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Passive Training Still Dominates Most safety and compliance training programs still run on the same assumptions they did twenty years ago. Sit through the slideshow, pass the quiz, check the box. But knowledge is not the same as understanding, and information alone does not change behavior. If training is only about telling people what to do, then we should not be surprised when it fails to stick. The data confirms this. Passive methods like lectures and reading have among the lowest retention

Brady Keene

July 1, 2025·2 min read

Mental Health at Work: Breaking the Silent Storm If you woke up today carrying invisible weight, you're not alone. Mental health conversations are becoming more common, but in many workplaces silence still dominates. According to Mind Share Partners, 42% of employees worry that speaking up about mental health could hurt their careers. One in four has considered quitting because of it, and 7% already have. Half of employees don’t know how to access their employer’s mental health resources, yet

Brady Keene

June 24, 2025·2 min read

The heat is getting worse, but protections are not keeping up. Extreme heat is no longer just a seasonal concern, it’s a growing threat to workers in construction, manufacturing, landscaping, warehousing, and more. According to BLS, dozens die and thousands suffer serious heat-related symptoms each year. These figures likely understate the true scope, as many incidents go unreported or misclassified. One study estimates the total economic loss from heat in the United States to be at least $100

Brady Keene

June 17, 2025·2 min read

Proposed budget cuts to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by the Trump Administration could have devastating consequences for workplace safety across the country. With only about 2,000 inspectors covering more than 8 million job sites, OSHA’s capacity to enforce critical safety standards is already strained. The number of inspectors per million workers dropped from 14.8 in 1980 to just 5.6 by 2018. Further reductions would weaken hazard identification efforts and delay res

Brady Keene

June 9, 2025·2 min read