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In my experience, there are three main difficulties about practising 'behavioural safety':

1. the concept means a variety of things to different people

2. it has its origins in an area of applied psychology known as 'cognitive behaviourism' which has sometimes very effective impact in the limited conditions to which it applies

3. 'Behavioural safety' is particularly effective in high-hazard sectors where adequate resources are applied to training, information and positive reinforcement.

I have worked, as a counsellor and ergonomist, with a Head of Safety and Health in a local authority with 10,000 who didn't use the expression 'behavioural safety' and had no direct budget but achieved improvements in safe behaviour. He did this through very, very skilful diplomacy working with second-tier managers across the local authority, through almost inexhaustible patience and good humour blended with problem-solving ingenuity and an iron fist in a velvet glove.

Yes: we are looking in the same direction in so far as 'safe behaviour' is necessary.

As long as 'a moving target' is informed by relevant research, it shouldn't pose a problem.:-)

The point at issue is simply that such behaviour can be cultivated by a much greater variety of methodologies. Not that conventional 'behavioural safety' is inappropriate but it's only one of a variety of options. (As an ergonomist as well as a safety psychologist, it's necessary for me to be very flexible about the models clients are able and willing to pay for.)

Appreciative Inquiry (and its sister, 'Appreciative Coaching') is one powerful method of facilitating change, developed across several areas of organisational behaviour,

To the extent that you may want to collaborate with HR people in your own organisation and/or other ones, it's worth getting to know the 'new HR' model of accreditation publicised at the CIPD national conference this week. All three clusters of behaivoural skills - Insights/Influence, Operational Excellence and Stewardship - are just as relevant to safety management as they are to HR. This is probably the single biggest leap forward in HR in its 96 year history but safety practitioners don't have to wait till IOSH reaches its 96th year to learn from the model they've adopted after widespread consultation.

Thanks Phillips 20760

I also have become fed up waiting on the HSL tool. I e-mailed them and this is the response I recieved:

"Thank you for your interest in the HSL Safety Climate Tool (SCT).

As you may already be aware, HSL SCT is currently under development, with a new electronic (CD Rom) version scheduled for launch this winter. It will allow you to tailor the SCT for your organisation, and give you the option of email or paper versions of the survey.
Please find attached posters containing additional information on the Safety Climate Tool which you may find useful:

The updated tool will help companies to identify problem areas or pockets of good practice. To see how the Safety Climate Tool helped Ford have a look at this case study: http://www.hsl.gov.uk/casestudies/ford.html

Once launched, the cost of the HSL SCT v1.0 will be:

Company up to 100 employees = £500 (+VAT)
Company between 101 and 250 employees = £750 (+VAT)
Company between 251 and 1000 employees = £1250 (+VAT)
Company - over 1001 employees = £5000 (+VAT)

Currently a number of organisations have purchased the paper license and consultancy support from us to run the survey (e.g. we would tailor the survey, carry out analysis and produce a summary report, and summary tables). Depending on the complexity of the organisation this typically costs between £2.5k and £5k plus the cost of the license fee (a paper fee is 50% of those listed above)."

I cannot believe the costs the HSL (HSE) are asking. Surely this defeats the purpose of their safety campaigns. This should be free and could possibly make a huge change to companies health and safety records.

I think I will continue developing my own with the help of some good publications and advice from the good H&S specialists on the IOSH site.

Thanks for your help.

Son of Skywalker