“Incidents are unanticipated financial and human costs, not unplanned events.”

May 31, 2019 | Friday Quotes

“Incidents are unanticipated financial and human costs, not unplanned events.”
– James Boretti, CSP

Businesses don’t intentionally plan to have incidents, but they do plan for recovery from emergency events. Each incident presents an opportunity to learn, and if done right, the learning results in applied changes that lead to long-term planned efficiency. Safety professionals do more than protect an organization from regulatory risk, they protect the most important assets: human resources and money.

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I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Organizations, like people, are not infallible. To succeed requires diligence and, in some cases, grit. Safety integrated into the organization requires understanding the end user and how it will be used. Misses will happen: improve from each one.

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