Philip La Duke

Safety Iconoclast & Culture Transformation Architect ERM

  • Allen Park MI

One of the most informative, entertaining, and engaging speakers you're likely to ever find

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Biography

Phil La Duke is the author of
I Know My Shoes Are Untied: Mind Your Own Business! and Lone Gunman: Rewriting the Handbook on Workplace Violence Prevention.
Mr. La Duke is an internationally recognized expert on culture change and performance improvement topics, particularly worker Safety and Lean Manufacturing. La Duke has over 30 years international experience and has provided training in five countries and in four languages, and has presented at over 20 international professional conferences including the American Society of Safety Engineers (multiple repeat assignments, the National Safety Council (multiple repeat appearances), the Canadian Society of Safety Engineers, the Society for Manufacturing Engineer’s Lean and Green Symposium at EASTEC, Automation Alley, the Instituto De Minera Segurido (conference on mining safety in the Andes in Lima, Peru), ENFORM, Society for Applied Learning Technologies Washington Interactive Technologies conference, and Office Expo, in Dublin Ireland and Techlive (also in Dublin, Ireland).
La Duke is also a sought after speaker for corporate leadership and safety conferences
In addition to his speaking engagements La Duke has nearly 350 works in print (he is published on all inhabited continents) and is a popular consultant and expert in a wide range of topics; H+S Magazine has interviewed him as an expert in worker safety on multiple occasions. Go magazine sought La Duke’s expertise on workplace productivity; Business And The Environment newsletter interviewed La Duke as an expert in problem solving and crisis management and he has been an expert guest in on the Life Coach Hour where he talked about project planning. La Duke’s popular speech, Selling Safety In Tough Times was the subject of several magazine articles, as was the enhanced presentation of the same topic that he made in Lima, Peru
Mr. La Duke is an accomplished and engaging author who is a regular contributor to Entrepreneur, Facility Safety Management, Industrial Safety & Health News, and H&S magazines; La Duke’s column, The Safe Side, appeared monthly in Fabricating & Metalworking for over four years. La Duke has been published in trade journals including Loss Prevention Journal (Bruges, Belgium), SALT Journal, (Washington D.C.) and ASSE Journal.
La Duke was contracted as a Production Safety Consultant for Transformers V. He is a graduate of University of Michigan and is the author of the popular blog www.philladuke.wordpress.com

Industry Expertise

Writing and Editing
Professional Training and Coaching
Human Resources
Employment Services
Corporate Leadership
Entertainment
Training and Development
Social Media
Management Consulting
Corporate Training
Education/Learning
Health Care - Services
Media Production
Talent Management
Safety

Areas of Expertise

Talent Attraction
Talent Acquisition
Recruiting
Cross - Cultural Management
Program & Project Management
Labour and Environmental Standards
Instructional Design
Marketing & Branding
Corporate Leadership Training
Corporate & Business Strategy
Movie Business
Worker safety
Corporate Leadership
Trainging Development and Design
Adult Education
Corporate Culture
Planning
Cross generational training and management
Talent Management
Talent & Gamification

Accomplishments

Appointed to Wayne State Biomedical Research Safety Board

2017-05-22

Represent the community on the Biomedical Research Safety Board. Review research protocols and safety procedures.

Cited As An Expert in the Best Selling Book Super Teams by Dr. Paul Marciano

Interviewed and cited as an expert in worker safety, specifically in Lock Out Tag Out.

Published on All Six Inhabited Continents

Authored works published in North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe and Australia

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Education

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

Certificate

Ethics

2017

Required training for Biomedical Research Safety Board Members

COLLABORATIVE INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING INITIATIVE

Certificate

Lab Safety

2017

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

Certificate

Basic Institutional Review Board (IRB) Regulations and Review Process

2017

Required training for Biomedical Safety Review Board Members

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Affiliations

  • National Safety Council
  • Board Member, Wayne State University Biomedical Research Safety Board Member
  • Michigan Democratic Party
  • American Society of Safety Professionals

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish
  • French
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Testimonials

Chairman & CEO

The Carlysle Group

Writer, reporter, HR professional, columnist -- Phil has done it all. He is creative, unorthodox and exceptional. He is without a doubt one of the best writers I have ever known. He also is one of the best presenters I have ever known. And his sense of humor is beyond compare. Long after the program is over, or the column is read, or the training session has wound down, people remember Phil -- his spot-on advice, his intelligent messages, his unique take on everything from the mundane to the sublimely complicated.

Manager, Multi-media Learning Solutions

Trinity Health

Phil makes things happen. He has an ability to bring groups together, cut through confusion, and add efficiency.

Phil's background with safety and leadership brought a completely unique perspective to our team. This perspective fostered some very creative problem solving and allowed Trinity Health's Talent Development Team to build many critical partnerships.

President and Founder

3 Consulting Inc.

Phil is full of ideas and an innovator. He is alot of fun to work with and full of energy. If you need a new approach to learning, Phil is your guy!

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Media Appearances

Interview: How To Be a Successful Safety Writer

Purpose Rockstar  radio

2013-02-04

An interview with Purpose Rockstar an organization dedicated to inspiring and supporting under priviledged and at risk teens and young adults

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Develop Your Action Plan

Life Coach Radio  radio

2010-11-09

Interview on creating a personal life plan

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Talentclick Interview With Safety Leader Phil La Duke Part 1

Talentclick  online

2015-02-02

Interview on my view of safety.

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Event Appearances

Challenging Safety Improvement

Great Plains Safety& Wellness  Keirney, NE

A Culture Of Myths

Great Plains Safety& Wellness Conference  Kearney, NE

A Culture Of Myths,

National Safety Council International Conference and Expo  Philadelphia, PA

2013-10-22

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Sample Talks

What Working On A Major Action Motion Picture Production Has Taught Me About Life

This engaging and entertaining motivational speech is ideal for executives or enterprise wide audiences. Mr. La Duke spent nearly a year as a consultant to the production of a major motion picture and draws parallels from his experience to life lessons.

Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Moderator
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Author Appearance

Fees

$1500 to $7500*Will consider certain engagements for no fee

Research Focus

Creating Safety Cultures In Off Shore Operations

This article appeared in the Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering and explored the challenges of creating a safety culture in remote locations

Courses

Advanced Project Planning Workshop

Developed and taught a 16-hour workshop in which participants developed a project plan for an actual project to which they were assigned.

ASC 5-Phase Project Management Orientation

Developed and implemented a course in the new project management process used at ASC Incorporated.

Better Presentations

Developed and taught this workshop style approach to making better presentations. The course was split into two sessions with a presentation recorded on video between the two sessions.

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Articles

3 Ways That Success Can Kill Your Company

Entrepreneur

Phil La Duke

Sometimes success can come at such a high rate of speed that your company fails to flourish and implodes

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4 Things About Cultivating Thought Leaders The Company Might Regret

Entrepreneur

Phil La Duke

Many companies love to boast that they employ thought leaders in their industry, but before you decide you want thought leaders on staff, you might want to be careful what you wish for.

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5 Business Lessons I’ve Learned From Surfing

Entrepreneur

Phil La Duke

Surfing isn't just for dread-locked beach bums, in fact, many of the board rooms contain their fair share of surfing. What's the connection? You'll have to read the article to find out.

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