At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in July, Boeing brought something different to the air show: a 26‑ft. mobile Safety Dojo on-the-go — a hands‑on learning lab that demonstrates how the company helps employees solve real work problems. The visit came during the Safety Dojo’s 10th anniversary year, marking a decade of learning that has spread to an enterprise network and three mobile trailers.
Inside the trailer, Boeing’s Environment, Health & Safety specialists and frontline employees ran short, practical exercises: practicing better body mechanics, testing simple ergonomic fixes and building quick prototypes that reduce strain on the job. Visitors could see a problem, watch a team try a fix, and learn whether the change worked — all in a low‑risk setting.
Why it mattered: Oshkosh draws hundreds of thousands of aviation fans, students, suppliers and community members. Putting the Safety Dojo on-the-go in public let people who don’t usually see Boeing’s day‑to‑day work improvement efforts watch the process up close. Attendees asked questions, tried demos and left with the takeaway that practical ideas produce real results.
What the Safety Dojo on-the-go does:
- It's mobile: Three trailers rotate to smaller sites and customer locations where a permanent Safety Dojo isn’t feasible.
- It’s practical: Teams bring tasks, try options in a safe setting, test what works, and adopt or refine solutions.
- It’s connected: The Safety Dojo on-the-go brings safety, engineering, ergonomics and operations together to ensure fixes are effective and repeatable.
- It’s Values‑driven: The program highlights teamwork, speaking up about problems, and leaders supporting practical improvements, all of which reflect the Boeing Values & Behaviors.
- It’s measurable: This approach speeds learning on the job and yields fixes that reduce strain and improve morale, productivity and quality.