I go to a lot of construction sites and you wouldn't believe how many managers spend most of their time in the office.

New glasses have arrived….. this waterslide looks great.

Had a bit of drama on site this morning with a gang of groundworkers exposing a live high voltage electricity main supply with an excavator bucket… my training kicked in and everything ended well.

Work environments come with undiscovered conditions that affect culture. 99% of managers don’t notice them. 1% are proactive and learn to address them. These conditions don’t feel like problems. But they drive behaviours, decision making, and quietly create frontline issues.

Let's be honest. Leading by example makes sense, but is mostly a feel-good myth that often fails in practice. Sure, your actions are visible and impactful, but in a business with employees in many different locations, your "example" can get diluted. Instead, focus on building

Something tells me this guy shouldn't go near these tools.

Guess who did the toolbox talk…

Just signed a 3 year framework agreement with the local authority to be their projects H&S / CDM adviser.

Today's site visit we looked at several disused unstable buildings coming down “Without demolition, there is no progress.. “

Here is some actionable advice… “Proactive safety conversations help build a culture long before an incident starts to happen.”

linkedin is wild at the moment. Are we connected?

Just wrapped up a Client safety meeting on Teams that actually finished early. Think it was something I said.

Quick safety nudge Understanding people is an important key to your success. You have a choice. You can spend an inordinate amount of time managing ineffective behaviour and performance in the workplace. Or you can invest a reasonable amount of time in understanding the

Hey, go and give praise to someone today.

Remember training alone will not change behaviour because human psychology doesn't work that way. Your workforce will cut corners under pressure. They’ll forget processes in routine tasks. Your flawed thinking is at work, assuming rational compliance with safety management.

Why can't all dust masks worn to protect lungs be kept this clean?

“Your posts make my day better”, commented someone on my LinkedIn earlier.

You don't need another safety initiative. You need someone who can cut through the noise, identify what's broken in your operations, and distinguish it from the red herrings you're chasing. You’re unaware of the real safety issues because you are too close to your environment.

That's what we like to see... an angle grinder without the protective guard covering a high-speed blade that would slice through a finger in a nanosecond.

Tell people how to do something, and they most probably won’t. Showing people how to do something increases the chances they will. It's an effective safety behavioural nudge.