When an Industry’s Life is on the Line…Changing an Industry’s Culture to Avoid Disasters
Date: Friday, June 18, 2010
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern
Location: Atlanta Community Food Bank
The consequences of a disaster in high risk industries such as nuclear or oil are heartbreaking. More than a month later, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is still gushing of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Accidents like these highlight the importance of maintaining a healthy safety culture in an industry.
In this interactive session, Bill Webster, Senior Vice President at INPO (Institute of Nuclear Power Operations), traces the evolution of safety culture in the U.S. nuclear industry. Over the past several years, the worldwide nuclear industry has achieved an impressive safety record. Many things have contributed to this performance, but it is also due to unprecedented industry cooperation and a strong focus on building a healthy safety culture.
Bill will lead participants through the process of a deliberate creation of a safety culture within the nuclear industry, and critical questions that must be answered when changing a culture – whether that is an organization or an industry.
Some of the questions to be discussed during this session:
Can an industry’s culture be shaped?
How can an industry’s culture be shaped?
Who is responsible for an industry’s culture?
What is the role of the regulator in crafting and managing an industry’s safety culture?
What is the role of the internal & external change agent in influencing an industry’s safety
culture?
What levers are available to the OD practitioner to influence an organization’s safety culture?
How do you export an industry’s culture to other industries and countries?
