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Category Archives: Innovation
Contractor Safety Management: The Contractor Operational Integrity Model
I’m pleased to share my latest article: “The Future of Contractor Safety Management: The Contractor Operational Integrity Model.”
The impetus for this piece came from my participation on a contractor safety panel at the Avetta annual conference in Chicago in mid-May. The discussion reinforced something I believe strongly: contractor safety management is moving into a new era.
For too long, contractor safety has often been treated as a compliance and prequalification process. Those elements still matter, but they are not enough. The future is about work readiness, verified control of work, and operational integrity at the point where risk is real.
In the article, I introduce the Contractor Operational Integrity Model, built around six core elements:
Critical Risk Definition
Capability and Capacity Verification
Control of Work Discipline
Field Verification and Leadership Cadence
Performance Intelligence
Corrective Learning and System Improvement
The central message is straightforward:
Compliance is the foundation. Operational integrity is the standard.
Contractor safety is not just a safety department issue. It is a test of how well safety, operations, procurement, maintenance, and contractors operate as one system under real field conditions.
I appreciate the Avetta team for hosting a strong discussion and creating space for practical dialogue on where contractor risk management needs to go next. Continue reading
Posted in AI, Artificial Intelligence, contractor safety, enterprise risk management, Innovation
Tagged AI, Artificial Intelligence, business, contractor operational integrity, contractor risk management, contractor safety, contractor safety management, control of work, EHS leadership, ehs-leadership, field verification, heavy industry safety, news, safety management systems, technology, work readiness
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You’ve Been Given the Assignment: Why Modern EHS Leadership Requires a New Operating Model
If your EHS system struggles when conditions change, that’s not a people problem—it’s a system design issue. This article outlines how leading organizations are modernizing EHS for real work and real risk. Continue reading
Posted in AI, Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, New View of Safety, Uncategorized
Tagged digital EHS systems, EHS transformation, high reliability organizations HRO, human organizational performance HOP, modern EHS management systems, predictive safety analytics, proactive safety management, resilience engineering safety, safety culture improvement
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Technology Designers Must Begin the Journey to Safety
Uber self driving car accidents and the facebook data scraping scandal are the most recent indications of a significant risk in the technology industry: the lack of mature safety processes. The icons of the “hot industry” of the 21 century … Continue reading
High Flight Requires Risk
The passing of two of the great aviation masters in the last few weeks started me thinking about what forges great people like them. The Aerospace Icons I am discussing here are Bob Hoover and John Glenn. Both made incredible … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Leadership
Tagged aerospace, aviators, flight, innovator, Risk, risk management
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1000 Tweets Later…
This blog post will generate my 1001st tweet. It seems to me that 1000 tweets is a milestone. I’ll celebrate it here. I estimate that each tweet averages about 45 seconds to write. When you do the math, it turns out … Continue reading
What Does the EU Have for You?
Are you looking for some new perspectives on HSE processes and systems? With those new perspectives come new ideas as well. Something to differentiate you and your organization from the pack. Innovation is more than just a way to pad … Continue reading
Posted in Benchmarking, Innovation, Leadership
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Is EHS Verging on Disruption?
If you’re in EHS Cop mode your job is about to be disrupted! A convergence of technologies is occurring that will have a profound impact on the future of our workplaces as EHS professionals and employees. Today I want to focus on several … Continue reading
Evolving Fear into Function
A professional associate and close friend of mine recently earned the honor of speaking at TEDx Lausanne. His topic was Evolving Fear into Function, which is a pretty provocative subject for a professional whose focus revolves around decreasing risk. My friend’s name is Andrew … Continue reading
What if We Had THE Answers?
I ran across this article from Quartz digital magazine and it really got me thinking. The article is: Big data is leading scientists to ask bigger questions. The advent of effective distributed processing as open source software has created access to … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Uncategorized
Tagged Big Data, environmental health safety, Problem Solving, research, Strategy, technology
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What do you Know About Disruptive Innovation?
I have noticed a new term that is often chanted in the business world: “Disruptive Innovation”. It seems to occur with frightening frequency in the technology sector. Apple famously disrupted the music recording industry with iTunes as an example. Can … Continue reading
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