Inversion and the Perspective-Based Safety Culture
Brian O. Owens
High Lonesome Publishing
2019
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What is it that forms the basic cohesiveness of workplace culture? How does an organization proactively build and sustain an effective approach to achieving a universal zero-incident mindset? Many current models for occupational safety and risk management are too often reactive, not proactive. They are built to respond to events that were likely rooted in human behavior, and then attempt to control future outcomes by enforcing policies, procedures, and disciplinary action. This approach fails to recognize the very premise of the incident itself: the pre-employment behavioral development. Inversion and the Perspective-Based Safety Culture turns this methodology upside-down. In this thought-provoking book, Risk Manager Brian O. Owens explores the undeniable connection between employees' humanity and their cultural contributions to the workplace. Using a simple yet powerful approach to aligning a workplace safety culture, Brian reveals the road to zero incidents is not built by attempts to control employee behavior, but by effectively changing the behavior using the power of Perspective. Perspective revolutionized philosophy. It changed the world from flat to round. And it is the key to unlocking the potential of your workplace safety culture. Be prepared to never see, hear, or say the word Perspective the same way again
