DEVELOPING SKILLS & HABITS TO REDUCE HUMAN ERRORS
We help you develop personal skills and better habits to avoid injuries, save time and money – and simply perform better all round. In the workplace. And outside it too.

We help you develop personal skills and better habits to avoid injuries, save time and money – and simply perform better all round. In the workplace. And outside it too.
We created our methodology for reducing human error by studying real-life incidents. It began with Larry Wilson, the author and founder of SafeStart, YOUFactors’ parent brand. Increasingly aware of human factors in safety management, he talked to thousands of people in various industries, conducting hundreds of observations and – in cooperation with his clients – analysing more than 400 incident and accident reports.
All his behavioural safety efforts targeted a single objective: Find the missing pieces in the puzzle of how incidents and accidents really happen – and develop tools and techniques to interrupt avoidable domino effects. Initially, Larry focused on improving behavioural safety and performance in the workplace but, over time, he included life outside it too.
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Driven by companies’ growing need for smarter people development, YOUFactors was launched in 2020 as the personal companion that helps employees reduce human error across all aspects of their life – not just safety management. Building on SafeStart’s behavioural safety concepts and harnessing the power of digital nudges, the YOUFactors app goes beyond the typical online learning platform to support individuals in developing the skills and habits they need for a safer life and improved performance, both at home and in the workplace.
Field research begins to find unrecognised elements in workplace safety patterns
SafeStart concepts are more formally developed and tested, with first results produced
SafeStart learning journey is officially launched, with the focus on employee safety
SafeStart goes international and is translated into French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian
SafeStart Home programme is launched to introduce behavioural safety to employees’ families
Millionth person trained
SafeStart strengthens international presence by adding distribution partners
SafeStart expands concept beyond personal ‘safety’ to ‘performance’
SafeStart takes international business back into direct distribution
Launch of YOUFactors as a personal companion to enhance the SafeStart skill- and habit-development journey
YOUFactors enhances its skill- and habit-development journey through digital nudging as an online-learning platform extending into new realms of everyday life
YOUFactors becomes a rigorous, but always human-centred, skill building companion in the world of adult learning