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Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Training Program
A few years ago a colleague sent me a research article. The article stated that 90 percent of training resources are devoted to the design, development and delivery of training, yet only 15 percent of...
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Not All Metrics Are Created Equal
Metrics have been a hot discussion point at NAEM events for years. What are we measuring? Why? How are we collecting the data? How are we compiling it? How are we reporting it? What are our targets?...
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Beyond the Numbers: Goals Spark Collaboration, Accountability
With all the fanfare around a company’s targets for environment, health and safety (EHS), and sustainability performance, it may seem as though the numbers are all that matter. But NAEM members say...
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Developing New Strategic Indicators for Toyota’s Waste Reduction Programs
When Toyota first started as a car company, they didn’t have advanced technology, sophisticated facilities, or anything else a new company might want for a competitive advantage. But they realized...
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Setting the Sights on Forward-Looking Metrics
The problem with most environment, health and safety (EHS) performance metrics, according to Gary Rosenblum, Executive Director of the National Safety Council’s Campbell Institute, is that they fail...
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Evolving Your Metrics to Advance EHS Performance
If what gets measured gets managed, then setting the right metrics is a consequential task. But what happens once you’ve achieved a high level of performance and your existing metrics are no longer...
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What Gets Measured Gets Managed. Or Does It?
There is an old adage, “what gets measured gets managed.” This idiom has been adopted by EHS practitioners to help explain the complex metrics we develop. Work hours, inspections, EHS compliments…we...
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EHS and Sustainability Data is Good, but Insight is Better
Mark Cates, Director of Environmental Control for Corning Inc., reflects on how it takes to effectively use EHS and sustainability data to make decisions.
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How Data Becomes Information…and Information Becomes Insight
“If the data you need still exists; if you found the data you need; if you understand the data you found; if you trust the data you understand; if you can use the data you trust; someone did a good job...
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The Evolution of EHS and Sustainability Metrics
The landscape of EHS and sustainability metrics is changing as technology continues to change how businesses use metrics to improve their programs. Priorities have shifted away from mere compliance...
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