Organizational Risk Blindness, Failure to Learn – Andrew Hopkins
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Organizational Risk Blindness Failure to Learn – Andrew Hopkins Organizational Risk Blindness Lean and efficiency are two words and theories in organizational practice that can create major disasters and “near misses” in group endeavors. The first, lean, implies that extra, critical eyes, creative minds, and group synergy are expensive, therefore a drag on the bottom line, and contribute to bloat. And who wants bloated organizations? The second term, efficiency says that we must eliminate individuals and processes in order to make a system better for “the process”. Humans create the endeavor and should be the recipients of such a system’s positive outputs. Generally they are left out of the benefits as well as the process as unemployment becomes an acceptable condition in order to achieve profit and ultimately, greater costs. Hopkins’s profound book is a practical, common sense view of a specific disaster that is perpetuated constantly in the pursuit of short-term profits to appease “shareholders”. Have you ever met shareholders who wish for the deaths of innocent workers in their investments? I have not, but based on Hopkins’s description of CEO’s calculated bonuses I can understand where the real incentive to slash costs to and beyond the point of danger comes from. I understood far more about the refining process and even with my business background marvel at the risks these organizations take with lives, equipment assets, and the environment. I do not mention the organization named in the book except to say that it is a horrible accident at a refinery. Hopkins makes an excellent point when he says those in charge are only doing “what we expect them to do”. The companies and their leaders are making our lifestyles possible. Shawnnichols.com
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Category: Leadership Commitments, Working Environment Concerns
Tags: Andrew Hopkins > appease shareholders > creative minds > critical views > efficiency > environment > equipment assets > Failure to Learn > group endeavors > group synergy > lean > lifestyles > major disasters > near misses > organizational practice > Organizational Risk Blindness > pursuit of short-term profits > refinery > refining process
Tags: Andrew Hopkins > appease shareholders > creative minds > critical views > efficiency > environment > equipment assets > Failure to Learn > group endeavors > group synergy > lean > lifestyles > major disasters > near misses > organizational practice > Organizational Risk Blindness > pursuit of short-term profits > refinery > refining process
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