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Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · 1d

The procedure was skipped.
“Just this once.”
One slip. One fracture.
It wasn’t the first time. Just the first injury.

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#WHSGuard #NormalisationOfDeviance #RealRisk #SafetyLeadership

Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · 8d

60 people.
72 PowerPoint slides.
No questions. One snore.
The next day, someone used the wrong harness anchor.

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#WHSGuard #SafetyTraining #RealWorldLearning #ComplianceIsNotCompetence

Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · 16d

Everyone whispered about the faulty machine.
Dave spoke up.
Then got moved off-site.
And silence followed.
👉 If your system relies on silence, it's already broken.
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#PsychosocialSafety #WHSGuard #SpeakUpCulture #SilentRisk

Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · 23d

12-minute induction.
Video. Click “agree.”
No one knew where the first aid kit was.

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#WHSGuard #ContractorRisk #InductionFail #OnboardingThatWorks

Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Oct 4

Forklift. Slippery dock. Falling tools.
Dozens of near misses.
Then a serious injury—exact same hazard.

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#WHSGuard #NearMissCulture #FromDataToDecisions #RealRisk

Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 27

Smoothies. Yoga mats.
But no psychosocial risk register.
Stress balls can’t fix broken systems.

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#PsychosocialSafety #BeyondWellbeing #WHSGuard #ISO45003

Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 25

#whsguard #SafetyLeadership #RiskPerspective #BlindMenAndElephant #WHS #PsychologicalSafety #ParablesInSafety
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Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 25

Everyone sees their own part.
But the danger? It’s in the parts we don’t see.
Don’t assume your view is the full story.
Ask. Listen. Walk the floor together.
That’s how you see the elephant.

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Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 25

Six men. One elephant.
One touched the trunk — “It’s a snake. ”
Another felt the leg — “It’s a tree. ”
The tusk — “A spear. ”
The tail — “A rope. ”
They were all right.
They were all wrong.
That’s how risk works too.
Engineers. Operators. Advisors. Contractors.

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Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 20

He was inducted.
But no one checked if he was trained.
When things went wrong—paperwork exposed the truth

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#PCBUGaps #WHSGuard #ContractorRisk #WorkforceClarity

Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 19

Who are you feeding?
#ParablesInSafety #whsguard #SafetyLeadership #PsychologicalSafety #WHS #Teamwork #WorkplaceWellbeing
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Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 19

In the other, they turned their spoons outward—
And fed each other.
That’s safety.
Same policies. Same PPE. Same procedures.
But some teams isolate. Others collaborate.
Some gatekeep. Others share.
I’ve seen both.
And it’s never about the gear.
It’s always about the mindset.

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Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 19

Two banquet halls.
Same food. Same people. Same tools.
But one key difference:
In one hall, they starve.
In the other, they thrive.
Why?
The spoons were too long to feed themselves.
So in one hall, they fought, hoarded, and went hungry.

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Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 19

Someone said my post felt like a parable. It made me see how often we use fables in safety—lions and mice, golden eggs, crying wolf. I’ll share one safety parable each week to spark reflection. Follow #whsguard. Contact Niru Tyagi for WHS support. #SafetyLeadership #ParablesInSafety

Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 16

#InMySteelCaps #WHS #VisibleLeadership #OperationalReality #RiskWalks #WHSGuard #RealWorkRealRisk

Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 16

Suddenly, I didn’t need to justify every safety budget.
Because they’d seen the risk.
And the team?
They saw leadership show up.

Sometimes, the best safety strategy is simply being there.

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Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 16

#InMySteelCaps – Episode 11:

“The Risk Walk That Changed Everything”
No slides. No spin.
Just a walk through the plant with a new exec.
They saw what reports couldn’t show—
Residue from a spill, a worn-out tag, real-time pressure work.
Fifteen minutes changed the game.

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Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 13

$3M risk review.
174 recommendations.
Six months later? Still on the shelf.

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#WHSExecution #RealWorldRisk #AuditFatigue #WHSGuard

Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 10

If you’re building a WHS strategy that does more than comply — this is for you.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_R9LMgpByf-jpM6SNECcW5D7aqbbfUdw/view?usp=sharing

#whsguard #WHSstrategy #psychosocialhazards #safetybydesign #mentalhealthatwork #ISO45003 #leadershipinsafety

Alfred Adler and the Hidden Foundations of Psychosocial Safety V1 two.pdf

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Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 10

We mapped Adler’s concepts directly to WHS obligations.
Converted them into risk language.
Built a table showing how psychosocial hazards look through an Adlerian lens.
Because burnout isn’t just workload.
It’s unresolved inferiority.
And culture isn’t just behaviour.
It’s belief.

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Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 10

Adler Wasn't Just a Psychologist. He Was a Systems Thinker.
In Part One, we explored Adler’s core insights:
Why people break.
Why they overcompensate.
Why dignity matters more than performance metrics.
But theory only matters if it changes how we act.
Part Two takes it further.

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Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 9

#InMySteelCaps #WHS #CriticalThinking #ProceduresVsReality #SafetyLeadership #WHSGuard #RealWorkRealRisk

Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 9

Built in judgement, not just rules.
Added space for context, not just compliance.
Now?
The system works with workers, not against them.

If procedures punish thinking, they’re not protecting anyone.

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Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 9

#InMySteelCaps – Episode 10:

“It Wasn’t in the Procedure”
He made a call that likely saved a life—
But got reprimanded for not following the script.
The problem?
The procedure didn’t fit the pace or complexity of real work.
So we rewrote it with the people doing the job.

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Niru Tyagi @nirutyagi.com · Sep 7

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XWHz6bVApZb9MP2duAjkeeiPFHZ3Qnk1/view?usp=sharing

#whsguard #WHSleadership #psychosocialsafety #ISO45003 #adlerianleadership #mentalhealthatwork #safetyculture

Alfred Adler and the Hidden Foundations of Psychosocial Safety V1 One.pdf

drive.google.com