RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public InterestMay 7, 2025The support gap: Are HMOs, EAPs still enough to take care of employees?
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An EV Battery cautionary tale.
Manufacturing is hard and if you don't have competent management, people could die.
This company had planned to build a plant in Canada too.
#EV #Cars #Batteries #Manufacturing #WorkplaceHealthAndSafety
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241002-mystery-deaths-and-mass-layoffs-europe-s-green-battery-dream-northvolt-turns-into-nightmare
Northvolt was a shiny new startup with a pretty logo that promised to “make oil history” by making the cleanest electric car battery the world had ever seen. The Swedish company founded in 2016 was seen as a huge driver for Europe’s dream to become carbon neutral, and would drastically cut the continent’s reliance on China for imported electric car batteries. Some of the largest car-makers out there, including Volvo, Volkswagen and BMW, rushed to place their orders, and investors virtually poured money into the company. Then, Northvolt’s production plan began to fall apart, and people working at its main plant mysteriously started to die.
With the recent updates across Australia's WHS regulatory landscape focusing on psychosocial hazards in the workplace, this article on psychological safety in the workplace from Harvard Business Review is timely.
What exactly is psychological safety? It’s a term that’s used a lot but is often misunderstood. In this piece, the author answers the following questions with input from Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, who coined the phrase “team psychological safety”:
1) What is psychological safety?
2) Why is psychological safety important?
3) How has the idea evolved?
4) How do you know if your team has it?
5) How do you create psychological safety?
6) What are common misconceptions?
#PeopleAndCulture #HumanResources #WorkplaceHealthAndSafety #WHS #OHS #PsychologicalSafety #PsychosocialHazards
What exactly is psychological safety? It’s a term that’s used a lot but is often misunderstood. In this piece, the author answers the following questions with input from Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, who coined the phrase “team psychological safety”: 1) What is psychological safety? 2) Why is psychological safety important? 3) How has the idea evolved? 4) How do you know if your team has it? 5) How do you create psychological safety? 6) What are common misconceptions?
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