Through recent conversations, Colin has been inspired to think about the art of questions in safety, and why we ought to consider doing our best to make each question better!
KEY TAKEAWAYS
We should consider removing all negative connotations from each question, stripping it of the blame factor, and making it a more investigative query.
When we begin to look at events and incidents, better questions will yield better answers, which is always the point of investigation.
Each question needs to be approached without hindsight bias, and with no agenda. Only then can we arrive at the truth.
BEST MOMENTS
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VALUABLE RESOURCES
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ABOUT THE HOST
Colin Nottage
‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.’
This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into industry. Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions.
He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes that are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem-solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation.
Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses.
Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive.
He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought-after health and safety speaker and trainer. He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
