Use these conversations as opportunities to share the problem-solving techniques you’ve learned. Create a healthy paranoia about the dangers present in everyday tasks help others see the unseen and predict the unexpected. Be obsessive about risk in the conversations you have with friends and family. It can be easy to rationalize risks at home or on the road – if we even see them as risks at all. Here are some ways you can cast a big safety shadow:
BEWARE THE SHADOW YOU CAST HOW TO
He understood that his job wasn’t merely teaching me how to drive it was to equip me to make smart, safe decisions on my own. That was the shadow that Wilf had cast on my driving. Why? Because Wilf helped me think about how to handle the scenario. We were on a winding road doing about 40 mph in a 60 mph zone when one of the girls commented on my “slow” driving and told me to speed up.Ĭontrary to probably every instinct a 17-year-old boy has, I did not speed up.
BEWARE THE SHADOW YOU CAST LICENSE
Six months later, I had my license and was driving a group of friends on a nice summer day.
Never let anyone tell you how to conduct your vessel.” What are you going to do? How will you react?” He pointed out to me that “When you’re at the wheel, you’re the captain of the vessel. He said, “Colin, at some stage, someone is going to comment on your driving. One day Wilf challenged me in a way I would never forget. In addition to the basics of driving, Wilf continually threw out scenarios I might face and asked what I would do: blown tires on a busy highway, erratic drivers, poor weather conditions, and so on. My driving instructor was named Wilf Earlam.
But we can say and do things that leave a lasting impression – a legacy – that influences how they navigate risk. Just as at work, we can’t be there every time our employees, friends or family members make decisions that affect their exposure to risk. As safety leaders, we have an obligation to do more. Sign up to be notified by email about new Safety Leadership columns.Ĭonsider that for every 4,000 workplace fatalities in the United States, 120,000 preventable deaths occur outside the workplace.Īccidents and injuries on the road and in our homes are an ever-present danger for employees and their families.
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