Timothy Ludwig's guest appearances

Timothy Ludwig

Business Science Magazine 

No Accident

Keith Robinson

Jack Frost

Judy Johnson

Jerry Roach

Cole Wadsworth

Justin Overstreet

Shawn Mandel

David Galloway

Regina McMichael

Howard Lees

Laurent Alt

Alicia Alvero

Carolina Aguilera

Thor Flosason

Leslie W. Braksick

OwlTail

Dr. Timothy Ludwig started studying motivation and safety because of a psychological question that always plagued him: Why do we get out of bed in the morning?“There's a moment in which you're suddenly up. Right. You just get up. And that moment has always fascinated me. And frankly, that's taken me down a lot of research paths in addition to intrinsic motivation,” Dr. Ludwig says in this episode of the No Accident podcast, presented by TRUCE.This curiosity led him to become a postdoc at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where he worked with industrial engineers via a federal grant studying management practices related to the development of the next tritium bomb. When the Iron Curtain fell, it was great for the safety of the world, but not so great for his job. He was out of work until he took a position as a performance improvement consultant for about six years, and during that period he also got a job as a professor at Appalachian State University (but continued to consult on the side). Dr. Ludwig is a behavioral psychologist, and most of his research has been on the psychology behind safety practices, so he now serves on the Board of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, presents keynote speeches at safety conferences and continues his consulting work. When evaluating a company’s practices, Dr. Ludwig says safety culture is defined by how often employees are talking about safety and what they’re saying. “Once you get them talking, they know the right answers,” he says. “The smartest people in the room are the employees. They're on the front line doing the work. They can tell you what the risks are.”In this episode he also addresses the problematic nature of focusing on zero injuries, and how important it is for leaders to observe their workers to gain a better understanding of what potential risks the work entails.“The energy you get out of leaders when they get away from email land and they get to see the frontline where all the wisdom is and where all the value is created, that energy is quite infectious,” Dr. Ludwig says. “And the learning there is unique.”Featured Guest👉 Name: Dr. Timothy Ludwig👉 What he does: As an author and professor at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, Dr. Ludwig teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses and runs the Appalachian Safety Summit, an annual event that brings well-respected behavioral safety experts to the university to engage with others in the field. 👉 Organization: Appalachian State University👉 Key quote: “Go out and observe people's behavior at work. Everything you need to know is in that observation.”👉 Where to find him: Website | LinkedIn | FacebookSafe Takes⚠️ Safety doesn’t equate to zero injuries. Good leaders are those who aren’t fixated on the number zero, they’re focused on creating a culture that motivates employees to report mishaps, address their concerns and coach each other.⚠️ Safety cultures are largely determined by employee communication. Are employees interacting with the safety management system? What are they talking about amongst themselves in regards to safety?⚠️ You can’t change people, but you can change their environment. Employees come into a company as fully-formed individuals. To improve safety practices, then, focus on improving their environment in ways that influences their behavior. Resources⛑️  Dysfunctional Practices That Kill Your Safety Culture (and what to do about them) — This is Dr. Ludwig’s latest book, the one that Kathleen disucces in the episode because of its attention-grabbing cover. ⛑️ Appalachian Safety Summit — This is Dr. Ludwig’s annual safety event he organizes (which has gone virtual this year).⛑️ Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies — This is the board Dr. Ludwig serves on that is cited several times in the episode because of research that’s come out of it. Top quotes from the episode:“When you don't have really mature leadership, they're just kind of counting zeros. And the problem is that you can't count zeroes, it's a ratio scale.”“As you get more behavioral observations, you get more discussions and team meetings that you can count. You get more reporting of minor incidents. … I can tell that a leadership team is savvy and they're ready when they understand that those are the numbers that are most important.”“If you can get high-quality safety programs and high-quality behaviors participation within your safety program … it's the same source of excellence that's going to help you in your quality production and profitability.“You don't change culture by changing culture. … but you can change behavior, and if you get more people talking, you're going to get the culture that you perceive you want.”“Negative events are going to be much more noticed and much more remembered than positive events. And that goes back to us being animals. We're focusing on negative things around us just to stay alive.”

