The Intent-Action Gap
From Intent to Action: Why Safety & Culture Break Down Under Pressure – and How Leaders Fix It
Hosted by James Lewis - Consulting Director, Tribe Culture Change This four-part webinar series is designed for senior leaders responsible for safety, performance, and organisational culture in high-risk environments.
Across the series, with insights from industry experts, we’ll explore:
- Why strong safety intent isn’t enough
- The hidden barriers that stop people doing the right thing
- The five organisational themes that predict safety outcomes
- Moving beyond the stall point; making change stick.
Register Now
Episode 1
Why Strong Safety Intent Isn't Enough
Insights from Dayle Teegarden, Lead Consultant, Tribe Culture Change
- What is the Intent-Action gap?
- Why systems improve faster than behaviour
- The stall point between policy maturity and cultural maturity
- Research insight; pressure, deadlines, resourcing and social norms
- Early signals leaders miss.
Episode 2
The Hidden Barriers That Stop People Doing the Right Thing
- What are the predictable behavioural barriers?
- Why training and awareness don't remove these barriers
- How blame responses harden silence
- Why underreporting is often rational behaviour
Episode 3
The Five Organisational Themes that Predict Safety Outcomes
- What are the five emerging organisational themes?
- How leadership behaviour, rewards systems and messaging interact
- Why "priority conflicts" matter more than slogans
- Case examples where behaviour shifted without rewriting procedures.
Episode 4
Moving Beyond the Stall Point: Making Change Stick
- The stall point versus tipping point model
- Why system-centric change hits a ceiling
Embedding key behaviours - Capability transfer versus consultant dependence
- Linking culture to ESG, resilience and operational performance