Speaker: Catherine Itman, Safety and Property Risk team, ISPT
Super-charging safety
CSG financial member Catherine Itman gave us an inspirational presentation in April as she outlined the work she, her team and her manager do at Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT).
She demonstrated what happens when you achieve two of the OHS ideals: safety leadership at the Executive level + safety and business decisions working together for mutual benefit - a situation many of us aspire to in our organisations.
ISPT owns a wide variety of commercial properties, and their purview ranges from large contruction projects to operating properties, such as shopping villages. Management and maintenance of the properties are outsourced and, therefore, ISPT's procurement process needs to be vigorous, with safety as the #1 value and with an ongoing active relationship to ensure safety standards are met.
A major component of ISPT's success is the use of data to inform decision-making. Catherine explained how data needs to be of high quality and accessible to all in order to be effective, and she gave examples of this.
Catherine's team was formed 9 years ago by the current manager who, by all accounts, is a very committed individual who has done a lot to create the positive safety culture within the organisation. A question that came up at the end of the talk was how much this person is key to maintaining that culture, especially once they move on in the future. Catherine feels that the culture is so embedded now that it would survive such a move.
There was much in the presentation that can be applied to any workplace. On top of that, with many of us having our superannuation with industry super funds, it was fascinating to learn about the OHS principles underpinning them.
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