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Does saying 'Be careful' to someone help them become more aware of dangers? "Really?" I've been in the industry for years and have heard...

When safety professionals make critical comments or question a situation or activity they consider unsafe, they often get the following...

When talking to information about incidents and near misses, we must learn from normal operations so that we can remove risky situations...

How something as simple as washing hands time and time again reduces proven risks but still isn't always enforced. In 1846, Ignaz...

Many people do not know that severe and fatal accidents in the Netherlands are rising again since 2015. Before that, that number had been...

I am very passionate about mindfulness simply because I am more present at what is happening right now. While pretty obvious, I've never...

In mid-2010, I received a call from a renowned engineering firm that I had previously worked with several times. They asked me if I was...

Psychological safety In the book “Safety from Within” I wrote about the enormously significant impact of psychological safety. From the...

Successful and super fun book presentation of 'Safety from Within' at Society de Vereeniging in The Hague with a very enthusiastic and...

Every person wants to be recognised for his or her contributions in their work. And now, as a passionate person with interest in safety,...

ARBO is a knowledge platform about safe and healthy working. Every month they spend a page in their monthly magazine about what has...

"Safety from Within is primarily written for managers. Still, as far as I am concerned, the book is equally recommended for safety...

"Safety" does not belong to safety experts, but belongs in the workplace. That is Rob Kreté's firm belief. During his career as a project...

It is interesting to investigate the core message of my book "Safety from Inside". This is brilliantly unravelled by Daniel Pink in his...

What can we learn from High Reliability Organizations (#HRO) where one has to keep errors to the absolute minimum? In addition to working...

'What's the planning?' seems to be the holy trail for 'the manager'. Without a planning he's lost. The employee wouldn't know where he's...

Few companies would survive if 'Safety first and 'Zero accidents' were their motto and goal. Why? No organization's mission is to be...