Health and Safety Conversations (Tom Bourne)

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Michael Plowright from Working Well Together talks about Bullying in the workplace and how he can help businesses meet their legal obligations, and change both culture and behaviours. Fabulous discussion which encompasses the benefits of educating staff exhibiting abrasive behaviour, helping victims of bullying and the profound effects bullying can have for the business and the individual.

If your organisation could benefit from Working Well Together or you just want to contact Michael here are his details:

Website workingwelltogther.com.au

LinkedIn Michael Plowright

Email michael@workingwelltogether.com.au

Phone 0402 355 195

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Emma Parsons speaks to us about Proactive Action and the work she does helping businesses and individuals with psychosocial issues. She tells us about the Mindsafe System and gives insights on identifying psychosocial hazards, strategies to help staff going through personal issues and emotional intelligence.

Emma previously worked within the construction industry for over 20 years and has been a Mental Health Advocate providing individual and group consultations and coaching for C-Suite Executives across the UK and Australia for more than 6 years.

With her credibility as an experienced Mental Health Risk Mitigation Consultant, with formal qualifications in ISO 19011:2011 Lead Auditor and ISO 45001:2018 OH&S Systems Specialist, Emma brings a unique understanding of the shared responsibility between employer and employee in managing workplace mental health and safety risk and responsibilities.

You can contact Emma here:

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/msemmaparsons/

Website- https://www.proactiveaction.co/

Phone - 61 481 286 550

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Amy Roosa talks about the The Safety Rack and about her experiences as a safety professional of over 18 years of exerience in the USA. Other topics covered include the Iowa Women in Safety Conference, pschosocial vs physical hazards and root cause analysis. An amazing conversation, I hope you will enjoy listening as much as I did recording this. Links to this conversation:

Iowa Women in Safety Conference https://www.kirkwood.edu/programs/community/women-in-safety-conference

The Safety Rack https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCosp1ECdvhh3g3FBaJCRf-w/featured

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Dr Nektarios Karanikas talks about human factors, visions and goals, the power of language in the field of safety, and how organisations shift from the name, blame and shame culture. A truly amazing guest who I was honoured to have on the show.

Nektarios Karanikas is Assoc. Prof in the Health, Safety and Environment discipline of the School of Public Health & Social Work at QUT. He studied MSc Human Factors and Safety Assessment in Aeronautics at Cranfield University (UK), and he was awarded his doctorate in Safety and Quality Management from Middlesex University (UK). Nektarios worked for over 19 years as an officer at the Hellenic Air Force where he served in various positions related to maintenance, safety and quality management, including accident investigations. Besides his academic qualifications, he holds professional credentials in occupational health & safety, human factors, project management and engineering, and has been a member of various national and international associations. Nektarios has published an edited book and several chapters, (co)authored various peer-reviewed journal and conference articles with a focus on safety/risk management, presented his work in over 80 events, and he actively volunteers in a wide range of scientific and professional activities.

Links in the show

Safety Insights Book: https://www.routledge.com/Safety-Insights-Success-and-Failure-Stories-of-Practitioners/Karanikas-Chatzimichailidou/p/book/9780367555931

Personal profiles

QUT: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/nektarios.karanikas

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nektarioskaranikas/

QUT OHS programmes

OHS Graduate Diploma: https://www.qut.edu.au/courses/graduate-diploma-in-occupational-health-and-safety

HSE Master: https://www.qut.edu.au/courses/master-of-health-safety-and-environment

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Brent Sutton talks about the new view of safety, Learning Teams, Todd Conklin, and his book The Practice of Learning Teams. Well worth a listen.

Links from the show including how to contact Brent:

P: +64 275905442

Email: brents@learningteamsinc.com

Web: https://www.learningteamscommunity.com

Book: https://www.learningteamsbook.com

Pod: https://www.learningteamspodcast.com

You can also download Brent's latest work with Dr Todd Conklin on Everyday Learning here (for free): https://www.learningteamscommunity.com/everyday-learning

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Nicole Turnbull talks about sexual harassment and bullying in the workplace, The Neon Shed, the & Darks Sides of Work Summit and gives personal and professional insights into how and why this behaviour presents itself in professional settings.

