In this blog I want to explore the theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day. I have never considered mental health in these terms before – so I went away and did a bit of research. Here’s where my thinking has got to, as a result. All comments welcome. The starting point is that most people now recognise that […]…
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It’s a Wonderful Life – How Safety Can Help An Angel Win Its Wings
You can tell a lot about a person by their choice of favourite Christmas movie. Elf and they are likely to have a refreshingly juvenile sense of humour. Die Hard and they’re either arguably confused about what constitutes a Christmas movie or simply have a yearning for yuletide action. Bad Santa and while they’d undoubtedly be great fun […]…
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We Can Work Out – Complacency After The Virus
Now I must declare that starting a blog with a Beatles song reference is a risk with our Beatles-indifferent (at best…) website editor but here goes nothing. I read the news today. Oh boy. It wasn’t about a lucky man who made the grade. Nor was it about a load of pesky potholes on Abbey Road (three Beatles references now […]…
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“Infamy Infamy” The Elephant In The (Safety Leadership) Room
So if you are going to quote famous British comedic icon Kenneth Williams (playing Julius Caesar in Carry On Cleopatra) to start a blog on safety leadership you probably should have a better reason than the fact that for some strange reason he somehow always reminded you of your awesome Aunt Mog. Thankfully a bit of poetic licence goes a […]…
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Driving home for Christmas …………. eventually
Whilst returning home from a recent pilgrimage to a local retail paradise, feeling battered and bruised (physically due to the crowds and fiscally due to the seemingly endless Christmas lists we’re expected to fulfil….), I approached a ludicrously complicated junction. It’s not quite as bad as Swindon’s infamous Magic Roundabout in the bonkers-stakes, but not far off. Best described as […]…
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Lattitude Safety On Film
Many thanks to our friend Bruce at Muddy Boot Productions for putting together a great short film highlighting what we do at Lattitude. You can see the end result here:…
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“He’s Not The Messiah” – How Interdependent Teamwork Tackles The Them And Us Safety Culture
The Monty Python fans among you will instantly picture the scene from “The Life of Brian” movie. The massed crowd outside their new-found saviour’s ramshackle bedroom window arguing over their individuality with their new “Messiah” Brian and his mother. But it would take a ‘serious’ movie geek to remember the next few lines when in unison the crowd chant […]…
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How a small dose of safety kindness can change our working lives for ever.
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” Mark Twain Today is the 20th World Kindness Day with events planned all over the globe. Kindness is perhaps the defining quality or essence of being human. It’s what we look for in the people we love and at the heart of our lifelong friendships. And […]…
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Film Guru
One of the most important figures in safety training today is also one of the best hidden. Bruce Corby has been a vital friend and inspiring figure behind Lattitude’s films. He is the man behind some of the world’s bestselling and most influential safety training programmes ever made. Hindsight – The Ken Woodward Story, Jennifer Deeney’s It Will Never Happen […]…
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Impact Speakers
Impact Safety Speakers – Because sometimes we all need a little inspiration at work. Our friends are among the world’s most inspiring safety speakers. Their powerful stories are fantastic for all events, leaving an impact that will stay with you forever. (See the whole line-up) The Lattitude Speaker Programme gives you access to some of the biggest names in safety. […]…
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