Dr. Timothy Ludwig started studying motivation and safety because of a psychological question that always plagued him: Why do we get out of bed in the morning?“There's a moment in which you're suddenly up. Right. You just get up. And that moment has always fascinated me. And frankly, that's taken me down a lot of research paths in addition to intrinsic motivation,” Dr. Ludwig says in this episode of the No Accident podcast, presented by TRUCE.This curiosity led him to become a postdoc at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where he worked with industrial engineers via a federal grant studying management practices related to the development of the next tritium bomb. When the Iron Curtain fell, it was great for the safety of the world, but not so great for his job. He was out of work until he took a position as a performance improvement consultant for about six years, and during that period he also got a job as a professor at Appalachian State University (but continued to consult on the side). Dr. Ludwig is a behavioral psychologist, and most of his research has been on the psychology behind safety practices, so he now serves on the Board of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, presents keynote speeches at safety conferences and continues his consulting work. When evaluating a company’s practices, Dr. Ludwig says safety culture is defined by how often employees are talking about safety and what they’re saying. “Once you get them talking, they know the right answers,” he says. “The smartest people in the room are the employees. They're on the front line doing the work. They can tell you what the risks are.”In this episode he also addresses the problematic nature of focusing on zero injuries, and how important it is for leaders to observe their workers to gain a better understanding of what potential risks the work entails.“The energy you get out of leaders when they get away from email land and they get to see the frontline where all the wisdom is and where all the value is created, that energy is quite infectious,” Dr. Ludwig says. “And the learning there is unique.”<h2>Featured Guest</h2>👉 Name: Dr. Timothy Ludwig👉 What he does: As an author and professor at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, Dr. Ludwig teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses and runs the Appalachian Safety Summit, an annual event that brings well-respected behavioral safety experts to the university to engage with others in the field. 👉 Organization: <a href="https://www.appstate.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Appalachian State University</a>👉 Key quote: “Go out and observe people's behavior at work. Everything you need to know is in that observation.”👉 Where to find him: <a href="https://www.safety-doc.com/bio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-ludwig-ba247b1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ludwigsafetydoc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a><h2>Safe Takes</h2>⚠️ Safety doesn’t equate to zero injuries. Good leaders are those who aren’t fixated on the number zero, they’re focused on creating a culture that motivates employees to report mishaps, address their concerns and coach each other.⚠️ Safety cultures are largely determined by employee communication. Are employees interacting with the safety management system? What are they talking about amongst themselves in regards to safety?⚠️ You can’t change people, but you can change their environment. Employees come into a company as fully-formed individuals. To improve safety practices, then, focus on improving their environment in ways that influences their behavior. <h2>Resources</h2>⛑️  <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dysfunctional-Practices-Safety-Culture-about-ebook/dp/B079P7NZYP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dysfunctional Practices That Kill Your Safety Culture (and what to do about them)</a> — This is Dr. Ludwig’s latest book, the one that Kathleen disucces in the episode because of its attention-grabbing cover. ⛑️ <a href="https://www.appalachiansafetysummit.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Appalachian Safety Summit</a> — This is Dr. Ludwig’s annual safety event he organizes (which has gone virtual this year).⛑️ <a href="https://behavior.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies</a> — This is the board Dr. Ludwig serves on that is cited several times in the episode because of research that’s come out of it. <h2>Top quotes from the episode:</h2>“When you don't have really mature leadership, they're just kind of counting zeros. And the problem is that you can't count zeroes, it's a ratio scale.”“As you get more behavioral observations, you get more discussions and team meetings that you can count. You get more reporting of minor incidents. … I can tell that a leadership team is savvy and they're ready when they understand that those are the numbers that are most important.”“If you can get high-quality safety programs and high-quality behaviors participation within your safety program … it's the same source of excellence that's going to help you in your quality production and profitability.“You don't change culture by changing culture. … but you can change behavior, and if you get more people talking, you're going to get the culture that you perceive you want.”“Negative events are going to be much more noticed and much more remembered than positive events. And that goes back to us being animals. We're focusing on negative things around us just to stay alive.”

Dr. Timothy Ludwig | You Can't Do Safety From Behind a Desk

Check out this amazing interview with Dr. Ludwig as he dives into OBM and safety! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.  https://anchor.fm/app

Check out this amazing interview with Dr. Ludwig as he dives into OBM and safety! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/app</a>

Interview with Dr. Timothy Ludwig