The Safety of Work
David Provan
Do you know the science behind what works and doesn’t work when it comes to keeping people safe in your organisation? Each week join Dr Drew Rae and Dr David Provan from the Safety Science Innovation Lab at Griffith University as they break down the latest safety research and provide you with practical management tips.
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In today’s episode, David and Drew explore the concept of behavioral substitution as a strategy for decluttering safety practices, examining a 2023 paper from the JBI Evidence Implementation journal titled "The Big Six Key Principles for Effective Use of Behaviour Substitution." The discussion centers on how healthcare's approach to de-implementing low-value practices can inform safety professionals' efforts to replace ineffective safety measures with more valuable alternatives.
Previous episodes
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130 - Ep. 129: How can we use swapping as a strategy for decluttering?Sun, 23 Feb 2025
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129 - Ep. 128: What are the attributes of an effective supervisor?Sun, 16 Feb 2025
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128 - Ep. 127: Should safety education focus on hard skillsSun, 9 Feb 2025
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127 - Ep. 126: Is it time to stop talking about safety culture?Sun, 26 Jan 2025
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126 - Ep. 125: Does ChatGPT provide good safety advice?Sun, 10 Nov 2024
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125 - Ep. 124 Is safety a key value driver for business?Sun, 1 Sep 2024
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124 - Ep. 123: Is risk a science or a feeling?Sat, 3 Aug 2024
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123 - Ep. 122: What makes a good presentation?Sun, 21 Jul 2024
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122 - Ep. 121 Is safety good for business?Sun, 7 Jul 2024
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121 - Ep. 120: What does the literature say about safety professionals?Sun, 26 May 2024
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120 - Ep. 119: Should we ask about contributors rather than causes?Sun, 28 Apr 2024
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119 - Ep. 118 How should we account for technological accidents?Sun, 14 Apr 2024
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118 - Ep. 117: Can digital twins help improve the safety of work?Sun, 31 Mar 2024
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117 - Ep 116. Do audits improve the safety of work?Sun, 17 Mar 2024
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116 - Ep. 115: Why are subcontractors at higher risk?Sun, 3 Mar 2024
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115 - Ep. 114 How do we manage safety for work from home workers?Sun, 17 Dec 2023
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114 - Ep. 113 When are seemingly impossible goals good for performance?Sun, 10 Dec 2023
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113 - Ep 112 How biased are incident investigators?Sun, 10 Sep 2023
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112 - Ep. 111 Are management walkarounds effective?Sun, 6 Aug 2023
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111 - Ep. 110 Can personality tests predict safety performance?Sun, 23 Jul 2023
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110 - Ep. 109 Do safety performance indicators mean the same thing to different stakeholders?Sun, 30 Apr 2023
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109 - Ep. 108 Could a 4 day work week improve employee well-being?Sun, 9 Apr 2023
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108 - Ep. 107 What research is needed to implement the Safework Australia WHS strategy?Sun, 12 Mar 2023
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107 - Ep. 106 Is it possible to teach critical thinking?Sun, 19 Feb 2023
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106 - Ep. 105 How can organisations learn faster?Sun, 5 Feb 2023
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105 - Ep. 104 How can we get better at using measurement?Sun, 22 Jan 2023
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104 - Ep. 103 Should we be happy when our people speak out about safety?Sun, 4 Dec 2022
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103 - Ep. 102 What's the right strategy when we can't manage safety as well as we'd like to?Tue, 15 Nov 2022
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102 - Ep. 101 When should incidents cause us to question risk assessments?Sun, 30 Oct 2022
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101 - Ep. 100 Can major accidents be prevented?Sun, 9 Oct 2022
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100 - Ep.99 When is dropping tools the right thing to do for safety?Sun, 18 Sep 2022
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99 - Ep.98 What can we learn from the Harwood experiments?Sun, 4 Sep 2022
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98 - Episode 97: Should we link safety performance to bonus pay?Sun, 21 Aug 2022
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97 - Episode 96: Why should we be cautious about too much clarity?Sun, 31 Jul 2022
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96 - Ep.95 Do Take-5 risk assessments contribute to safe work?Sun, 24 Apr 2022
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95 - Ep.94 What makes a quality leadership engagement for safety?Sun, 17 Apr 2022
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94 - Ep.93 Do the benefits of Lifesaving rules outweigh the negative consequences?Wed, 30 Mar 2022
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93 - Ep.92 How do different career paths affect the roles and training needs of safety practitioners?Sun, 13 Mar 2022
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92 - Ep.91 How can we tell when safety research is C.R.A.A.P?Sun, 27 Feb 2022
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91 - Ep.90 Does formal safety management displace operational knowledge?Sun, 13 Feb 2022
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90 - Ep.89 When is the process more important than the outcome?Sun, 30 Jan 2022
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89 - Ep.88 Why do organisations sometimes make bad decisions?Sun, 16 Jan 2022
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88 - Ep.87 What exactly is Systems Thinking?Sun, 2 Jan 2022
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87 - Ep.86 Do we have adequate models of accident causation?Sun, 19 Dec 2021
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86 - Ep.85 Why does safety get harder as systems get safer?Sun, 28 Nov 2021
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85 - Ep.84 How do orgasnisations balance reliable performance and spontaneous innovation?Sun, 31 Oct 2021
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84 - Ep.83 Does the language used in investigations influence the recommendations?Sun, 17 Oct 2021
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83 - Ep.82 Why do we audit so much?Sun, 26 Sep 2021
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82 - Ep.81 How does simulation training develop Safety II capabilities?Sun, 12 Sep 2021
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81 - Ep.80 What is safety clutter?Sun, 29 Aug 2021
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