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The Campbell Institute at the National Safety Council is the EHS center of excellence. Built on the belief that EHS is at the core of business vitality, the Institute seeks to help organizations, of all sizes and sectors, achieve and sustain excellence. Learn more at the Campbell Institute website.

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The Campbell Institute: Corporate safety communication: Hitting the target

December 19, 2017

Mitchell Jacobs

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Mitchell Jacobs from United Airlines discusses the four methods of communication the company uses to “win hearts and minds with messages that are meaningful globally and delivered effectively” to its 90,000 workers worldwide.

The Campbell Institute: Safety starts with hazard recognition

November 25, 2017

Lynette Dowler

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Lynette Dowler, from DTE Energy, explains how her organization addressed complacency in the workforce by introducing the “Life Critical” program and, as a result, has recorded two consecutive years of record-setting safety performance.

The Campbell Institute: Training for all generations

August 27, 2017

Jim Dorris

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Jim Dorris from United Rentals discusses how – with new technologies and the new, digital-driven generation in mind – he "set out with the mission to leverage technology and innovation to truly improve the learning experience for my company's skills-based workforce and customers."

The Campbell Institute: 4 principles of workplace safety

April 23, 2017

Amy May

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Amy May from Boeing Co. discusses the organization’s workplace safety initiative, “Go for Zero,” and its four guiding principles.

The Campbell Institute: Safety Management Systems – moving beyond compliance

January 29, 2017

Pat Cunningham

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Pat Cunningham from BROWZ asks “How are smaller companies – with limited resources – able to embrace the management system approach to safety?”

The Campbell Institute: Successful safety through worker ownership

November 26, 2016

Richard Cerenzio

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Richard Cerenzio from ISN shares his story of how a purple octopus helped reduce hand-related injuries at one company.

The Campbell Institute: Global supply chain considerations for the ESH professional

October 23, 2016

Bryan Trotter

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Bryan Trotter from Microsoft asks, “Should the impact of a company safety program stop at the corporate “fence line,” or does a more holistic approach make sense and then become expected by shareholders and customers?”

The Campbell Institute: Visual literacy

September 24, 2016

Adam Levine

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Can safety professionals borrow a methodology from art history to help improve hazard identification? Adam Levine from the Toledo Museum of Art discusses “teaching the ability to see.”

The Campbell Institute: ‘Avoiding the yets’

August 26, 2016

Kristen Simon

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Kristen Simon from Norfolk Southern Corp. offers her advice on “avoiding the yets” – curtailing behaviors that are unsafe but have not yet resulted in injury.

The Campbell Institute: Safety leading indicators: A data science solution (part two)

July 24, 2016

Joe Stough

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Joe Stough from IHS explains how to find the right leading indicators to drive organizational behaviors and conditions that result in improved safety performance.