Links to topics mentioned in this episode:

7 Dark Sides of Work Summit - www.neonshed.com.au/summit 

Eliminate Sexual Harassment training 

www.neonshed.com.au

Training courses

nicole@neonshed.com.au

www.neonshed.com.au  

www.linkedin.com/in/nicolesturnbull 

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Allister Rose NZBS talks about his time in front line responders roles and in particular with the New Zealand Police Force, post traumatic stress disorder, mental health and his journey in health and safety. Allister is a highly decorated former Police Officer with 15 years lived experience and set up Hatikvah: Blue Hope Foundation to help Police with their mental health challenges and to prevent more Officers taking their lives as a result of post traumatic stress disorder and depression. Their vision is to safeguard the rights, health and safety of the Blue Whanau (family). Allister is an inspiration and I hope businesses and individuals help support this organisation that supports those who are always there for us.

I hope you will get as much from this honest conversation as I did.

Links to topics mentioned in the conversation:

• Website: www.bluehope.co.nz
• Facebook: Hatikvah: Blue Hope Foundation
• LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/allister-rose-n-z-b-s-5a02a6213/
• ISO45003: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:45003:ed-1:v1:en

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Andrew Barrett from Safety on Tap graces our show this week and discusses his professional journey in safety, safety management systems, safety professionals noble intent, new views of safety, learning teams and Safety on Tap. Influencial, intelligent and professional, these are how I see Andrew. Well worth a listen.

Andrew (Baz) Barrett is a safety professional by training who has become ‘reformed’ in many ways. Andrew recognised the need to create sustainable change in safety and that better individual, team and organisational learning leads to better results. This led to the creation of Safety on Tap - a change leadership company specialising in the development and growth of health and safety leaders, and more broadly, capability and innovation in the health and safety field. Safety on Tap supports large organisations across many industries to improve the safety of work, reduce safety clutter, and improve learning and operational performance. Andrew is the only specialist professional coach for health and safety professionals in Australia.  

Andrew's work with health and safety leaders, their teams and exec is trusted by a diverse range of organisations and industries including Hansen Yuncken, Downer, Origin, Abergeldie Complex Infrastructure, the South Australian Government, Major Road Projects Victoria, Endeavour Energy, Brisbane Council, Adbri, Ausnet Services, Signal Energy, and Coca-Cola Amatil.  

Andrew is also the host of the Safety on Tap podcast – he sparks thought-provoking conversations with interesting and inspiring people with different ideas, perspectives and stories. Delving into personal effectiveness, business strategy, people leadership, innovation and creativity. 

Links from this weeks podcast:

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-barrett-learning-coach/

Website: http://www.safetyontap.com/

Email: andrew@safetyontap.com

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In episode 16 of Health and Safety Conversations Seb Bulan - Worth talks to us about mental health first aid and helping prevent suicide. She talks about psychological safety and what employers can do to help meet their legislative requirements to provide a safe workplace. I have known Seb for years and she is true professional working with businesses and individuals to make a difference, to make things safer. Well worth a listen to.

Sebnem Bulan-Worth has been working with organisations across Australia for over 15 years as a learning and development professional. Sebnem specialises in workplace psychological health training programs and is responsible for educating all employees on using interactive and informational training programs, including CALM Suicide Intervention, CALM Care Suicide Awareness, Mental Health First Aid, Workplace Sexual Harassment Prevention and Workplace Bullying and Harassment training programs.

In addition to this, Sebnem is a Principal Master Mental Health First Aid Instructor, who has conducted over 100 training sessions. Using her positive attitude and tireless energy, Sebnem promotes inclusivity,

diversity, and support within the workplace. Sebnem is inspired each day by the visions and goals of her clients for a safer and healthier work environment.

Links from the program:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebnem-bulan-worth/

Website: https://whsandtrainingcompliance.com.au/

Email: sebnembulan@yahoo.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WHSandTraining

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Cookie aka Glen Cook talks about his time in safety, the dangers of working near overhead powerlines, and the tragic outcomes of being unaware of those whilst doing so. Glen also talks about real measures that can help improve the safety for those who work near powerlines, the look up and live up, and reflects on the numerous awards his hard work in raising community and industry awareness has led to.

