{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpunkrocksafety.com%2Fepisodes%2Fep-41-go-to-work-wasted-7wuc5eZl","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Ep. 41: Go to Work Wasted","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a8e28fd5-87de-4bf2-9c45-5b6747127807/df760b6a-17fb-4131-8a52-e3f4231fc20e/prs-white-letters-01.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"It's a deep cut, but it's another NOFX song title for the episode.\n\nProbably don't go to work wasted, but if you do, make sure you talk about it in the pre-job brief. \n\nPre-job, or pre-task, or pre-work briefs - or whatever you want to call them - are sort of a contentious topic these days. On one hand, they're often connected to JSA/JHA paperwork, and that's not always helpful. There are exceptions, but there are a whole pile of bad ones out there. Shit like, \"It's cold out there, folks, so make sure you watch your footing.\" \n\nCool. That helps.\n\nA real pre-job brief isn't about paperwork, though. It's about alignment of understanding and expectations (or a shared mental model if that makes you happy). Think of it like using small words and speaking slowly to make sure the bass player knows what's going on. \n\nGood pre-job conversations help identify a lot more issues and deviations from normal work than filling out paper for the purpose of satisfying a (sometimes imaginary) rule. Bad ones are a way to exercise control. And reinforce that people can't take care of themselves. \n\nRon's got a pretty easy on-ramp to talk about joint activity for this one, so make sure to pay attention to that part. As much shit as we give him about it, he does know a thing or two about coordination of work across boundaries, like what you see between contractors and subs, or even between trades or specialties.\n\nWe can't give people a process and no capability, as Dave says, and that's what overstructuring a pre-job brief through form or process can do. So how can we facilitate good pre-work discussions? Maybe think about some not-lazy perspective where the purpose isn't the paper, it's to plan the work, identify challenges to it, and build in a bit of buffer between the shit that might kill us."}