Friday Quotes

There are many fundamental elements that work together to bring success, none more important than safety. Increase that value: be profitably safe this year.

Controlling risk means to ensure people can feel valued and valuable through the realization that the resource they provide (i.e., skills, knowledge, application) is the real reason for business success. That’s safety being productive, not busy.

Safety is much like this: the need is to ensure business continuity by servicing risk, thus fulfilling the want of business sustainability.

The idea that business success is always measured by financial profit isn’t the whole picture. Safety is one of those key, core components: without it, assets aren’t as protected and detrimental risk is taken.

To work efficiently and profitability while taking the opportunities, safety is integral: after all, it’s humans who make the business run.

Competition. Safety draws a parallel to this type of risk: we are always challenged to show value; show relevance.

We all know what it’s like to react with frustration and anger. Safety is much more successful without frustration.

Safety professionals know that running and growing a safety process is a series of opportunities that avail themselves.

Business success is based on relationships: so too is safety success. Without it, there are no transactions.

Herb Kelleher’s philosophy was based on finding efficient ways to get work done, and he understood safety was paramount to retaining customers.