Prevention Through Design or Productivity Through Design: Why Not Both?
Why does there still remain a chasm between productivity and prevention? In the great majority of companies I’ve worked for and others I’ve known they maintain separate departments and personnel on productivity and prevention, i.e. operations, quality/lean vs. EHS, risk management. There is little, if any, overlap or regular collaboration between them. This disconnect often results in work policies, procedures and design that are less than optimal for employee performance.