--- title: Safe Work Month - For The Future - Week three description: If you could improve one thing... image: https://blog.programmed.com.au/hubfs/Internal%20Comms/Safety/safety%20month%20ceo%20blog%20(4).png --- [![PRG-Endt-Horz-RGB150](https://blog.programmed.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/PFM%20Internal%20Comms/PRG-Endt-Horz-RGB150.png?width=300&height=107&name=PRG-Endt-Horz-RGB150.png "PRG-Endt-Horz-RGB150")](https://programmed.com.au/) - [Intranet](https://intranet.programmed.com.au/) - [Home](https://blog.programmed.com.au/newshub) - [Intranet](https://intranet.programmed.com.au/) - [Home](https://blog.programmed.com.au/newshub) ![Safe Work Month - For The Future - Week three](https://blog.programmed.com.au/hubfs/Internal%20Comms/Safety/safety%20month%20ceo%20blog%20(4).png) # *Oct 20, 2026, 1:00:00 PM | [Safety](https://blog.programmed.com.au/newshub/tag/safety)* Safe Work Month - For The Future - Week three If you could improve one thing... The people who do a job every day know it the best and often see things others don’t. You might notice a task that’s harder than it needs to be, or where the way we execute work doesn’t quite live up to how it was planned. That’s why you’re in the best position to see where we can operate more safely. In week 3 of Safe Work Month – For The Future, we’re asking you to consider one question: *If you could improve one thing about the way you work to make it safer, what would it be?*   **Making work safer for the long term** Not every safety improvement needs to involve a major overhaul, sometimes a relatively small adjustment can solve a recurring problem. Putting an idea into practice can have a flow on effect that impacts safety well beyond the person who first realised it. Take a moment to consider something you’ve thought about for a while, or something you encounter regularly and have been working around. --- **Don't accept a workaround as the solution** You might have become used to finding a way around frustrations in order to carry on your work, but it’s worth thinking about the underlying issue that’s introducing unnecessary risk, and what you could do to change it. The people closest to the work are often best placed to identify where processes could be improved. Our leaders have a similarly important role in creating the space for people to raise these concerns and making sure good ideas don’t disappear when the conversation is over. You can find further questions to consider in the toolbox talk below. [Toolbox Talk - Safe Work Month - For The Future](https://blog.programmed.com.au/hubfs/Internal%20Comms/Safety/For%20The%20Future.pdf)   --- What could make a difference?  This week, we want you to focus on one thing that could make work safer in your area. Talk about it with your team and capture the ideas that come out of the conversation – we’ll use these ideas as we move into the final week of Safe Work Month and consider what we could do differently for the future. We have a wealth of knowledge and experience across Programmed, and we need to make sure we listen to the people who understand the work firsthand. 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