I can attest and fully support to the approach of ‘Managing Safety and Business’ that John Wright has formulated and presents in his business/safety model. As Department of Energy Site Manager for the Rocky Flats Closure Program, we deployed a similar approach which included:

• Closing the real and perceived gaps between management and the ‘front line’
• Personal responsibility to your own performance and safety accountability
• Partnering and empowering the workforce to develop and measure their own performance and subcontractors
• Measuring and analyzing the cause, the ‘real cause’ of safety and performance concerns, even when they were focused on lack of management and leadership

The result was an increase in safety performance that made an immediate impact on the performance of the Closure Program. The cost and schedule improved dramatically over the period of about 18 months. The Programme went from 40% under performance to 40% improvement over target cost and schedule. You owe it to your employees and to your bottom line to embrace John Wright’s concepts.