Glen Cook (Cookie), is an experienced and enthusiastic Public Safety Specialist. Cookie is extremely passionate about raising powerline safety awareness and received the Australian Health and Safety Professional of the year at the 2020 at the Australian Work Health and Safety Awards. Working as an electrician for over 30 years within the construction and utilities industries he has been first responder to serious injury/burns and fatalities due to third party accidental contact with powerlines.

Links from today's show:

Look up and live app Lookupandlive.com  

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/cookie-powerlinesafety/

You tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8mCPn313nw&list=PLP8vS8wj6_5OEUdHxuv9GSmyBzdMY66sh

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In episode 18 Clive Lloyd talks to us about his number 1 bestselling book Next generation Safety Leadership, behaviourism in the safety arena, safety culture, the fear based loop, and just culture. He also speaks to us about Care Factor, the importance of trust as the basis of creating psychologically safe workplaces and a background of how and why he ended up in the safety space. Very informative, very entertaining. I hope you enjoy the show as much as I did. 

Clive F. Lloyd is an Australian Psychologist specialising in Safety Leadership and Culture development. He was recently named among the top 5 Global thought leaders and influencers on Health and Safety by Thinkers360. He is co-owner of, and Principal Consultant with GYST Consulting Pty Ltd and developer of the acclaimed Care Factor Program. Clive has spent the last 20 years assisting organisations to improve their safety performance by developing trust and psychological safety and doing Safety Differently. 

He has worked with global mining, oil & gas, construction and utilities companies in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, USA, Canada, South Africa, Norway, Singapore, China, UAE, PNG, KSA, the United Kingdom and Costa Rica. He is the author of Amazon #1 best-selling book “Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care”.

Clive’s background is in clinical and coaching psychology. He has over 30 years of coaching experience working with people in all levels of management and leadership (from the boardroom to the shop floor).

Links from the show:

Gystconsulting www.gystconsulting.com.au

Email info@gystconsulting.com.au

Phone 61 7 5533 2103

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Dionne Drew aka Drewie talks to us about all thing in the resources industry from an experience base of 30 years. She also talks about her career and how things have changed during her time working at sites. Drewie talks about how Clive Lloyd has influenced her thinking and development and about her work as a Hard Hat Mentor. Down to earth, good honest conversation with no punches pulled.

Dionne Drew "Drewie; - AKA Hard Hat Mentor has been trained, coached, and mentored by some of the best organisational psychologists in the game;supporting leaders at all levels for over 10 years as a coach in the field on FIFO sites and remotely in Australia and internationally.

Her ability to achieve almost instant rapport and trust with those she supports assiststhem reach their potential, face their challenges whilst celebrating success every step of the way. Drewie enables leaders and their crew to increase their emotional intelligence,relationship building and communication skills. The flow on affect positively impacts the team and therefore the workplace culture.

Hard Hat Mentors 30 years plus of Resources Industry experience is a rare find indeed which is now utilised to give back to those she calls her Tribe.

Links mentioned in this show:

Dionne Drew on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dionnedrew

Hard hat Mentor Online Hub: HTTPS://hardhatmentor.teachable.com

Steel Cap Sisters website: HTTPS://steelcapsisters.com

Steel Cap Sisters LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/steelcapsisters/

What Boots Podcast

Available on all your favourite Podcast platforms

Including Spotify

Listen to podcast on website here:

HTTPS://steelcapsisters.com/whatboots

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Dr Dan Hill, one of my favourite people to sit down and chew the fat with about training talks about how quality training and lack thereof can directly impact on the safety of your people at the workplace. He also tells us about the newly released Training and Education package and gives us the low down on who needs it legally and the reason why having a solid understanding of assessment practices essential to workplace assessors of competency. Dr Dan also speaks of mentoring, and of skill sets.

Articulate, intelligent, and just a good human being this is one of those conversations that you look up and see that already we have recorded for too long. I hope you get as much from this episode as I did. A good listen for those who are thinking of giving up the tools of their trade and moving into sharing their knowledge and experience as a trainer.

Over the last three decades, Dan has had the fortune of working in several industry sectors including defence, retail, wholesale distribution, mining, education and ITC. As a published author of several industry-leading titles, Dan has gained a considerable reputation in adult education, and education leadership & management. 

