Creating a Culture of Safety

Resources:

• Learn more about the different dimensions of safety culture with the Safety Culture Framework.
• Measure your organization’s safety climate with the Institute of Health and Work’s Organizational Performance Metric tool. Take it online, or download and print a copy for your workplace.

Activity: The Impact of Safety Culture on Organizational Outcomes

What can we learn from this hospital in Roseville, California about a creating a culture of safety and continuous improvement in our own sector?

Discussion Questions:

• What were the factors or components that allowed this change to happen?
• What questions were they asking to help facilitate the change? ( human systems grow in the direction of what they ask questions about”)
• What “pearl” of wisdom are you taking away from the video that you will apply in your own organization?