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  • Virginia Merritt on SimplyTV

    A video round-up of the latest information, views and news from the world of internal Communications, from Simply TV.

    The May edition features our very own Virginia Merritt interviewed on our recent work with a highly-publicised global safety campaign.  Just click here to view (and select the slide index tab to jump straight to Virginia’s interview).

    This video also features:

    • Aldo Liguori, Communications Advisor to Sony Ericsson, discussing crisis communication in the aftermath of the recent earthquake in Japan;
    • VMA Group’s Charlotte Butler in an exclusive interview on industry trends found in the recruiting firm’s soon-to-be-published 2011 Professional Development in Internal Communication survey; and
    • Chicago-based consultant and seminar leader, Jim Ylisela, talking communication audits and the value it brings to your business.
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    Published May 6, 2011
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  • Making safety a priority

    This week leaders in organisations that claim to make safety their priority have probably had a sustained aha moment.

    On Wednesday I attended a leadership forum, alog with about 100 senior safety leaders, organised by AKT productions. It put the spotlight firmly on leaders by getting them to ‘Think Again’ through an engaging dramatisation of BP’s Texas City and Deepwater Horizon tragedies.

    On Thursday there was a full page feature in the Financial Times under the hard hitting headline: ‘A sea change needed’. It was evaluating the last chance BP’s new CEO, Bob Dudley, has to transform the organisation’s culture to embrace safety and risk awareness at all levels. The decisive action needed is much more than setting up a separate safety and risk department. Safety needs to be integrated into every activity and, as one industry expert commented: “the question is : has BP got the leadership to drive these changes through?”

    Today I am Reading about the environmental impact of the Hungarian chemical spillage that has reached the River Danube. I am sure that these recent events are enough to create the momentum for a radical rethink of leadership accountability for safety and sustainability. It should now be top of every leader’s agenda.

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    Published October 8, 2010
    Written by Virginia Merritt. This article is filed under: ,
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