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Safety in Design & Multicultural Teams - National Safety Convention - PDM presentation

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Pedram Danesh-Mand
Pedram Danesh-Mand

The document discusses safety in design for multicultural teams. It notes that a large company operates in 55 countries with 40,000 employees, presenting challenges for diverse teams. Key challenges include decision-making structures, leadership communication styles, language barriers, and inconsistent safety approaches. Key recommendations are to understand risks, form knowledgeable teams, monitor communication networks, link safety directly to design changes, and ensure effective communication. The presentation raises communicating safety effectively in multicultural teams.

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SAFETY IN DESIGN & MULTI-CULTURAL TEAMS SIA NATIONAL SAFETY CONVENTION MELBOURNE, 2015 S E P 2 0 1 5 Pedram Danesh-Mand Director – Risk Management NSW President of Risk Engineering Society (RES)
THE CONTEXT SAFETY IN DESIGN STAKEHOLDERS IN A GLOBAL OPERATION Stakeholder model: adapted from Winch, 2010 With 40000 people, AMEC Foster Wheeler currently operate in approximately 55 countries.
THE KEY CHALLENGES FOR A DIVERSE TEAM • The structure of decision making • Leadership choice of direct versus indirect communication • Misinterpretation of information (including language barriers) • Issues with hierarchy and authority (upwards, downwards and horizontally) • Inconsistent approaches to Safety in Design (SiD)
THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS • Understand the key risks (previous page) and develop action plans • Put a team together but not just for experience but also relevant knowledge • Have leading indicators in the communication network • SiD to be directly linked with design change management processes to ensure ongoing assessment and management of emergent OHS risks, and • Last but not the least, communicate, then communicate it differently and then make sure you have communicated!
QUESTIONS? Pedram Danesh-Mand | Director – Risk Management, Aquenta Consulting (part of Amec Foster Wheeler) P: +61 432 041 560 E: Pedram.DaneshMand@aquenta.com.au

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Safety in Design & Multicultural Teams - National Safety Convention - PDM presentation

  • 1. SAFETY IN DESIGN & MULTI-CULTURAL TEAMS SIA NATIONAL SAFETY CONVENTION MELBOURNE, 2015 S E P 2 0 1 5 Pedram Danesh-Mand Director – Risk Management NSW President of Risk Engineering Society (RES)
  • 2. THE CONTEXT SAFETY IN DESIGN STAKEHOLDERS IN A GLOBAL OPERATION Stakeholder model: adapted from Winch, 2010 With 40000 people, AMEC Foster Wheeler currently operate in approximately 55 countries.
  • 3. THE KEY CHALLENGES FOR A DIVERSE TEAM • The structure of decision making • Leadership choice of direct versus indirect communication • Misinterpretation of information (including language barriers) • Issues with hierarchy and authority (upwards, downwards and horizontally) • Inconsistent approaches to Safety in Design (SiD)
  • 4. THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS • Understand the key risks (previous page) and develop action plans • Put a team together but not just for experience but also relevant knowledge • Have leading indicators in the communication network • SiD to be directly linked with design change management processes to ensure ongoing assessment and management of emergent OHS risks, and • Last but not the least, communicate, then communicate it differently and then make sure you have communicated!
  • 5. QUESTIONS? Pedram Danesh-Mand | Director – Risk Management, Aquenta Consulting (part of Amec Foster Wheeler) P: +61 432 041 560 E: Pedram.DaneshMand@aquenta.com.au