When I started Construct Strategies, I led with HOP. Big concept. Lots of science behind it. Makes total sense to me, it’s what I’ve built my career on.
But somewhere along the way I missed something.
A lot of people hear “HOP” and picture a separate program. A big initiative. Something that sits off to the side of their existing safety work.
They don’t see it as something you can run through what you already have.
That’s on me.
Because here’s the truth: you don’t have to blow up your existing programs to apply this thinking. You can look at a procedure you’ve already written and ask, does this reflect how work actually happens? Does it help the person doing the job, or does it just protect the organization from paper liability?
If you’re building programs from scratch, why design them the old way? Why not embed the thinking that actually reflects how people work, how error happens, how systems succeed and fail?
It’s not a revolution. It’s just better design.
Starting a consulting business is humbling. I’m still learning where the real gaps are — not just for my clients, but in how I explain what I do.
Tuesday morning thoughts from someone still figuring it out.
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