I am thankful for the ability to recognize the abundance that the Lord has provided.
In one specific area, I am thankful for the ability to see what safety can be. I believe that there are many new jobs, my number is 5 million jobs, related to safety in this post-industrial era. I believe that safety is one of the best investment opportunities that there is. Safety is a new world of abundance. To recognize how that can be the first step is to acknowledge that the industrial era is over. We have some industrial era jobs left but they are mostly staffed with people who are not of the industrial era.
Two encouraging things happened in November 2011. Whether or not either of them produces any results does not matter. What matter is that something is happening.
The National Safety Council announced that it would have a separate Young Professionals track at its 2012 Congress and Expo for presenters and attendees under 40. I hope that this track succeeds and is well attended. I am most anxious to see the answer to the question "Why is safety different to those under 40?" These are the folks who did not know the Industrial Era or its attitudes.
I had a chance in November to be a policy wonk. It was fun but I don't want to do it all the time. I met with a man who is in an appointed position one notch from the Oval Office. He has known politics all his life because his father was in politics and came very close to becoming the President a number of years back. Also at the meeting were two senior career government executives. We talked of the way that these 5 million new jobs would work. The questions were good and they were answered. We talked of the regulatory issues involved and there was talk of the politics. Most importantly we talked about how these jobs work well with new grads, with retirees, and as well with those doing the hiring. In these jobs there is no wasted time so the effective pay rate per hour is quite good. Government subsidies are not needed.
There is something that both of these events have in common. They both represent change and there are those who will oppose any change. Do those under 40 know something that those over 40 do not? If there are 5 million new jobs in safety what will they displace? Do either or both of these events mean that there might be a whole new way of doing safety?
Let's all be thankful that in the United States there is still hope.
David Sneed
In one specific area, I am thankful for the ability to see what safety can be. I believe that there are many new jobs, my number is 5 million jobs, related to safety in this post-industrial era. I believe that safety is one of the best investment opportunities that there is. Safety is a new world of abundance. To recognize how that can be the first step is to acknowledge that the industrial era is over. We have some industrial era jobs left but they are mostly staffed with people who are not of the industrial era.
Two encouraging things happened in November 2011. Whether or not either of them produces any results does not matter. What matter is that something is happening.
The National Safety Council announced that it would have a separate Young Professionals track at its 2012 Congress and Expo for presenters and attendees under 40. I hope that this track succeeds and is well attended. I am most anxious to see the answer to the question "Why is safety different to those under 40?" These are the folks who did not know the Industrial Era or its attitudes.
I had a chance in November to be a policy wonk. It was fun but I don't want to do it all the time. I met with a man who is in an appointed position one notch from the Oval Office. He has known politics all his life because his father was in politics and came very close to becoming the President a number of years back. Also at the meeting were two senior career government executives. We talked of the way that these 5 million new jobs would work. The questions were good and they were answered. We talked of the regulatory issues involved and there was talk of the politics. Most importantly we talked about how these jobs work well with new grads, with retirees, and as well with those doing the hiring. In these jobs there is no wasted time so the effective pay rate per hour is quite good. Government subsidies are not needed.
There is something that both of these events have in common. They both represent change and there are those who will oppose any change. Do those under 40 know something that those over 40 do not? If there are 5 million new jobs in safety what will they displace? Do either or both of these events mean that there might be a whole new way of doing safety?
Let's all be thankful that in the United States there is still hope.
David Sneed
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