In the March/April edition of Safeguard we pose three questions based on stories in the magazine. One of them is this:
Dave Bellett reminds us that something that was once viewed as cutting edge/best practice can become standard/expected practice.
What is an example of something that is currently viewed as cutting edge in H&S that you think will soon become expected practice?
Feel free to respond here on the Forum, or privately here via a Survey Monkey form.
An edited selection of responses will be published in the May/June edition, but with no names attached. One randomly selected person will receive a prize, namely a copy of the book Random Noise: Measuring Your Company's Safety Performance, by Georgina Poole and Sidney Dekker.
A few examples come to mind. Managing psychosocial risks is quickly shifting from fringe to foundational, especially with ISO 45003 setting the tone globally. Likewise, critical risk management, once a high-hazard industry focus, is now becoming expected across all sectors. We're also seeing predictive analytics—previously cutting edge—being used more widely to anticipate incidents. And the principles of Human and Organisational Performance (HOP), which challenge traditional blame-focused models, are increasingly shaping how organisations learn and improve after events. All of these were once seen as innovative but are rapidly becoming expected practice.