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20/05/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

Sometimes, it is the most afraid.

โœ…Afraid to speak up.
โœ…Afraid to question decisions.
โœ…Afraid to admit mistakes.
โœ…Afraid to share ideas.
โœ…Afraid to tell leaders the truth.

That is where psychological safety matters. Psychological safety is not about being soft.

It is about creating a workplace where people can speak honestly, contribute ideas, raise concerns, and learn from mistakes without fear of humiliation or punishment.

When people feel safe, they:
โœ… Speak up earlier
โœ… Share better ideas
โœ… Admit mistakes faster
โœ… Support each other more
โœ… Solve problems better
โœ… Perform with more confidence

But when people are afraid, problems stay hidden until they become costly.

๐——๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜?

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20/05/2026

Lesson Learnt! ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ!

Early in my career, I made a mistake that, at the time, felt career-ending.

I was leading a team to run a "Shutdown Readiness Training Program in 2017" for Lihir Mining, an essential program designed to prepare teams for one of the site's critical maintenance shutdowns program, and where we had experts flying in from within country and abroad.

It was my first major opportunity to lead a large-scale workforce training under tight timelines and complex site conditions. I was excitedโ€ฆ maybe too excited.

In my eagerness, I made three major mistakes:

1๏ธโƒฃ I underestimated the logistical challenges of coordinating multiple crews.
2๏ธโƒฃ I overpromised on training completion timelines without factoring in shift schedules and site restrictions.
3๏ธโƒฃ I hesitated to escalate issues when the plan started falling behind.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ?
โ–ช๏ธWe missed key training milestones.
โ–ช๏ธSeveral work groups entered shutdown without being fully prepared.
โ–ช๏ธAnd I lost a lot of confidence in my leadership abilities.

At first, I tried to "explain" the situation, highlighting the tough conditions and moving targets. But I quickly realized: explanations sound like excuses when youโ€™re not ready to fully own your mistakes.

So I changed my approach:

โœ… I took full accountability with both our management team and the client.
โœ… I asked how I could help recover the situation instead of defending it.
โœ… I worked double shifts onsite to personally support teams through make-up sessions.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜บ.
๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ.
๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ.

๐‘ณ๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’๐’ ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’•:

1๏ธโƒฃ Communicate early, even when the news is uncomfortable.
2๏ธโƒฃ Leadership is not about being perfect, it's about being present and resilient when things donโ€™t go to plan.
3๏ธโƒฃ Asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness.

When I mentor others preparing for major shutdowns or operational projects, I tell them this:

๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ.

If you're going through a tough season in your career right now, just remember: ๐˜๐˜ตโ€™?? ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต??๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ??. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ??๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ.

[๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™ข - ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š - ๐™๐™š๐™›๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ - ๐™‚๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™]

Thank you!
Michael Lopele Wambe



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19/04/2025

Safety Topic #2: ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐„๐๐‚๐˜ ๐Š๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐’!

"Iโ€™ve done this a hundred times. Nothing ever goes wrong." Famous last words in many workplaces.

Letโ€™s talk about COMPLACENCY! The silent killer in safety.

It doesnโ€™t come with warning signs or alarms. It slips in quietly when we start feeling too confident, too comfortable, and too familiar with a task. And thatโ€™s when mistakes happen.

๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’๐’„๐’š?
Itโ€™s the dangerous mindset that tells you itโ€™s okay to skip a step, ignore a risk, or assume everything will go as it always has. Itโ€™s overconfidence in routine.

๐‘น๐’†๐’‚๐’-๐‘พ๐’๐’“๐’๐’… ๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†:
A technician at a processing plant was working on an electrical junction box. He had done this same task over 50 times in the past year. Confident that it was de-energized, as it always was, he skipped the lockout/tagout process and didn't test the circuit. This time, someone had forgotten to shut it down. He was electrocuted, survived with severe injuries, and is now unable to work. One small step skipped. One routine task. One life changed forever.

How to Break the Cycle of Complacency:

๐Ÿ”นStart every task with a fresh mindset, no matter how familiar it is.
๐Ÿ”นUse your checklists - not just for compliance, but to stay mentally engaged.
๐Ÿ”นEncourage peer checks - a second set of eyes can save a life.
๐Ÿ”นTalk openly about near-misses - they are warnings, not coincidences.
๐Ÿ”นRotate tasks to reduce the "autopilot" effect.

Remember! Complacency is comfortable, but safety requires discipline. The moment you think โ€œnothing can go wrong,โ€ is the moment you need to stop and reassess. Letโ€™s keep each other alert, aware, and alive.




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