Train Ride For Safety As I write this I am riding Amtrak south through the Central Valley of California. In a couple of hours I will arrive in Bakersfield and meet my son John who is driving home to spend some time with his friends this weekend. The reason for my trip is two fold. […]

In my last blog I talked about planning ahead for emergency situations. In writing that article I realized how much we depend on technology these days. The danger is when we take something for granted. Then when it is gone we are hopeless without it. As a safety speaker my iPhone is vital to my […]

Backup Plans – A New Perspective As a safety speaker I get to spend many days traveling and fortunately I enjoy it. This is a good safety topic to share with your employees that will help them remain safe when they are on a business trip or help keep their family safe when away from […]

What Is A Blog? And Why Would I Care?According to Merriam Webster: Definition of BLOG: a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer; also : the contents of such a siteIn my case, you can find my blog at the bottom of the home […]

Never Pre-Qualify to the Negative What he meant was you should never (and I do mean NEVER) begin a safety talk or presentation with a negative comment about that speech or presentation, no matter how true or accurate. This is one of those concepts, which may best be taught by example. Several years ago, I […]

Update On Last Week’s Article Last Wednesday morning, I arrived home and pulled into my driveway and while my wife and I were listening to an interview on the radio I began to check my email on my iPad. The first one I saw was a reply to last week’s newsletter. After I read the […]

Water Safety Tip – Summer is Here by Safety Speaker John Drebinger As a safety speaker I love all the great ideas I pick up from my clients. I mentioned a few weeks ago before every meeting including conference calls one of my international consulting clients begins with a safety moment. For today’s call, I […]

Thanks For A Great Week What a great week! First, as a safety speaker I had the privilege of giving a keynote presentation for the Enform Petroleum Safety Conference in Banff, Canada. What a great event! I was able to share my keynote version Would You Watch Out For My Safety?™ to the entire conference. […]

How Often Has Someone You Love Driven Under The Influence Unknowingly? My wife and her friends love to go wine tasting. I am the perfect chauffeur as I don’t drink and never have. This way no one has to give up anything to be the “designated driver.” As I drove them from winery to winery, […]

Sharing Safety On The Highest Level – An Open Letter to President Obama To read the entire letter read on. A few weeks ago, I was speaking at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita. A previous copy of my newsletter discussed elements of that visit. What I did not share with you was an action I took to […]