Brené Brown made me do it ! This past Wednesday during an All -Hands call for my business unit, I unconsciously showed a level of vulnerability that I never have before, in 15 years in industry. I got teary eyed in front of 1000 people. I was speaking about the human beings, using their names, that are behind all the HSE statistics we have. “Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped away.” Paul Brodeur
I thought I would share some of my REFLECTIONS as this has turned into an extraordinary learning opportunity.
Reflection 1. I immediately felt embarrassed. That feeling was in my head, because the CORE Values of Baker Hughes came out loudly, in the many people who individually reached out to me. Colleagues told me things like, they got teary eyed too, and that they were proud of me showing vulnerability.
Reflection 2. The message landed. We must continue to do the work to be “Safe to Start”, to do better, innovate, set higher expectations, build more resilience in every aspect of our work and listen to those who do the work. Not because it’s a procedure or a rule or regulation, but because we owe it to those we have lost to LEARN. https://lnkd.in/gYtP_2wU
Reflection 3. As someone who is been in the HSE space for the better part of 10 years, I have been a part of investigating my share of FPI (fatality or permanent injury) events. Every single event changes you. In the world of safety we do not talk about our own wellbeing enough. Especially as we are typically the teams trying to help keep everyone else safe and healthy. FPI events have their own trauma. A bit of that trauma came out while speaking Wednesday. I could not help but remember a particular event from many years ago in which I was speaking to family members who had just lost their loved one. I need to continue to work on that for myself and help my extraordinary team to ensure they are ok as well.
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