Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is the discipline of protecting workers from harm in the workplace. It covers physical hazards, mental wellbeing, ergonomics, and legal compliance. Good OHS culture goes beyond ticking boxes — it signals that an organisation genuinely values its people, reducing injury, boosting morale, and improving productivity.
Several years ago I was at an Operational Excellence Conference here in Frankfurt. As with most talks, the speaker started by introducing the company he worked for and what it did. He then proceeded to list the companies values, of which there were five or so. The last value on the list was “Safety” to…
A Confusing Start to My Own Operational Excellence Pursuit Officially, I began my operational excellence pursuit almost 45 years ago. However, I did not know it at the time. Between 1985 and 1990, I was at work in my first true operational excellence workplace. My first two employers were traditional manufacturers. This third site was…
