Alhamdulillah, Huge thanks to the SKA HSE x PSM committee for offering me an opportunity to contribute to the event. It was an honor to play a part in facilitating such an interesting topic with these panelists to gain valuable insights and learnings from them.
Six highlights and takeaway Points:
1. "Sustainability" is about fulfilling our needs without jeopardizing or harming future generations. Laying the foundations for our future generations to flourish, thrive & prosper after us.
Think the big picture - we should be driven for a cause much bigger than ourselves!
2. When it comes to safety, put aside ranks and designations: we are equals and need to care for each other as human beings who want to go home safely. And to achieve that, you will always need the human touch on the ground. OIM Effendie shared that the key is to remove "power distance", to build relationship psychological safety.
OIM shared inspiring examples of how he would invite contractors from workboats and vessels to come and host them at the platform, provide hospitality as "tuan rumah", with some of them feeling grateful and honored, because "it's their first time on a platform". Little touches of kindness go a long way.
3. Despite elaborate programs on competency upskilling, education, and raising awareness, when we look at Incident lessons learnt and HSE alerts, there's a sense of Deja Vu: same takeaway points, same lessons learnt.
The problem isn't the quality of education; it's the attitude towards the knowledge. Knowledge will only be useful if you step up to ACT on it consistently.
4. Especially when it comes to safety, Achievement is a double-edged sword: It can be a powerful motivating driver, yet at the same time, once we have attained it, there's a danger of being complacent and letting our guards down - the "we made it" syndrome.
Our panelist shared that a leader admitted in hindsight, that once they were given huge awards for stellar performance, it all went downhill from there because they started becoming too lax, and their performance slipped.
5. "It always starts with ME, and it must come from my heart". If I cannot convince myself on the importance of sustainability, safety, and if I'm not passionate about saving lives, then how can I expect to convey that to others?
6. At the heart of it, it's about love and care for our colleagues. We all love to come home safely. We all love to have good health & positive well-being. Therefore, if we truly uphold our religious values - to Love for others what we love for ourselves - then we will extend the same care towards those around us ❤️
Two hadiths come to mind. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said,
تَرَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي تَرَاحُمِهِمْ وَتَوَادِّهِمْ وَتَعَاطُفِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ الْجَسَدِ إِذَا اشْتَكَى عُضْوًا تَدَاعَى لَهُ سَائِرُ جَسَدِهِ بِالسَّهَرِ وَالْحُمَّى
"You see the believers, in being merciful among themselve, loving each other and being kind amongst themselves, resembling that of one unified body: If any part of the body falls ill, then the whole body shares the sleeplessness & fever together."
(Al-Bukhari)
لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ
"None of you has complete faith, until he loves for his brother that which he loves for himself" (Al-Bukhari, Muslim)
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