Phil La Duke is an internationally recognized writer and speaker on culture change and performance improvement topics, particularly worker Health and Safety and Lean Manufacturing. He has over 20 years manufacturing experience and has provided manufacturing training in five countries. LaDuke is currently Director of Performance Improvement for O/E Learning (Troy, MI) a firm that specializes in productivity solutions. In his role, he was a lead developer of SafetyIMPACT!, the first Culture-Based Safety System that is currently sweeping industry.

Prior to joining O/E, he spent eight years as Director, Training & Organizational Development for ASC Incorporated, a global tier-one automotive supplier where he was responsible for designing, developing and executing organizational change interventions; founding the continuous improvement department; advising the Exec Team on corporate change strategies; and developing and administering ASC University. In addition to Safety, La Duke has extensive experience in problem solving techniques, Lean Manufacturing, Quality Operating Systems, and Trans-Cultural Training.

As an accomplished and engaging speaker, he has presented at the National Safety Council; the Michigan Safety Conference (on multiple occasions to standing room only audiences); the Northern Utah Manufacturing Alliance (NUMA); the National Safety Council’s Texas Conference and Expo; the Canadian Society for Safety Engineering (CSE); and Automation Alley; the Society for Mechanical Engineers (SME) EASTEC’s Lean and Green symposium, the Society for Applied Learning Technology Washington Interactive Technologies Conference, the International Symposium on Mining Safety in The Andes, multiple sessions at the National Safety Council’s National Conference and Expo, and the American Society for Safety Engineers.

He is the author of Performance Support: The Changing Face of Safety Training for the November 2009 issue of Facilities Safety magazine, and What’s Wrong with Safety Training and How to Fix It for the August 2009 edition of Fabrication and Metalworking magazine. He was interviewed for the Industry Spotlight feature of the June 2009 issue of Safety+Health magazine, and his presentation (Selling Safety in Tough Times) was the subject of an article in the August 2009 edition of EH&S Today. In addition to his articles, La Duke is author of a popular blog www.philladuke.wordpress.com.

LaDuke is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he earned a Bachelor’s of General Studies in Education and a Certificate of Training Development and Design.