As we already said before,
culture is made up of two different elements:
Values and practices.
This means that when we want to implement a culture of change,
we have to work on one of them.
But there is a problem.
As we also said, change is performed by people.
That means that people tend to oppose to change.
One of the main reasons why change often fails is
because the existing culture of an organization maintains
the status quo.
So, it's important to have a culture which supports change, open minded,
a culture whose comfort zone is wide enough to include innovation,
and where change is accepted.
But there is a problem.
When little attention is paid to the development of a culture
which supports the changes, then, this change becomes unsustainable.
We mentioned in the previous NOOCs
that the workers are the bearers of culture.
And they will always be comfortable with an environment
where culture of change is included, if leaders work for that environment.
Leaders have to support the culture of change
and to show everybody that change is good and needed.
Leaders have to lead, have to transform their people views,
make them grow.
And sometimes, that means that leaders have to embrace that change first,
and to be a beacon for the rest of the followers
to follow the same path,
to get out of their comfort zones
and to see that culture is something "alive".
Culture changes adapt to new situations,
help people to fit in their organizations,
to know what to do, how to talk, how to perform against challenges.
But culture is not something fix.
It must adapt and be able to catch up with the real world.
Leaders have to transform culture when it's needed.
They are the example, the main actors when change is needed.
Because in real life, everything is related to culture.
And during this NOOC, we have tried to show
that safety culture has to be improved every day and understood
by all the members of the industry.
Leaders are the main actors to make people change,
to make them adopt changes in their safety culture
and their safety actions.
And we hope you remember that being leaders
in any safety environment is a great responsibility
that you willingly take and improve to make your industry better than before.