From rugged individualism to interdependent teamwork

The long-term improvements of a Total Safety Culture can only be achieved with a systems approach, including balanced attention to all aspects of the corporate culture. Deming 

Environment factors such as equipment, tools, machines, housekeeping, heat/cold, and engineering. 

Person factors such as employees knowledge, skills, abilities, intelligence, motives, and personality. 

Behavior factors such as complying, coaching, recognizing, commimicating, and actively caring.  

Two of these system variables involve human factors. Each generally receives less attention than the environment, mostly because it is more difficult to visibly measure the outcomes of efforts to change the human factors. Some human factors programs focus on behaviors (as in behavior-based safety) others focus on attitudes (as in a person-based approach). A Total Safety Culture integrates these two approaches. 

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