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Safety Academy

Leaders, technical professionals, and operations teams have different responsibilities when facing risks. The Academy organizes ongoing development for these audiences, with content, practice, and follow-up linked to their work.

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During development, each audience needs to understand the risks they encounter and what is expected of them. Learning paths are organized around these responsibilities so that knowledge builds over time and can be applied in the organization’s routines.

When to establish an Academy

  • When isolated training sessions do not form a coherent development sequence.
  • When leaders, technical teams, and operations professionals need different knowledge and skills.
  • When the organization wants to build a common language with content suited to each audience’s responsibilities.
  • When important knowledge is held by only a few people and needs to circulate more effectively across areas or sites.
  • When continuity in development and follow-up on its application are needed.

How the Academy is structured

The design starts with the audiences, the decisions they need to make, and the situations they encounter at work. Based on this understanding, the Academy may include:

  • Definition of the knowledge and competencies to develop;
  • Organization of topics and learning sequences for each audience;
  • In-person or remote sessions, workshops, and practical activities;
  • Supporting materials connected to the organization’s routines;
  • Support for internal facilitators, when this is part of the scope;
  • A schedule, responsibilities, and ways to monitor participation and application.

Format, duration, and the combination of resources are defined with the organization according to the audiences, objectives, and scope of work.

Academy and Training

Training meets a specific need for knowledge or practice. The Academy organizes different development activities into an ongoing structure, connecting audiences, topics, and responsibilities.

Training can be part of the Academy, but it can also be commissioned independently for a specific objective.

Related experience

The published projects document training sessions and workshops carried out with General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, EMS, CHS, and Minerva Foods. Topics include culture, leadership, risk perception, communication, and behavioral observation. Together, they document experience in corporate development on the topics that underpin the Academy.

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Further reading

In this article, I reflect on how a leader’s voice contributes to safety culture.

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