You would never ask anyone to rush, yet your team might think you request it all the time. I don’t think anyone would think that rushing a task or cutting corners would help achieve a safe, quality job. However, in almost every accident that I have investigated, a sense of duty to perform the job Read more about A Friday Thought on Rushing[…]
Looking back over the year’s articles, it seemed an appropriate time to re-post this one. The time between Christmas and New Year is for many filled with food, drink and occasionally forgetting what day it is! During this period, if you are lucky enough to be off work, be sure to plan your merriment around Read more about A Friday thought on Drinking[…]
This week’s look back at a Friday thought isn’t actually a Friday thought. This was a midweek thought, which kind of makes it special. This post from March this year generated quite a response. Most people accept that controlling violent behavioural outbursts is a good thing, however, a good number of people feel that lifting Read more about What’s going on with eyebrows these days?[…]
Today’s look back at Friday thoughts is a post from this summer. An uncharacteristic rant that hopefully led to some worthwhile learning with a strong foundation in science. Something that may seem trivial to you could be a green light for others to embark on a rule breaking spree with disastrous consequences! A Friday thought Read more about A Friday Thought on lawlessness. (Cert 12A moderate language with scenes of mild peril).[…]
Today’s look back at Friday thoughts is a popular article on visualisation from May. I recall I was sitting on my hotel balcony in Greece when I wrote this post. I had just read an item written by Jim Carey about his early years in show business, he had little money and recounted how he Read more about A Friday Thought on Personal Performance[…]
Let’s get talking…… It is Friday again and time for another Friday thought from BITS. Our Friday thoughts are our way of shining a little light on the important bits of business that are often overlooked. So frequently in our working lives we get so focussed on the day-to-day requirements of the job, that we Read more about A Friday thought on Friday thoughts[…]
One of the most powerful leadership tools available to a manager is to listen to a concern from a team member, act upon it and fix it. When looking to implement a behavioural safety program or introduce new initiatives around behavioural safety, I have often heard managers say things like, ‘this is too sophisticated for Read more about A Friday thought on safety leadership[…]
Not only are they not a 1990’s Italian house music band, they are not even black! Air crash investigations often hang on the outcome of a review of the black box recorder. Unlike any other industry, the air travel industry actual invest in incident investigation before any accident has occurred. The black box device is Read more about A Friday thought on the Black Box[…]
Your maximum output is my minimum expectation! This week BITS have delivered a number of behavioural workshops to varying audiences from different backgrounds, different in terms of industry and culture. When exposed to the science of human behaviour and positive consequence management to influence behaviour, everyone understood and accepted this science. However, under questioning after Read more about A Friday thought on Positive Productivity[…]
Good management shouldn’t be transactional, but behaviour often is. Here at BITS we often talk about reciprocity and consequence management, where one good deed earns another. However, these are always presented as part of cultural change, where people behave in a reciprocal manner or are driven by a consequence led environment. We never suggest that Read more about A Friday thought on Transactional Analysis[…]