HOP Into Action Series - 8 Organizational Wastes versus Safety Clutter

Welcome to Season 5 and the 111th episode of the podcast series.Today, Brent Sutton is joined by Brent Robinson, and they discuss the relationship between the eight types of waste from Demming’s work and Lean and Six Sigma, compared to safety clutter from the safety science research of Rae, Provan, Weber, and Dekker at Griffith University.Waste, as defined in Lean methodology, includes any activity that does not add value to the customer. Safety clutter refers to safety-related activities, documents, and procedures that do not contribute to actual safety improvements.In this episode, the two Brents explore the concepts of waste and safety clutter, their interconnections, and how they could be mitigated using the 4Ds (Dumb, Dangerous, Difficult and Different) to enhance both safety and productivity in operations.

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HOP Into Action is a podcast of the broadcast that can be heard on Safety FM. The show is an ongoing discussion about building a better community of practice for people and organizations who want to improve safety, quality and operational excellence using HOP, Learning Teams, 4Ds and other learning framework. The host of the podcast, Brent Sutton, explores through conversation, diversity of thought and reflection the organizational challenges and learning opportunities that can be identified and improved on by using HOP and Learning Teams for Normal Everyday Work, Management of Change to create betterwork. For those of you in safety, it is about moving from preventative safety to productive safety and creating sustainable practice and improvement in operstions.