the work behind the work
arrley labs is our applied research arm. ideas are tested in the field before they reach client practice, and the ones that hold become our methods and products.
how the lab works
practice is the peer review
everything in the lab is on a path into client practice. if it doesn't survive contact with real work, it doesn't ship.
the gap is the job
every organisation runs two versions of its work: the one in the procedure and the one at the front line. we study the distance between them, because that's where risk lives and cost hides.
the front line outranks the framework
research questions come from real sites and real work, not conference decks.
inside the lab
five lines of enquiry, each at its own stage. one is out of the lab and in early access; the rest are still earning their place.
every project, in full- early accesshealth & safety
SafetyLM
the WHS assistant that shows its working.
- in developmentorganisational performance, health & safety
the leading indicator project
finding the signals that move before harm does.
- in developmentoperational excellence
the work-as-done field method
a field method for the work no procedure describes.
- exploringpeople & culture
the pulse instrument
psychosocial risk, measured at the speed it moves.
- exploringhealth & safety, operational excellence
the critical risk & control builder
bowties that do more than hang on the wall.
open questions
what we're exploring
open questions across the four areas we work in. some will become projects; some will die honest deaths.
- health & safety
which leading indicators actually lead?
- people & culture
what makes speaking up normal instead of brave?
- organisational performance
what would board reporting look like if directors could ask their own questions of the data?
- operational excellence
how big is the gap between work-as-imagined and work-as-done, and where does it cost the most?
hard problems aren't solved alone
we're building an open community of safety professionals, wherever they work in the world, who want to solve the field's hardest problems and build the tools that should already exist.
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