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**Dysfunctional practices that kill your Safety Culture (and what to do about them)**
"It is an illusion of human perception leading us to false conclusions resulting in dysfunctional practices that hurt the safety of our workers and the effectiveness of the systems we put in place to protect them. Learn a better way to analyze the behaviors of your employees to understand how they were put in a position to take the risk in the first place."

DYSFUNCTIONAL PRACTICES

THAT KILL YOUR SAFETY CULTURE

A MAN FINDS HIMSELF on the top step of a step ladder; a woman removes the guard to her machine; a worker is not wearing her safety glasses in the plant; a roustabout uses the wrong sized clamp instead of retrieving the right tool from the supply truck; a supervisor teaches a new worker to take short cuts; a mechanic climbs on top of the active machine to find the oil leak. Why do these folks do these things? Is it because they are stupid?

Our tendency is to blame workers and label their personal failings as the cause of safety errors. Labeling does not solve problems that cause error. It is an illusion of human perception leading us to false conclusions resulting in dysfunctional practices that hurt the safety of our workers and the effectiveness of the systems we put in place to protect them. Learn a better way to analyze the behaviors of your employees to understand how they were put in a position to take the risk in the first place

What Safety Experts are Saying about Dysfunctional Practices:

TESTIMONIALS

“Thank you for the webinar today. Having read the book, I found it to be an incredibly generous review of the key principles.

I would also like to expand that as a ‘thank you’ for this body of work. It has application outside of safety, and it is not a stretch for me to say that I consider any improvement of my understanding (cough cough application, I mean application) of key behavioral science principles tends to improve my life beyond that which I apply to my work. I doubt it is your intention, but the book caused me to reflect upon my own behaviors as a father, as I must admit I fall into the trap of ‘fishing’ for misbehaviors. My two boys deserve a better workplace culture than the one their leader has been providing.

Let me also make this quick note of appreciation awkward by confessing that my wife caught me smiling while reading this book, and when she asked ‘Why?’ I explained, ‘Shit, this is one of the first books I’ve read in which I’m hearing the author’s voice in my head instead of my own.’

I read the final chapter to her, as we both have experiences in mental health organizations and found the personal story impactful and compelling.

Thank you again. I recommend this book to colleagues any time I have an opportunity to do so.

-RYAN FELTY Director of Organization & People Capability

“The book Dysfunctional Practices can be likened to another great "musical hit track" of our generation. I recall listening to the track "We are the World" in the eighties marked as "USA for Africa" which show cased great American artists and legends. Today I read a book from one of Americas best in the field of behavioural safety. I consider Dr.Tim Ludwig's new book as another gift from "America to the rest of the world". It is in my own opinion the "hidden secret" and the "missing ingredient" to boosting behaviour based safety and promoting positive safety culture among high risk industries across the world especially those operating in Nigeria's Niger Delta.”

-Dr. Patricks-E Chinemerem

“I just read Tim Ludwig's delightful new book, it slots in perfectly with the movement from virtual safety to real safety. Safe workplace environments are created by people not processes and he deals with this truism expertly. His inimitable humour oozes out everywhere. Tim gets the balance right between a deadly serious subject and how best to deliver messages that land effectively. I strongly recommend this book if you are looking for the next shaping step on workplace safety. As he says ''its time to make safety a verb.”

-Howard Lees

“In Dysfunctional Practices Tim Ludwig applies decades of teaching and practical experience to the challenges of creating safe workplaces. Ludwig instructs us in a powerful lessons how a systematic focus on behavior can help us create a safer world.”

-Dr. Dwight Harshbarger

“The Dysfunctions book you are about to read reflects Tim Ludwig's dynamic speaking style where he weaves provocative zingers with humorous stories and then adds a dash of science. Any company seeking to instill the values required to build their safety culture should consider sharing this book with all involved.”

-Dr. Terry McSween

“We are witnessing the next generation of thinking on behavioral safety in Dysfunctional Practices. You will learn how programs based on behavioral science succeed while others flounder and fail. Read it and read it again.”

-Dr. Aubrey Daniels

“Dysfunctional Practices is one of the most novel and insightful safety books you'll ever pick up. This is not a textbook. It's down to earth, funny, sardonic, at times hear-warming; full of stories and characters, deadly serious and also a bit irreverent, and easy to read.”

-Dave Johnson - Editor ISHN

“Dysfunctional Practices is a page-turner describing research-based principles of human dynamics in a way you can relate to, understand, and apply. You'll grasp how these principles explain real life events in the workplace – often dysfunctions – and to correct them to prevent injuries.”

- Dr. E. Scott Geller

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