“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.”
– Steve Jobs
If we choose to, we can all learn from making mistakes. Nothing in our organizations is mistake free. Safety professionals recognize mistakes tell a story that, when learned, points a pathway towards success. The road traveled is rarely straight: learning is part of the journey.
Business entrepreneurs don’t start a business simply to show up and maintain the status quo; rather, they drive for innovation: a different way of doing things.
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.