Unsafe Condition or Unsafe Act?
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After 20 years of working with clients involved in high-risk operations around the globe, Kris founded The Callen Group in April 2017 in order to focus solely on developing and promoting high-performing operational cultures that lead to safe and efficient operations.
He founded Performance Coaching International, served as president from 2005 – 2009, was Senior Vice President at The REACH Group from 2009 – 2017, and is a highly respected Senior Leadership and Safety Facilitator. In addition, he was highly involved in the mergers of Global Marine and SantaFe, Hercules, and TODCO as well as Talisman’s North Sea Operations transfer from Total. Kris remains on the cutting edge of advances in the area of behavioral safety, predominately in the Oil and Gas Sector.
Kris’ career has taken him to 90 countries training over 35,000 people. He has been intimately involved with the development and implementation of Behavioral Safety Processes with Enterprise Offshore, Orion Drilling, Hercules Offshore, as well as the former GlobalSantaFe which is now Transocean. In 2019 Kris authored the book “Commit to Safe and Efficient Operations” published by PennWell. This book outlines a clear roadmap for bringing many cultures together and simplifying the safety tools that are used day in and out.
Kris holds dual Bachelor of Science degrees from Belhaven University, Jackson Mississippi, in Accounting and in Business Administration. He is passionate about creating a performance culture where safety and efficiency go hand in hand. He currently divides his time between Lafayette, Louisiana, Tampa, Florida, and Houston, Texas, and has four grown sons: Braxton, Taylor, Joshua, and Noah.
Is a power cord stretched across a walkway an unsafe condition or an unsafe behaviour? At first glance, it feels like a condition. After all, the cord itself creates the risk. But what if we asked a different question:
Who put it there? Who walked past it? Who chose not to act? No piece of equipment decides to hurt someone. People design it, place it, inspect it, or ignore it. That makes it about behavior!
Safety is built on choices. Do we step over the cord and hope for the best?
Or do we stop, fix it, and remove the hazard before someone gets hurt?
In the end, most “conditions” can be traced back to human decisions and every decision starts with an individual choice.
So… what do you think?
Unsafe condition or unsafe behavior?
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