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Dave Rebbitt, MBA, CRSP, CD

CEO at Rarebit Consulting

Alberta, Canada

A respected leader, published writer, critical thinker, and visionary with a broad skillset and diverse experience. The proven history of success, leadership and innovation in different industries on multi- billion dollar oil and mining projects brings a unique value proposition to the senior team. Development of long term strategic vision and focus assures positive alignment with internal stakeholders for quality service delivery that enhances profitability and competitive advantage.

Available For: Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Calgary. Alberta Canada
Speaking Topics: Hypercompliance, Influencing culture - Small acts of greatness , Organizational accidents, Workplace harassment and bullying

Speaking Fee $5,000 (In-Person), $2,000 (Virtual)

Dave Rebbitt, MBA, CRSP, CD Points
Academic 0
Author 149
Influencer 111
Speaker 0
Entrepreneur 0
Total 260

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Effective Safety Committees
March 23, 2023
Harassment and Workplace Violence
March 23, 2023

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Company Information

Company Type: Service Provider
Business Unit: Consulting, speaking, writing
Theatre: North America
Minimum Project Size: Undisclosed
Average Hourly Rate: Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Undisclosed
Company Founded Date: Undisclosed

Areas of Expertise

Business Continuity 30.12
COVID19 30.27
Culture 30.02
Health and Safety 72.37
Health and Wellness
HR 33.08
Innovation
Leadership 30.17
Legal and IP 44.73
Management
Risk Management 30.50
Sustainability

Industry Experience

Aerospace & Defense
Agriculture & Mining
Automotive
Engineering & Construction
Federal & Public Sector
Forest Products & Paper
High Tech & Electronics
Higher Education & Research
Industrial Machinery & Components
Manufacturing
Oil & Gas
Primary Metal & Steel
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Telecommunications
Travel & Transportation
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Publications

29 Article/Blogs
Accused of misconduct?
Canadian Occupational
March 21, 2025
I get calls about harassment or misconduct. Most of them are from people who have been told they have to meet with HR and are frightened. If you work at a company like that, where HR calls you to a cryptic meeting about a complaint, you have my sympathies

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Legal and IP

The issues and topics safety leaders should pay attention to in the year ahead
Canadian Occupational
January 10, 2025
In a continuing trend, police forces are no longer appearing at serious workplace incidents and automatically handing things off to the OHS regulator. Kudos to the Calgary police service for pioneering this approach. The Calgary police service developed the Krsek protocol inspired by the tragic loss of three-year-old Michelle Krsek killed by falling debris from a construction site in Calgary

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Legal and IP

Risk is wild
Canadian Occupational
October 25, 2024
This year’s wildfire season is over. In the past several years, there has been a lot of talk about forest fires or wildfires and their causes.

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Legal and IP

Who are you talking to?
LinkedIn
July 22, 2024
This topic comes up a fair bit when I’m talking with colleagues. We’ve all been in meetings where one person seems to want to talk over everyone else to express their opinions. I think we are all guilty of that from time to time, especially on topics that we are passionate about.

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Legal and IP

The Supreme Court speaks
The Safety Mag
February 23, 2024
There has been quite a bit written about the Supreme Court decision in R. v. Greater Sudbury (City). The decision was made in November of 2023. It has been branded a gamechanger, but I am not sure.

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Legal and IP

Trends in health and safety 2024
Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine
January 15, 2024
This continues to be a focus area. In 2023, the International Labor Organization called on member states to eliminate violence and harassment at work and ratify Convention 190 with the aim of protecting workers and other persons from workplace violence and harassment.

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Legal and IP

Changes in Transportation of Dangerous Goods
LinkedIn
September 06, 2023
Transportation of dangerous goods covers many industries, and big changes are afoot in the fall of 2023 and spring of 2024. I don’t usually post about this topic, but the changes are substantial.

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Legal and IP

The most controversial?
LinkedIn
August 21, 2023
I recently was introduced as the most controversial person in safety. Sure, I say heretical things and challenge the existing safety dogma, but that is a good thing, right? I like to say that some people are underinformed, and sometimes they actually tell me things I do not know as I never claim to know everything.

