Tag Archives: technology

Technology Designers Must Begin the Journey to Safety

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Chet Brandon

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 →

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Is EHS Verging on Disruption?

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Chet Brandon

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 →

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Union Carbide: Accidental Giant – Part 1

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Chet Brandon

I have been very interested in Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) for a long time.  As a child I saw their huge plants as meccas for the production of modern materials our society was/is built out of.  My first job as … Continue reading →

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What if We Had THE Answers?

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Chet Brandon

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 →

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