Rodd Wagner

Fatigue is one of the most significant issues that companies face in every industry, but it’s also the one that people don't think about as a serious problem because most of us feel tired every day. A deeper look at the causes of incidents notably shows worker fatigue as one of the most common human factors named by individuals and it affects safety, quality, and productivity. This session will reveal what the research shows in terms of best practices for scheduling, shift structure, and even staffing to help avoid problems stemming from an excessively tired workforce and examine emerging technologies that can help identify at-risk individuals during the work shift. It will also uncover how the individual worker reduces the likelihood of injury by developing skills including self-triggering when the state of fatigue is elevated and maintaining good sleep habits.

Something unconventional, something deep, something perhaps partially subconscious, happens to make unhappy workers more hazardous to themselves and their colleagues. Participants will become cryptanalysts to crack the code on the phenomenon that reveals the secret ingredient of worker safety. This session will dive into the science and correlation between happiness, engagement, and safety and participants will come away with fresh eyes on a strategy to improve happiness, culture, and safety in their own organizations.