O brave new world Andrew Sharman 24th Feb 2021 Sharman on Safety Professor Andrew Sharman reflects on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and navigates a way forward for OSH professionals who wish to lead their organisations towards significant and sustainable safety impr... Read More...
Happy and here Andrew Sharman 11th Jan 2021 Sharman on Safety In an always-on world, it’s often easier to identify feelings of distress and unhappiness rather than their positive counterparts. Many people find it easier to declare, “I’m pissed off!” than to say, “I’m happ... Read More...
A little goes a long way Andrew Sharman 8th Oct 2020 Sharman on Safety Professor Dr Andrew Sharman challenges the way we’ve been looking at safety performance and offers an alternative approach to driving significant and sustainable safety improvement. A common mantra is, "Goo... Read More...
A brave new world SHEQ Management 17th Aug 2020 Sharman on Safety Professor Dr Andrew Sharman, global thought leader, safety culture expert and president of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), discusses leadership lessons from the coronavirus pandemic and ... Read More...
Selling safety Andrew Sharman 26th Feb 2020 Sharman on Safety Can ideas that work well in the world of sales be applied to improving health and safety performance in the workplace? ANDREW SHARMAN and DARREN SUTTON outline some concepts The frenzy which surrounded recent ... Read More...
It’s how we behave Andrew Sharman 13th Jan 2020 Sharman on Safety Behaviour is increasingly viewed as a solution to safety. Andrew Sharman reviews 500 years of science to explore the development of behaviour-based safety and suggests a more holistic approach to improving safe... Read More...
I’d like to teach the world… Andrew Sharman 18th Oct 2019 Sharman on Safety How can we implement more effective learning and continuing professional development (CPD) strategies to develop better leaders, or a more effective and reliable workforce? These are questions for which Andrew ... Read More...
How to make training work for you Andrew Sharman 21st Aug 2019 Sharman on Safety Professor Andrew Sharman and Darren Sutton tackle the challenges of making health and safety training stick, by exploring a range of techniques for management – and learners – to get more out of the next traini... Read More...
True causes of unsafe behaviour Andrew Sharman 19th Jun 2019 Sharman on Safety Busy workplaces are challenging environments in which we need to have our wits about us in order to maintain levels of safety. Andrew Sharman considers individual and organisational causes that influence behavi... Read More...
Fear: The Ultimate Motivator? Andrew Sharman 24th Apr 2019 Sharman on Safety Andrew Sharman and Darren Sutton explore the paradox of shocking people into action, and what one needs to understand in order to create sustainable excellence in safety performance. Niccolo Machiavelli was a ... Read More...
