CLICK TO WATCH : ‘ MELBOURNE WATER GENERATIVE SAFETY CULTURE EVENT ’ 21 started the generative safety culture journey with Melbourne Water with the purpose of together moving the dialogue toward a more mature approach to how work is planned and undertaken by the workforce . But , more importantly , to create an environment of trust where we could learn more deeply from our mistakes .”
Recent interventions to improve safety protocols have included staging a mock incident , followed up with court scenarios featuring professional police prosecutors , to further educate staff on what ’ s expected at Melbourne
Water . “ We role-played what a good pre-start meeting should look like ,” adds Kelly . “ We gave staff a line in the sand around our expectations , and what could happen if they ’ re not met . It was a very powerful tool for our supervisors on-site so we ’ re keen to continue that process with our construction workers .”
Melbourne Water is planning further initiatives like these to promote a truly generative safety culture rather than simply focus on the stats : “ We can learn from others , they can learn from us . We need to continue the conversa-
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