by Rob Fisher | Jul 2, 2020 | Safety
Hello followers and colleagues. I hope this finds you all staying well and using some of our time to reflect and energize for the future. This Robservation is difficult. I entitled it “how fast is too fast,” but it is more about the speed at which we try...
by Rob Fisher | Jun 26, 2020 | Safety
Hi, and welcome to the next Robservation. In today’s discussion, I want to talk about one of the major roadblocks to effective organizational problem solving, even as deep as incident analysis. My Robservation is that too many people try to solve problems in...
by Rob Fisher | Jun 18, 2020 | Safety
We have been talking a lot recently about how leader language and behaviors shape an organizations’ ability to improve. I even heard a recent podcast that talked about how the organization in question had pushed HOP principles out to the field, but the...
by Rob Fisher | Jun 11, 2020 | Safety
A term we have heard a lot of lately in business, and in life that describes our current times is VUCA. It stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. I think we can all agree that whether we are staying at home or essential workers on the...
by Rob Fisher | Apr 30, 2020 | Safety
For decades now, we have been told how important employee engagement is. Companies do surveys, and they do corrective actions if the surveys say employee engagement is too low, they give refreshers on how employees should engage… it goes on and on. What I want...
by Rick Foote | Mar 20, 2020 | Safety
Dan O’Brien was as close as you’ll ever get to a sure bet for winning a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics. At the 1991 World Championships, he’d posted the top score in five of the ten events comprising the men’s decathlon. In contrast, none of the 26...
by Rick Foote | Mar 20, 2020 | Safety
Today’s blog will wrap up this series on successfully resolving issues the first time around, thereby avoiding reliving bad days like Bill Murray’s character Phil Connors in the comedy Groundhog Day. We’ve covered the first four principles below…so on to...
by Rick Foote | Mar 20, 2020 | Safety
Let’s continue our series on the following principles for resolving issues the first time around, thereby avoiding the unpleasant experience of weatherman Phil Connors in the best comedy ever made (in 1993, anyway), Groundhog Day: Find the REAL...
by Rick Foote | Feb 20, 2020 | Safety
In this series, I’m covering five principles that will help organizations like yours avoid repeating bad days, such as those experienced by Bill Murray’s character Phil Connors in 1993’s groundbreaking comedy Groundhog Day. They are: ...
by Rob Fisher | Feb 20, 2020 | Safety
Episode 10 – Putting It All Together Welcome to episode 10 of the ELC podcast. I am your host and intentional leader, Rob Fisher, coming to you from the AEROhp.com Studios in the FIT Center for Excellence, here in Concord, NC! In the last episode, we described...