THE WEEKLY
REFLEKTION
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The Weekly Reflektion 31/2022
The culture of a company is set by the management and what the management decides to focus on and not to focus on. When the company is involved in the manufacturer of aircraft or any other activity that can lead to Major Accidents, safetyshould of course be a management focus, some may say the primary […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 23/2022
Walking the talk is an expression that is often used to emphasize the importance of management living up to what they say. ‘Actions speak louder than words’, is used in the same context. Putting out the last of the fires at the Texas City Refinery in 2005 What does walking the talk mean in your company? We would […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 11/2022
‘I get it’ said Boris Johnson as he responded to the criticism over the Downing Street Parties in January 2022. ‘BP gets it’ said then Chief Executive following the BP Texas City Refinery disaster in March 2005. In April 2010 there was the blow out on the BP Macondo well. After the parties Boris said ‘I […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 50/2021
Our intuition is an important factor in making sense of the world around us in particular how we interpret information and make decisions. Sometimes however our intuition fails us. Do you sometimes take shortcuts to reach a view on problems you are facing? A football match is 22 people running around after a ball with a 23rd person trying to ensure the […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 41 / 2019
This week’s Reflektion is inspired by the Titanic disaster in 1912, and the company management mantra. Thanks to Ole Martin Dahle for bringing this to our attention. Does your company have an HSE vision? What do you do to operationalise it? Most companies have, in their governing documentation, a statement summing up the attitude with […]
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The Weekly Reflektion Week 40 / 2019
This week’s Reflektion is based on the Piper Alpha disaster and asks the question. What do you do with important information presented at your meetings? Do you just take note and move onto the next item on the agenda? Or do you take the information seriously? The Piper Alpha disaster occurred on the 6th July […]
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