At The Engine Room, we believe progressive performance improvement occurs when a company is able to look forward to identify the true root causes of organizational pain points, and align the five pillars of operational excellence – strategy, process, people, systems, and execution. No single pillar is the “silver bullet” that will overcome weakness in other areas. Knowing this, allows organizations to move past a regressive firefighting approach to deliver long-term stability, focus, and improved performance.
To improve safety performance in any industry there is typically a progression through a number of phases, each with different characteristics. In simplistic terms, the major phases are: Eliminating intrinsically unsafe conditions This phase tends to focus on physical conditions, tools, and equipment, and involves...... Read More
26 July, 2018
The importance of the Quality of Interactions between Company Representatives and their Contractors Contractor safety has been a hot topic for many years. This increased focus has resulted in legislation around the world clarifying safety obligations of companies and contractors and an increase in the...... Read More
26 July, 2018
Rethinking Safety Performance Metrics in the Mining Industry When it comes to measuring safety performance in the mining industry, there are many long-held beliefs, including the ideas that safety performance ought to be measured through leading and lagging indicators, that metrics support improve- ment through...... Read More
15 November, 2017
Many companies wrestle with choices around whether they will be better off using internal resources for training, coaching and development programs versus using external consultants...... Read More
04 December, 2016
We find that companies often know when they are not “firing on all cylinders,” much in the same way we as individuals know when “we don’t feel right.” Working with a large number of companies in different industries has provided an interesting perspective on business....... Read More
01 April, 2016