Welcome to the What Works Institute
Modernizing Metrics & Measurement Learning Community

About this Community

The What Works Institute Modernizing Metrics & Measurement Learning Community is more than a network - it is a living workgroup of committed EHS leaders dedicated to sharing practices, addressing common challenges, and elevating their organization’s approach to this critical issue.

Community members meet monthly both virtually and at What Works events to compare programs, identify and test new tactics, and push one another on a collective journey of continuous improvement.

What do Members Receive?

What Works Learning Community members receive a wealth of content and connections throughout the year. The below list is just a taste of what you can expect when you join one of our dynamic, member-directed groups:

  • Weekly Community Updates and Regulatory Newsletter of your choosing (select from one of five)

  • Monthly Community Calls focused on benchmarking, practice-sharing and solutions

  • Quarterly Webinars with rich content from expert speakers and members willing to dive deep

Current Focus

Evolving Metrics: Transitioning to an integrated, strategic metrics approach that captures and synthesizes traditional lagging and leading indicators, pSIF, HOP, psychosocial risk, mental health & wellbeing data.

Alternative Metrics: Building the tactical routes for measurement of engagement, psychosocial risks, and organizational safety climate, as well as integrating the evolution of recognized standards such as ASTM.

Human-Centric Measurements: Focusing on the entire person, including decision-making, culture, and other factors.

Real-Time Data: Leveraging wearables, IoT, and connected devices to monitor and analyze risk in real time, including the use of AI and other technology.

Cross-Disciplinary Metrics: Combining safety data with operational, environmental, productivity, and other metrics for broader insights.

This Learning Community explores modernizing how safety performance is measured, synthesizing lagging indicators, evolving leading indicators and alternative metrics. 

The goal is to shift from a focus on definitions and categorization to actionable, risk-informed, human-centric measurements.

Current focus areas for the Learning Community include but are not limited to the following member-driven topics:

Ready to Learn More?

  • Three annual events (one virtual, two in-person) as well as a reduced pass to the annual What Works Symposium.

  • Regularly-published tools, guidance, policy and program templates, and white papers

  • Access to a living content library from across What Works Institute communities and workgroups

What Works Institute Members are ready to welcome you to the table! Joining is as easy as selecting your Learning Community!