Authors Scott Burr, Brion Hanks, Dayna Hubenthal
Authors of Safety Under Construction: A Quest for Safety Perfection Using Inventive Thinking
“A year from now you may wish you had started today.” ― Karen Lamb
“You must do the things you think you cannot do.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
OUR QUALIFICATIONS
We each have contributed something very unique to this project, approaching the subject with different roles, experiences, perspectives and knowledge. We have created a breakthrough in understanding safety by seeing the hard realities in construction and by using and reorganizing common and available knowledge in an uncommon way. We also have recognized and integrated the potential role of powerful new technologies to create a new level of safety mastery. The work, however, has only begun.
Scott Burr is a Principal at the firm, Innovation Scientific, LLC. He has worked in high-reliability industries and his interest in safety and risk comes from years of hands-on shop floor experience in manufacturing. He is a Six Sigma and Lean Master and also a TRIZ practitioner. He has led several quality initiatives and implementations in various industries. He has solved many complex and entrenched problems including safety issues. Many of these problems were considered “impossible to solve” until he led his teams to solve them. Scott is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and is dedicated to creating industry scale solutions that provide new opportunities, jobs, and markets.
Brion K. Hanks is a Safety Manager at a major construction company with a passionate dedication to safety. He has over 40 years of experience promoting safety within the construction industry. He is very hands-on and understands the dynamics of construction work and how construction people think. Brion is a world-class safety expert and understands the best practices in his field. He has never stopped searching for better answers to eliminating accidents and has been involved with the implementation of many cutting edge safety practices including the use of a Job Hazard Analysis for all work operations and utilizing exercise-on-the-job to make people safer and less prone to injuries. But Brion’s greatest asset is his resolute promotion of safety first and safety always.
Dayna Hubenthal is a Principal at the firm, Innovation Scientific, LLC. She approaches safety from an innovation-based, people-oriented perspective, which is augmented by her research prowess and love of cutting-edge technology. She has a strong understanding of group dynamics, cultural and psychological drivers in groups. Dayna is a professional innovator with a special interest in the intersection of social dynamics, innovation and technology. She is also a premier communicator and has led the communication strategies for this work.
When Scott and Dayna met Brion, he was already a world-class safety expert. It quickly became apparent that Brion is driven to eliminate the last 5% of accidents that other people within the construction industry find unavoidable. Scott and Dayna formed a collaborative innovation project with Brion as the subject matter expert and focal point of safety passion. Throughout their first conversations, Scott, Brion and Dayna realized a breakthrough was possible as we identified the fundamental industry problems and contradictions. Then Scott and Dayna used inventive tools to lead an analysis of the current industry situation, challenged best practices and then proposed a new and more effective approach to safety in construction. Brion provided an in-depth reality check and push back on ideas that would not fly in construction. This book is one result of that effort and provides a starting point for communicating that paradigm shift to frontline craftspeople, supervisors, and managers.
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” — John Wooden
“You just can't beat the person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
