THE WEEKLY
REFLEKTION
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The Weekly Reflektion 19/2025
That the tunnels we drive through are safe is a given, isn’t it, or is it? We expect that they meet the requirements that are set out in the regulations, just as when we work offshore, or any other place that has hazards or potentially hazardous situations Do you think about your safety before you drive into […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 31/2024
Carrying out a risk assessment requires identification of likely hazards and threats and how these can be mitigated to ensure the future is safe. Some hazards and threats may be considered to be unlikely that the risks are not assessed. Some hazards and threats are not thought about at all. This is where our creativity becomes important. Do you consider the […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 09/2024
Risk communication often involves scaring people when the hazards are significant, but the risk is perceived to be low and calming them down when the hazards are not significant but are perceived to be high. There is often a poor correlation between the hazards that upset people and the hazards that cause serious harm. Smoking is an interesting example, as is driving a car. When we work with risk […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 08/2024
Organisational cultures can change over time, with continued success, or apparent success, people may become complacent. In our Reflektion week 12/2018 we used a quote from Andy Grove founder and former CEO of Intel. ”Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive” The Apollo 1 Command Module after the fire Do you demand nothing short of perfection for how […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 35/2023
People often end up living near facilities where hazardous materials are used and/or produced. The risks involved in your operation therefore can affect people or organisations outside your operation and it is essential that this is considered in your risk assessment. Cheapside Street after the explosion Do you communicate the risks identified in your operation to all those that could be affected? The Cheapside […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 05/2023
In an effort to improve productivity, or achieve an optimisation in a delivery, or perhaps just to keep the organisation on its toes, positions are removed or added, reporting lines changed, workloads increased, and positions or people moved to different geographical locations. Are our risk assessments for organisational changes effective, or just tick-the-box exercises? One of our subscribers, and someone we have worked […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 27/2021
Following an incident, we often hear these words from the management “if only the operational team hadn’t done that” and “why didn’t they stop the job?”. What do these statements say about the management’s perception of risk management? Where should we focus our efforts on preventing incidents? Recently we have noticed that several companies […]
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