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# LATEST NEWS

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 By: [Colin Duncan](https://see.covectr.com/blog/author/colin-duncan) on September 4, 2019

#### [What Leaders are Missing: Visual Biases & Their Impact on Safety Leadership](https://see.covectr.com/blog/what-leaders-are-missing)

Safety leaders need critical skills to ensure the highest levels of safety ...

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 By: [Colin Duncan](https://see.covectr.com/blog/author/colin-duncan) on May 16, 2019

#### [Incident Investigation Webinar Recording](https://see.covectr.com/blog/new-webinar-recording-0)

We have made available the recording of our May 16th, 2019 webinar “Reframing ...

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 By: [Colin Duncan](https://see.covectr.com/blog/author/colin-duncan) on May 8, 2019

#### [Using Visual Literacy to Improve the Quality and Accuracy of Information Gathered Post-Incident](https://see.covectr.com/blog/using-visual-literacy-to-improve-the-quality-and-accuracy-of-information-gathered-post-incident)

COVE is pleased to tell you about the latest module in our Visual Literacy ...

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 By: [Colin Duncan](https://see.covectr.com/blog/author/colin-duncan) on April 18, 2019

#### [Rethinking How We See Incidents](https://see.covectr.com/blog/rethinking-how-we-see-incidents)

Understanding why an incident took place is at the heart of an effective safety ...

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 By: [Colin Duncan](https://see.covectr.com/blog/author/colin-duncan) on April 8, 2019

#### [Seeing Safety: Discover a Proven Methodology to Address the Seeing Gap](https://see.covectr.com/blog/seeing-safety-discover-a-proven-methodology-to-address-the-seeing-gap)

Are you aware of the role seeing plays in safety performance? Our work in ...

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[![covectr.comwp-contentuploads201904iStock-638549828-1024x637](https://see.covectr.com/hubfs/social-suggested-images/covectr.comwp-contentuploads201904iStock-638549828-1024x637.jpg)](https://see.covectr.com/blog/reframing-how-we-analyze-incident-investigations-with-visual-literacy)

 By: [Colin Duncan](https://see.covectr.com/blog/author/colin-duncan) on April 2, 2019

#### [Reframing How We Analyze Incident Investigations With Visual Literacy](https://see.covectr.com/blog/reframing-how-we-analyze-incident-investigations-with-visual-literacy)

What level of confidence do you have that your incident analysis tells you what ...

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 By: [Colin Duncan](https://see.covectr.com/blog/author/colin-duncan) on February 7, 2019

#### [A New Approach to Employee Engagement](https://see.covectr.com/blog/a-new-approach-to-employee-engagement)

How Visual Literacy Can Improve Hazard Recognition, Enhance Risk Assessment and ...

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 By: [Colin Duncan](https://see.covectr.com/blog/author/colin-duncan) on November 27, 2018

#### [A New Approach To Help Spot Missed Hazards](https://see.covectr.com/blog/a-new-approach-to-help-spot-missed-hazards)

If the hazard had been seen, he wouldn’t have gotten hurt…

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[![seeing safety gap260x230](https://see.covectr.com/hubfs/seeing%20safety%20gap260x230.png)](https://see.covectr.com/blog/seeing-the-gaps-in-your-safety-program)

 By: [Colin Duncan](https://see.covectr.com/blog/author/colin-duncan) on October 10, 2018

#### [Seeing the Gaps in Your Safety Program](https://see.covectr.com/blog/seeing-the-gaps-in-your-safety-program)

Safety programs are developed to help organizations and workers identify and ...

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 By: [Colin Duncan](https://see.covectr.com/blog/author/colin-duncan) on August 15, 2018

#### [The Application of Visual Literacy to your Safety Programs](https://see.covectr.com/blog/the-application-of-visual-literacy-to-your-safety-programs)

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