The SafetyCultureStateReview (SCSR) is an employee-driven approach to understanding and developing Safety Culture
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I developed the SCSR Concept to make safety culture tangible and actionable — so organisations can shape their cultural journey from within.
This page provides everything you need to understand the model and apply it directly in your own environment.
Click into the sections below, explore the tools, and download the materials that will help you move your safety culture to the next level — from within.
What is ‘Safety Culture’
Imagine walking through a plant after hours.
No manager in sight.
Yet people still wear their protective gear, look out for each other, and do the right things — even when no one is watching.
That is culture.
And the SafetyCultureStateReview (SCSR) makes this culture visible, measurable, and developable.
Safety Culture State Review (SCSR)
The SCSR creates a transparent, practical picture of how safety culture is lived every day. Rather than relying on isolated indicators or external audits, it uses an internal assessment that actively engages employees, reflects real behaviors, and supports cultural transformation from within.
It builds on:
The Four Maturity Levels
The SCSR is built on a simple, intuitive maturity model — from reactive to highly proactive — inspired by Covey’s Highly Effective Teams and aligned with the Bradley Curve. It gives teams and leaders a clear, shared language for understanding their current cultural stage and the path forward.
- Reactive – acting only after things go wrong
- Dependent – following rules because management says so
- Independent – taking personal responsibility
- Interdependent – taking shared responsibility and looking out for each other
The 20 Culture Dimensions
Safety culture becomes tangible through 20 practical dimensions that reflect everyday interactions, decision-making, communication, and behaviours across the organisation. These 20 Dimensions represent the DNA of a safety culture — ranging from responsibility, incidents, meetings and training, to inspections, risk management, communication, behaviour prevention, KPIs, digitalisation, working conditions and more.
Together, they provide a holistic picture of how safety is lived and where an organisation stands today.
The SCSR-Index
The SCSR-Index consolidates all results into a single, transparent indicator of cultural maturity. Built from employee assessments of the 20 Dimensions and aligned with the four Maturity Levels, it translates lived behaviours into a score from 0 (Reactive) to 8 (Interdependent).
The index reveals where the organisation stands today, highlights strengths and gaps, and provides a clear direction for the next steps in cultural development.
Employee-Driven Workshops
The SCSR Workshops are the engine of cultural transformation. Numbers alone do not change culture — but dialogue does. In guided workshops, teams explore their results, share experiences, and jointly develop actions that matter. Because the workshops are participative, employee-driven, and easy to run internally — from within, they create ownership, strengthen collaboration, and make cultural change authentic, scalable, and sustainable.
How to Get Started with the SCSR
Experience the SCSR in practice
You can explore the concept through the demo workshop conducted at the EHS for Biopharma Summit Europe in Frankfurt. The full set of results and the presentation used in the workshop are available for download and can be shared internally.
Stay updated
All current developments, insights, and examples of practical application are shared on LinkedIn. You can subscribe to the SCSR Newsletter there to stay informed about new learnings and future developments.
Bring SCSR into your organisation
If you would like to explore how to apply or pilot the SCSR in your own organisation, just send me an email and we can discuss the practical implementation — from within.
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