Putting Safety II in Practice
Dr. David Provan and Kym Bancroft discuss the practical implementation of Safety II principles and share real-world experiences from Urban Utilities.
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Presented by David Provan and Kym Bancroft
Safety II principles and ideas are increasingly being explored by organisations as they seek to further improve their safety performance and re-shape their safety practices and culture. There is however some misunderstanding about what Safety II is and how it is different from our traditional ‘Safety I’ approach.
Dr David Provan explains the key aspects of Safety II and what they mean for the way we think about managing our organisations. There are now many organisations internationally with implementation experience of Safety II. Urban Utilities is one of the leading organisations who has been implementing Safety II for several years. Kym Bancroft shares their story and what they have practically done directly in relation to the key aspects presented by David.
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Presenters
David Provan
Dr David Provan is the Managing Director of Forge Works safety consultancy, and a part-time research fellow at Griffith University. He has a 20-year career as a Safety Executive across the rail, construction and oil and gas industries. His academic research interests include the operationalisation of Safety II and Resilience Engineering, and what it means for the current and future role of safety professionals within organisations.
David is the co-host of ‘the safety of work’ podcast with Dr Drew Rae which discusses safety science research findings in a practical way, so that organisations can move further towards evidence-based safety practice.
Kym Bancroft
Kym.Bancroft@urbanutilities.com.au
Kym Bancroft is a passionate, future state-driven Health & Safety Leader presenting more than 15 years’ experience in the industry. With a Masters’ in Applied Psychology and currently completing a Masters’ in Safety Leadership, Kym is the Head of Health & Safety at Queensland Urban Utilities. Taking a contemporary approach, Kym incorporates psychological principals and human-centred methodologies with safety innovation and evidence-based research to drive transformation across the workplace, creating high reliability, operational excellence and a positive workplace culture.
