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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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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Behavioural Safety? Or the Nanny state? – Workshops
On our behavioural safety workshops, we look at the causes of accidents and injuries in the workplace, and unsurprisingly most injuries these days involve human factors – rushing, not looking where we’re going, sticking our fingers where we shouldn’t, trying to lift too much, not wearing our PPE or not holding the handrail. What’s fascinating is that the advice […]…
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Time to accentuate the positive?
Isn’t it time we focused on the positive side of health and safety/wellbeing at work? If we spend our time warning people that bad things will happen do we simply make it seem inevitable and unavoidable? More time focused on the positive actions that help us create a modern mindful safety approach will inevitably lead to a more engaged workforce. […]…
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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 […]…
read moreGiants of Leadership – A Testimonial
Giants of Leadership – A Testimonial I worked for a company that took safety to it’s heart and had many young manager with high potential making their way through the management jungle to the high temple of executives….One day I was asked “Vince, how are we going to get our principal of safety first over to this management group?”…that was […]…
read moreRoSPA Gold Award for Meerkats at Morden
It’s always good to hear positive news. This month we’ve been greeted with the wonderful announcement that BOC Morden has won the Gold Award for achievement in this year’s RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards. They’ve made such a commitment to continuous improvement in workplace safety over the last five years and now they’ve been recognised for their hard work. We’re also […]…
read moreWhy it pays to invest in safety
In the current economic climate, spending money isn’t going to be at the top of the ‘to-do’ list. But when you realise what one accident could cost, investing in safety training is by far the cheaper option. In the case of Ken Woodward, after the accident in which he lost three of his five senses, the company he was working […]…
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