In this episode of The Safety Meeting from Novara, we follow-up with Colby Ankeney, Director of Heath, Safety and Environment at Silvi Materials, and with Novara solutions engineer Arlo Amos to unpack how they built Silvi’s safety data system. Colby explains moving from scattered spreadsheets and unclear tracking to a disciplined, conditional “choose your own adventure” workflow in Novara Flex, efficiently deploying fewer than 30 forms across their organization. They discuss selecting KPIs that leadership cares about, and why incident counts may rise at first with access to accurate reporting. Our conversation covers mobile-friendly workflows, avoiding check-the-box inspections, and the principle of defining data targets before building forms.

• (00:00) Welcome Colby Ankeny and Arlo Amos
• (01:49) Effective Conditional Form Design
• (03:33) KPIs that Leaders Care About
• (06:02) Designing for Honest Data
• (06:54) Avoiding Check-the-box Compliance
• (10:26) Understand Workflows Before Building Forms
• (11:26) Staying Aligned With Leadership
• (12:23) Wrap Up and Resources

Resources & Links

• How Silvi Materials Built a Mobile-First Safety Culture
• A Data-Driven Guide to Improving Workplace Safety
• Explore more on the Novara blog: Novara Blog
• Upcoming webinars and on-demand sessions: Novara Webinars
• Learn more about Novara: Novara.com

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