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When an organization knows that the safety software they vouch in provides a bird-eye-view to monitor EHS activities and determines whether the safety efforts are going as planned or are there any deviations, they eliminate ambiguities.
Threats to well-being harm less if reliable signals enable people to know when they are safe versus when it is imminent and fear is warranted – they should know that now it is time to take action to minimize risk.
Understanding the typical responses to risks while recognizing the dichotomy of denial and fear makes room for risk communication.
Our takeaways being, bias and perception within communities remains strong prevalent and strong – behaviour and human response to ‘change’ can answer question better and help with problem solving.
It is important to use Behavioral Science to eliminate/control hazards, inculcate anticipatory outlook and habit. Think before you act, not the other way, which may prove very costly and even unmanageable at times.
This COVID-19 lockdown and the subsequent downtime we are experiencing can become a professional litmus test for many organizations, as and when the global operations resume.