The era of Big Data has revived hopes that we will at last find the “holy grail” of Safety – the lone indicator that unlocks safety performance. Unfortunately, this goal fundamentally misunderstands the dynamic nature of leading measures. Leading (versus lagging) indictors are forward-looking. They seek to predict what will happen and are therefore subject to variation, from the impact of behavior to changes to the safety environment. Rather than try to condense safety metrics, leaders can broaden their view of performance and profoundly change the discussion by becoming fluent in the principles that define great metric selection and use.

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