Warning: In all probability, your organization's behavior-based safety process will soon collapse. Statistics show that 70 percent of such initiatives undertaken by American companies fail, resulting ...

In the context of cultural transformation, especially in strengthening safety, leading by example—walking the talk—is an important but insufficient step. While walking the talk inspires, walking the ...

When I arrived at the University of Texas Austin for my doctorate, I was eager to begin my research in the Anxiety Lab under Dr. Michael Telch. Not your typical nerdy scientist, Mike picked me up from ...

Manufacturing is a constantly evolving industry. Shifts in factory technology, growing customer demand for manufactured products across a wide variety of industries and labor shortages are creating ...

Leaders often think that organizational change requires a series of all-hands meetings, announcing a new set of company values, often accompanied by a pizza party or even a series of team-building ...

In the context of health anxiety, "safety behaviors" are what we do to try and prevent or reduce the anxiety we are experiencing from a given symptom, bodily sensation, or bodily function. The three ...

Understanding, predicting, and changing behavior is the holy grail of managers, politicians, and academics alike. I sat down with eminent social psychologist Prof Saadi Lahlou of the London School of ...