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Book SynopsisThe continued prevalence of major incidents (most recently the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill) and preponderance of workplace fatalities and injuries as well as Process Safety Management (PSM) Incidents, globally, begs the question: why do incidents continue to occur in today's technologically advanced era? More importantly, with 80-85 percent of incidents being repeated, the more obvious questions are:
- Why do organizations fail to learn from prior incidents internal to the business?
- Why do organizations fail to learn from their peers and other same industry players?
- Why do organizations fail to learn from the incidents and experiences of other industries?
Process Safety Management: Leveraging Networks and Communities of Practice for Continuous Improvement provides a road map organizations can use to identify and setup critical networks for preventing catastrophic incidents and for sharing knowledge in an organi
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"… very elegantly present the case that formal and informal social and organizational networks, coupled with shared learning about safety from previous incidents as well as experiences within other industries, are the key to preventing safety issues. … the most refreshing treatment of safety management that I have ever encountered … has high value for practitioners, especially senior- and executive-level managers who have responsibility for designing, implementing, and assessing effective safety management approaches."
—Dr. Nicole Radziwill in ASQ: Quality Management, April 2014
Table of ContentsHistorical perspective – Review of Operationally Discipline / Excellent Organizations. Elements of an Operationally Excellent Management System. Leadership Behaviors for Operational Discipline and Excellence. Setting the Baseline. Identifying and Prioritizing the Gaps. Networks - Defining Membership. Activating and Tenure Setting for the Network. Network Conference – Training and Chartering. Network Focus and Work Priorities. Defining the Community of Practice. Network Performance Management and Monitoring. Performance Targets and Key Performance Indicators. Sharing Learnings and Best Practices for Sustained Success. Conclusion. References.