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Legal and IP

Reading weak signals
Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine
May 24, 2023
How can we read "weal signals that precede incidents in organizations?

The idea of weak signals in the organization was first discussed by Charles Perrow in his book Normal Accidents. Like most “new” ideas in health and safety, this one was a term for an existing phenomenon.

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Legal and IP

The evolution of blame
Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine
March 22, 2023
In health and safety, the blame game is one of those things that is very difficult to stamp out. Like a virulent infection, it is resilient and persistent. It is all the things we wish health and safety could be.

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Tags: Health and Safety, Risk Management, Legal and IP

Pioneers in workplace safety – Part 2
Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine
February 15, 2023
I thought I might introduce another contemporary of Crystal Eastman’s, Francis Perkins. Yes, yet another remarkable woman. Not surprising since there was so much change in the early twentieth century in the United States, much of it driven by women.

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Risk Management

Health and safety trends for 2023
Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine
January 17, 2023
Nine topics every professional should pay attention to

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Tags: Leadership, Health and Safety, Risk Management

Pioneers in workplace safety
Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine
December 16, 2022
Many say that modern Health & Safety started around the turn of the 20th century. This was when worker's compensation started becoming something of interest in North America. Some point to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City in March 1911 as the catalyst for widespread labor reforms. It also gave rise to the American Society of Safety Professionals.

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Tags: Leadership, Health and Safety, Risk Management

Investigating or ambushing?
Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine
November 28, 2022
How to use to best practices when looking into bullying and harassment allegations. The methods of accepting and investigating complaints matters - to everyone.

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Risk Management

Bullying: Investigation required?
Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine
October 20, 2022

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Risk Management

When to investigate – or not
Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine
September 15, 2022
An incident gets reported, triggering two separate processes in most organizations. There is a reporting process and an investigation process – or is there?

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Risk Management

Field Hazard Assessments - Safer?
Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine
August 18, 2022
Hazard assessments abound in the field of health and safety and the idea of a hazard assessment has been around for a long time. There are many different kinds of hazard assessments, but an article I read recently rekindled some thoughts about the field level hazard assessment (FLHA/FLRA), also known as the "STOP" card or the "take five cards."

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Risk Management

Safety improvements – more is more?
Canadian Occupational Safety
June 28, 2022
In a profession dedicated to preventing harm to people, we are often loath to explain the hard truths such as there is no zero risk or the TRIR is statistically meaningless. How can we explain that we do not own the results? Who would care anyway when improvements have been ordered?

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Tags: Health and Safety

Measuring failure, and failing
Canadian Occupational Safety
May 24, 2022
Metrics, measures, and rates. Health and safety practitioners have long sought to measure an organization's “safety". More recently, they have sought to measure the behaviors or culture.

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Tags: Health and Safety

The iceberg is melting
Canadian Occupational Safety
April 22, 2022
In health and safety, we love symbols and shapes. One favorite is pyramids which I have dealt with in previous writings, and the other is the iceberg.

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Tags: Health and Safety

What are the trends in health and safety for 2022?
Canadian Occupational Safety
January 06, 2022
In 2022 the big story for health and safety practitioners continues to be the pandemic and its challenges to employers and workplaces. There is a shifting workplace and workforce in the current labour shortage.

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Tags: Health and Safety

Safety as imagined
Canadian Occupational Safety
December 03, 2021
In the world of health and safety, we sometimes talk about the work of academics, coining the phrase “work as imagined and work as done.”

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Tags: Health and Safety

Safety – an underinformed profession?
Canadian Occupational Safety
June 05, 2021
I’ve been in health and safety for a long time. We all have our stories of how we came to be involved in the profession of health and safety. Many people will tell you that they became involved unintentionally or by accident. No pun intended there. I am just saying that not everyone really chose a career in health and safety. They were thrust into it.

