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Cruise Control: Your Peace of Mind at Se

Cruise Control: Your Peace of Mind at Se

Cruise Control is the ultimate guide to preparing for your water-based vacation ensuring you can relax and enjoy your time on the water.

2006

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Challenging the Assumptions of Safety: Embracing Context for True Survival

In high-risk industries, safety is often treated as a static concept, built on a foundation of established protocols, regulations, and…

Jul 12

Challenging the Assumptions of Safety: Embracing Context for True Survival

Jul 12

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The Benefits of Failing Together: A Foundation for Survival and Organizational Excellence

In high-risk environments, the concept of “failing together” is not just a strategy but a survival mindset. Having served in the US Coast…

Jul 5

The Benefits of Failing Together: A Foundation for Survival and Organizational Excellence

Jul 5

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Surviving Safety: Building Foundations for Operational Resilience

In today’s high-risk industries, achieving safety is often seen as the ultimate goal. However, safety without a foundation of survival is…

Jul 1

Surviving Safety: Building Foundations for Operational Resilience

Jul 1

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The Silent Saboteur: How Habituation and Bias Threaten Our Safety and Survival

Habituation. It’s a term that might sound benign, perhaps even harmless, but in the context of survival and safety, it represents a…

Jun 9

The Silent Saboteur: How Habituation and Bias Threaten Our Safety and Survival

Jun 9

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The Power of Preparedness: Survival as a Safety Strategy

Based on my real-world experiences over four decades in a variety of high-hazard industries, I’ve come to understand that while safety and…

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The Power of Preparedness: Survival as a Safety Strategy

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Survival First: The Hidden Foundation of Genuine Safety

In the realm of risk management and safety, survival often gets pigeonholed into the bare essentials: food, water, and shelter. While these…

Jul 10

Survival First: The Hidden Foundation of Genuine Safety

Jul 10

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The Story of Safety, Survivals Child

Jul 8

The Story of Safety, Survivals Child

Jul 8

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Survival Recognizes That Even Low Risk Activities Can Have a High Cost of Occurrence

In the realm of risk management and operational safety, the concept of survival extends beyond merely following procedures to avoid…

Jul 8

Survival Recognizes That Even Low Risk Activities Can Have a High Cost of Occurrence

Jul 8

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Beyond Checklists: Building a Culture of Resilience for Workplace Safety

In the high-risk sectors where operational effectiveness and success are paramount, traditional safety protocols often fall short in…

Jul 2

Beyond Checklists: Building a Culture of Resilience for Workplace Safety

Jul 2

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The Assumptions of Safety

Safety protocols are designed based on specific assumptions about operational contexts and can become less effective when those contexts…

Jun 25

The Assumptions of Safety

Jun 25

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Ron Butcher

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I help organizations and individuals resolve the barriers of conflict undermining optimal performance and individual well-being.

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