Category: Blog

June 30, 2014
Video: Project Manager Shares Major Capital Project Safety Leadership Journey

Video: Project Manager Shares Major Capital Project Safety Leadership Journey

The Vice President of Denmark for Shell Upstream International, Ben Ring recently spoke at the Annual Offshore Safety Conference 2014 in Denmark. In this video, he […]
June 17, 2014
Creating a Legacy: Coaching Leaders to Achieve Lasting, Exceptional Organizational Performance

Creating a Legacy: Coaching Leaders to Achieve Lasting, Exceptional Organizational Performance

People laughed when someone in our workshop said he didn’t want the project to be remembered—projects tend to be remembered for all kinds of bad things […]
June 6, 2014
Construction Industry: It is No Longer Acceptable for People to Get Hurt or Killed

Construction Industry: It is No Longer Acceptable for People to Get Hurt or Killed

I spoke with JMJ co-founder Jay Greenspan about construction safety and the state of safety in the construction industry. This interview came on the heels of […]
December 10, 2013
The First Lesson in Smart Management

The First Lesson in Smart Management

In the business world, we are enamored with leadership. (A search for “Business Leadership” in Google gets 907,000,000 results.) The consensus opinion is that, “If only […]
July 10, 2013
Moving Beyond Business as Usual: Transformation

Moving Beyond Business as Usual: Transformation

The word “Transformation” is a bit of a buzz word these days. It has come to mean many different things to many different organizations. However, at […]
June 18, 2013
When People Can Get Hurt, Do the Right Thing (No Exceptions)

When People Can Get Hurt, Do the Right Thing (No Exceptions)

When it comes to safety, doing the right thing may not always look like doing the thing that is going to lead to the fastest production. […]
May 31, 2013
The Seven Questions to Ask BEFORE a Project Begins

The Seven Questions to Ask BEFORE a Project Begins

Go slow to go fast.” This is a slogan that is particularly relevant at the beginning of projects, jobs or strategic initiatives. Often, in the rush […]
May 28, 2013
Transforming Leaders, Transforming Organizations: An Interview with JMJ Senior Partner Rick Bair

Transforming Leaders, Transforming Organizations: An Interview with JMJ Senior Partner Rick Bair

In my last conversation with JMJ Senior Partner Rick Bair, he talked a bit about the creation and evolution of JMJ’s Incident and Injury-Free® (IIF®) safety […]
April 24, 2013
Building a Culture of Safety: An Interview with JMJ Senior Partner Rick Bair

Creating a Culture of Safety: An Interview with JMJ Senior Partner Rick Bair

As editor of the blog at a company devoted to helping companies achieve incredible things, I have the privilege of talking to individuals who, themselves, have […]