“Never invest in a business you cannot understand.”
– Warren Buffett
Understanding the business that you’re in is crucial to success. Safety professionals know this: it’s aligning the safety process with the organization that allows a business to thrive in the face of less risk. The value of safety increases the efficiency and competitiveness of the organization. Safety IS the investment needed to fully understand the business.
Business and safety: many times the two clash; however, when the ideas of prevention are aligned with business focus, they become action.
While businesses have processes and procedures to accomplish the tasks that assure results, its leadership in allowing a positive culture to thrive that drives success. Positive cultures are safe cultures not only set by a safe work environment, they are set by people feeling it’s safe to bring up the tough things, not just what’s going right. Actions that demonstrate respect, trust, and value for each person’s contribution creates and sustains a great culture both in good times and bad.
To succeed in business requires tenacity and diligence. Success depends upon understanding the market and delivering the wants and needs in a manner that engages and increases uptake.