Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction

1 The Problem

2 The Cast List

3 The Maturity Relevance

4 The Paradigm Shift

Part 1 Summary

Part 2 Truths, Half-truths and Downright Myths

5 The Triangular Fallacy

6 The Priority Confusion

7 The Benefit Façade

8 The Number Crunch

9 The Measurement Folly

10 The Communication Gap

11 The Zero Paradox

12 The Worker Implication

13 The Safety Separation

14 The Systemectomy

15 The Miscellany

Part 2 Summary

Part 3 Your Context

16 The Bespoke Approach

17 The Leadership Bus

18 The Leadership Attribution

19 The Culture Cascade

20 The System Alignment

21 The People Postulation

22 The Future Evolution

23 The Highlights

24 The Resistance

Appendices

Index

About the Author

Craig Marriott is a senior safety professional with over 25 years’ experience managing safety in high-hazard industries. From nuclear submarines and highly radioactive waste, to high-pressure gas pipelines and oil rigs, he has written safety cases and managed safety for some of the world’s most hazardous operations.Craig specializes in providing safety leadership advice to organisations across the world and has worked with companies in the US, Canada, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific.

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