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A Culture of Safety
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A Culture of Safety

Building a work environment where people can think, collaborate and innovate

Alla Weinberg
Sense & Respond, 2020

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9

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Recommendation

Creating a safe environment for your employees increases their creativity and innovation. You will likely reduce “tragic failures” as well, says Alla Weinberg, CEO of Spoke & Wheel. After the 737 Max jet disasters, for example, Boeing found its employees had known about issues with the aircraft but hadn’t felt safe revealing them. Weinberg covers how to turn three types of safety – physical, emotional, psychological – into strong corporate values. She advises adding safety-building exercises – some of them clearly awkward but, she feels, worthwhile – to your meetings to help employees align with those values and to nurture stronger, more cohesive teams.

Take-Aways

  • Companies that lack a culture of safety pay a steep price.
  • Pay attention to the needs of the primitive brain.
  • You may think your corporate culture reflects your values, but unless your values translate to defined behaviors, it probably doesn’t.

About the Author

Spoke & Wheel CEO Alla Weinberg specializes in workplace relationships.

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