One of the most significant challenges in making health and safety effective is ensuring that organisations are tackling real issues and building capability around Work as Done - rather than chasing illusory issues and risks arising from Work as Imagined.
It's common for there to be a significant gap between the Work as Done on the floor and Work as Imagined by safety and senior leaders. As the decision in Maritime New Zealand v Gibson [2024] NZDC 27975 [25 November 2024] illustrates, this gap can have tragic consequences.
NZISM is proud to present an interactive half-day workshop with Safety II specialist and author, Brent Sutton, to explore Work as Done vs Work as Imagined and to provide safety practitioners with practical opportunities to learn from everyday work.
Participants will better understand new approaches to working with workers and Health & Safety Representatives to improve worker engagement and form a realistic picture of Work as Done.
Through this workshop, participants will develop more effective strategies for addressing critical and psychosocial risks, and gain insights that support officers in discharging their due diligence obligations.
This is one that you won't want to miss.
Learning objectives
You will leave this workshop with a greater understanding of:
- The "safety science" of Work As Done and Work As Imagined
- How "New View Safety" complements and supports your current safety approach
- The link between Work As Done and Operational Learning
- The challenges of learning from Work As Done
- The role of Work As Done and Psychosocial Risks
- How Work As Done can improve "Critical Control" The role of HSRs and Worker Engagement and Participation as the solution to Work As Done
Your facilitator
Brent Sutton
Brent Sutton is well regarded as a safety coach and for taking organisations on a learning journey to understand how people are seen as the solution, how to engage people and leverage their skills so that worker participation becomes a normal way of running an organisation where everybody benefits.
Brent is the co-author of best selling books on Learning Teams, Learning From Everyday Work, The 4Ds for HOP and Learning Teams, and is the host of the podcast show “The Practice of Learning Teams” and “HOP Into Action”.
He resides in Auckland, New Zealand.