Think piece · 5 pages · by Dr. Lianne Lefsrud

Where does fear flourish in organizations?

What are your people not telling you?

After a 2017 mine tailings fatality, a safety workshop asked 117 mine workers why hazards go unreported. The dominant answer was fear. Dr. Lianne Lefsrud follows that finding through a survey of more than 4,600 workers, maps where fear flourishes using psychological safety and performance standards, and shows how it creates operational blind spots.

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The sticky note workshop: what 117 mine workers said when asked why hazards are not identified or reported.
Of 1,456 people who answered the same question, 37% named fear and 22.5% named lack of training.
A survey of more than 4,600 workers across five mine sites, mapped on psychological safety and performance standards.

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Senior leaders, safety and HR leaders, and anyone responsible for a reporting culture.

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