitments that will prove to be the most effective. They need to make sure that promises are fulfilled.    It's hard to motivate and engage people by simply telling them to comply. Senior leaders must step up and ensure that the workplace can feel the commitment to safety. This will be the biggest driving factor in measure being adopted on a larger scale  BEST MOMENTS 'This strategy has been borne out of deep thinking about what the future world of work looks like'  'To go to work and come home again at the end of the day is a basic human right'  ‘It's really great to see passion'  'There's a real shift in the way that information is being shared'  ‘It's about listening as much as it is about talking'  VALUABLE RESOURCES The Interesting Health And Safety Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/training-competency-creating-effective-plan-process/id1467771449?i=1000452692837   The Institution Of Occupational Health and Safety - https://www.iosh.com  Dr Andrew Sharman LInkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adsharman/?originalSubdomain=ch  The Healthy Profit Report - https://www.iosh.com/more/iosh-means-business/healthy-profit/  andrew@rmsswitzerland.com EHS Congress - http://ehscongress.com  Use the Code INTERESTING at www.fromaccidentstozero.com to receive your special discount as an Interesting Health And Safety Podcast listener  ABOUT THE HOST Colin Nottage  ‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.'  This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into industry. Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions.  He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes that are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem-solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation. Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses. Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive. He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought-after health and safety speaker and trainer. He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We use the papers, Zero Accident, Vision-Based Strategies in Organizations; Zero Vision, Enlightenment, and Religion; and UK Construction Safety: A Zero Paradox to frame our discussion. Tune in to hear what we think!Topics:The concept of zero-harm.The pros and cons of a zero-harm approach.When management makes safety-focused decisions.Can zero-harm lead to distorted reporting?Can you accurately compare zero and non-zero groups in a study?Quotes:“Yes: Every individual accident, there's ways that we can find that it could have been avoided, but do we think that we can run a national road network and never kill anyone?”“I think we have to keep in mind that if you're not going to do quantitative evaluation research, then the conclusions that you draw can't be quantitatively evaluated conclusions.”“Over the study period, the zero group had four fatalities and the non-zero group had no fatalities.” Resources:Zwetsloot, G. I., Kines, P., Wybo, J. L., Ruotsala, R., Drupsteen, L., & Bezemer, R. A. (2017). Zero Accident Vision based strategies in organisations: Innovative perspectives. Safety science, 91, 260-268.Dekker, S. (2017). Zero commitment: commentary on Zwetsloot et al., and Sherratt and Dainty. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 15(2), 124-130.Zwetsloot, G. (2017). Vision Zero: promising perspectives and implementation failures. A commentary on the papers by Sherratt and Dainty, and Dekker. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 15(2), 120-123.Sherratt, F., & Dainty, A. R. (2017). UK construction safety: a zero paradox?. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 15(2), 108-116.Sherratt, F., & Dainty, A. R. (2017). Responses to the vision zero articles. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 15(2), 117-119.Dekker, S. W., Long, R., & Wybo, J. L. (2016). Zero vision and a Western salvation narrative. Safety science, 88, 219-223.Dekker, S. (2017). Zero Vision: enlightenment and new religion. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 15(2), 101-107.Feedback@safetyofwork.com

On this episode of ELCP, Rob talks about "Shared vision and value". He also gives his honest opinion about Zero Harm and how organizations manage it. Enjoy it today on ELCP with Rob Fisher!