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Tags: Health and Safety

Trends in Health and Safety 2021
Canadian Occupational Safety
January 15, 2021
Most of the trends in 2021 are coloured by the biggest story of 2020. COVID-19 invaded all our lives with lockdowns, social distancing, everyone wearing masks, and sometimes gloves.

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Tags: Health and Safety

Lessons learned so far from COVID 19
Canadain Occupational Safety Magazine
April 20, 2020
COVID 19 has many lessons to learn for health and safety practitioners and HR practitioners

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Tags: Health and Safety, Risk Management, Business Continuity, COVID19

2 Books
Harassment and Workplace Violence Investigations: A practical guide
Amazon
November 06, 2020
This is the best selling plain language practical guide to assist practitioners in conducting effective investigations into harassment, sexual harassment, bullying, and workplace violence. The book contains practical examples and tips for internal and external investigators in preparing for and conducting investigations. Guidance is included on identifying allegations, identifying witnesses, conducting interviews, and gathering evidence. There are also outlines to assist in report writing and delivery by investigators. The book also contains guidance on the complaint and investigation process followed by selecting an appropriate investigator. There is an entire section on lessons learned from the latest case law in this growing phenomenon.

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Legal and IP

Effective Safety Committees
Amazon
June 06, 2018
The ultimate practical guide for those who setup, lead, or partcipate in safety cmmittees.

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Tags: Health and Safety

4 Media Interviews
Why Are Canadians Such Safety Laggards? | The Big Safety Short | Calgary Business
Youtube
June 01, 2024
In this inaugural episode of The Big Safety Short, we delve into the pressing issue of workplace safety in Canada. Our host is joined by Dave Rebbitt, the CEO of Rarebit Consulting and a leading thought leader in safety, ranked number one in Canada and number five globally.

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Tags: Health and Safety, HR, Legal and IP

Effective Safety Committees -- Ep. 54
YouTube
March 13, 2023
In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Dave Rebbitt, a safety leader, consultant, and prolific author. The subject of his best-selling book, ‘Effective Safety Committees: A Practical Guide’ forms the basis of this engaging and compassionate interview.

Dave developed the concept of “Intelligent Safety” and explains what this means and why it’s especially necessary in this era of static or rising workplace fatalities. He encourages safety professionals to look beyond manuals and training and truly explore whether systems are working and risk is effectively managed.

Despite safety committees being a legal requirement in most G8 countries, Dave believes they could have a much more positive impact. He clearly defines the purpose, functionality, and benefits of effective safety committees, while highlighting the key red flags.

It’s not easy to measure the effectiveness of safety committees, but Dave provides some top practical tips and shares his views on the role of HSE professionals within the committee.

Dave also discusses the importance of Terms of Reference and good communication and helps us overcome common issues, such as complex structures, committee overwhelm and finding consensus.

Throughout this thought-provoking conversation, Dave highlights the need for respect and genuine care for the well-being of co-workers. He ends with some great advice to help safety professionals shake off the ‘judgemental safety cop’ stereotype.

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Tags: Leadership, Health and Safety

Meet the Author: Harassment and Workplace Violence Investigations: A Practical Guide
YouTube
January 16, 2021
In this episode of Meet the Author we speak with Author Dave Rebbitt about his book "Harassment and Workplace Violence Investigations: A Practical Guide" and deep dive into topics that stem from our experiences and the groups discussion of the book with co-host Gary Wong.

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Tags: Leadership, Health and Safety

An Interview with new BCRSP Governor Dave Rebbitt, MBA, CRSP, CHSC, CET, CD
BCRSP
August 14, 2018

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Tags: Leadership, Health and Safety

1 Profile
Canadian Occupational Safety
Canadian Occupational Safety
February 05, 2020
Dave Rebbitt is the CEO of Rarebit Consulting providing services across Western Canada. With over 30 years in health and safety, he continues to be involved in the development of the profession. Dave is the most published author of health and safety in Canada. He has published numerous peer reviewed articles in several countries and some books such as Effective Safety Committees and Harassment and Workplace Violence Investigations. He can be reached through www.rarebit.ca.

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Tags: Health and Safety

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