Interview with John Wright

Interview with John Wright

An informal ‘off camera’ interview with John at a recent public relations event.

Testimonials

There were too many misunderstandings, the pilots did simply not inform the bridge officers about their intentions. They rather kept that information for themselves.
Hans Hederström, CSMART, Almere

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Safety management: saving money as well as lives Boardroom engagement and morale-boosting workforce empowerment is crucial to a safer working environment – and good for the botto »

Mark Collins, CEO of BC Ferries, speaking after he had received at the Du Point biannual DuPont Safety Award at this year’s World Congress for Safety and Health […] »

In 2014, Canship Ugland Ltd entered into discussions with WrightWay Training Ltd (WWL) to explore options to provide Leadership and Management training to our Ships’ Officers »

WrightWay (WWL) has been assisting Irish Ferries through its appointed ship management company, Matrix Ship Management, from March 2012 to date. In this time WWL has delivered Huma »

In 2007, British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. and the BC Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union (BCFMWU) embarked on a journey towards creating a world-class safety management syste »

One Day Conference on Friday 21st November 2014 at HQS Wellington, Embankment, London Click here for a PDF with more information. Venue: HQS Wellington Temple Stairs Victoria Emban »

Maritime Professional – Part II – Talking With the Experts About Maritime Safety Culture – What is it And How to Improve It Read the full article here. »

Maritime Professional – Talking With the Experts About Maritime Safety Culture – What is it And How to Improve It? Read the full article here. »

The Manila Conference of last year examined a number of revisions to SCTW, not least of which was a notable shift in emphasis, in placing Crew Resource Management […] »

Could it also be the most productive thing you will ever do for your business? Although reduced in number in recent years, with seamen still being injured and […] »

By combining HELM training with workforce involvement and ownership, one company avoided $7.5million in direct health & safety related costs and a further $30 million in operat »

ADPC the master developer of ports and industrial zones, recently held the internationally approved management level training course on Human Element, Leadership and Management (HE »

News Article from Maritime Training Issues: Summary Can a vessel operator completely reshape its safety culture? At BC Ferries time loss injuries have been cut in half. Serious [&h »

“BC Ferries began working with WrightWay Training and Force Technology (WrightForce) approximately six years ago with the formulation of the joint-Union/Management initiative »

BC Ferries began working with WrightWay Training and Force Technology (WrightForce) approximately six years ago with the formulation of the joint-Union/Management initiative called »

Leading international training and safety consultancy, WrightWay, was awarded the prestigious IHS Safety At Sea Training Award at the annual awards gala, held onboard HMS Belfast, »

Dear John I am writing to thank you and Bob for your interesting and thought provoking presentation at HEAG 13. You brought a wealth of experience from both […] »

Manila Amendments and their effects on Human Factors training The Manila Amendments to STCW are being phased into the certification structure over the next few years, with full [&h »

WrightWay has been conducting Human Factor (Resource Management) courses for 15 years, with up to 27 courses per year.  For all of those years all the courses had […] »

A Safety Partnership Open, honest and constructive discussions between Canada Steamship Lines, CSL, crews, office personnel and management took place this past winter.  The object »

Introduction Welcome to WrightWay’s first newsletter. We trust you enjoy our first steps into sharing with you what we are doing in the world of Human Factor (Resource […] »

Fantastic news from BC Ferries, and a ringing endorsement for the “SailSafe” programme from the Auditor General. Click on the image to read the President and CEO of [&h »

Wrightway announce Open Course course which is accessible to self sponsored delegates or for companies who only require a few places in March 2012. To find out more […] »

CSL and V Ships are pleased to announce the launching of a joint safety initiative called ‘SafePartners’. Together in 2012 and beyond, we will raise the bar still [&hel »

Simulators aid management development A suggestion for the provision of state of the art full mission marine simulators for training both leadership teams and Boards of Directors A »

Update of successes and expectations at BC Ferries SailSafe is the collaborative workforce engagement programme with WrightWay as a key partner Chief Operating Officer, BC Ferries »

SailSafe Achievements – Success through safety Outstanding success in pioneering collaborative venture with leading Canadian shipping company BC Ferries operational memorandu »

The H Factor Human Factors and Behavioural Safety are vital components of a companies business strategy as described in this article published by Shipping & Marine magazine Cli »

WrightWay Training opens its doors to the trade Exclusive, hands-on simulator training sessions are being offered by leading international training and safety consultants WrightWay »

To train or not to train your staff? International training and safety consultants, WrightWay is emphasising the critical importance of workforce training despite the economic down »

An Inconvenient Truth The relationship of complacency and human behaviour in accident prevention A discussion article by John Wright examining the concept of complacency in acciden »

Is complacency to blame? Identifying the root cause is essential to prevent regular recurrences Discussion on the use of correct terminology in apportioning causes Following the pu »

Workforce engagement – A template for success BC Ferries is one of the largest, most sophisticated ferry transportation systems in the world, with, up to 47 ports of [&hellip »