He designs and facilitates nationally accredited courses in vocational education, leadership, business administration, frontline management, time prioritisation and customer service. Dan has also developed and run several specialised programs in the fields of emotional intelligence, workplace training and assessment, brain-based learning, and operational management.

As a passionate facilitator and speaker, Dan is able to engage groups with the right mix of humour, theory, practical activities and self-reflection. His professional experience allows him to draw upon interesting and poignant anecdotes and examples that link past experience in management, entrepreneurship, emotional intelligence, operations and strategy to the context of any workplace or training environment.

Links from the conversation:

SpecTraining Pty Ltd RTO ID 31971

Phone: 0404 459 367 or 1300 029 121

Email: dan@spectraining.edu.au

YoutTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKbY8cRpQsRQ5RBHJ7I8GFw

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spectraining.edu.au

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectraining-pty-ltd/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/spectrainingl

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In this the first episode of season 2 Peter Gould talks to us about his time in the SES, local government and with Urban Utilities Peter also talks about psychosocial hazards and risks and the new code of practice that comes into effect in Queensland on April 1.

Peter has more than 25 years of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) on-the-job experience working with government agencies, volunteer organisations and mining equipment manufacturing industries in front line WHS roles. Professionally Peter is a Registered Nurse with postgraduate specialities in OHS, Disaster & Emergency Management and Psychology.

He proudly provides health, safety and wellbeing business partnering for the Service Delivery Area of Urban Utilities in his Enabling Partner role.

Peter is very proud of the work he has done with the Local Government Work Care WHS Support Unit which supports 65 of Queensland Local Governments who are self-insured for workers compensation with LGMS.

Peter is particularly passionate about his “Safety Coach” role in organisations and thrives on supporting organisations who support our communities.

He is a determined optimist and believes that Health, Safety & Wellbeing can be part of a “normal day at work” if people are considered to be an organisation’s best and most valuable assets.

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We thought we would release for the listeners a recap of the year in Health and Safety Conversations, share some insights to the pod, and some thoughts on what we will be looking forward to in 2023. But, 20 guests in one episode, not possible so there will be two 'Christmas bonus episodes, the second episode will be released on the 27th December 2022.

I hope you get some enjoyment out of this. Thanks for all of your support in our first season and a massive thanks to all 20 guests who appeared on the show, and the others who considered coming on the show. We are truly humbled that anyone would want to listen and grateful for the opportunity to talk to some amazing, intelligent, experienced, good people.

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The second of two Christmas bonus episodes where we recap the year that was and the plans for Season 2 of the Pod which starts on January 17.

Also if you would like to hear more on the pod of Karina Bourne, including her hosting some episodes please leave a comment to that effect on the website www.healthandsafetyconversations.com

Love your support, like, leave a review, comment, subscribe.

Thanks again for a great year. Happy New Year!

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Karina Bourne joins us today to talk about health and safety in the Early Childhood Profession and here experiences as Baby Sitter, Au Pair, Nanny, Early Childhood Educator, Family Day Care provider and with Be You.

Karina talks about why mental health is important in the Early Childhood Profession and some of the risks, hazards, and injuries common to the profession.

For those who work in Early Childhood, those who are involved in safety in the Early Childhood arena, or for anyone who has children, grandchildren or is thinking of having children this conversation provides some useful insights.

Karina Bourne is an Early Childhood Professional and holds a Bachelor of Education (Teaching-Early Childhood Education) from the University of Auckland and brings a rich background of experience working with children of all ages across a range of roles and settings, both in Australia and New Zealand. Some of these roles have included working as a nanny, Early Childhood Teacher, Family Day Care Coordinator,Family Day Care Educator, Trainer and Assessor and Mental Health Consultant.

Karina is passionate about the Early Years and is particularly fascinated by brain development, attachment theories and relationship based practice and advocates for the development of Early Childhood Environments that foster the wellbeing of all. 

Links

https://beyou.edu.au

https://www.beyondblue.org.au

https://emergingminds.com.au

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This question will be posted on LinkedIn under my profile (Tom Bourne). Please leave your comments there or on the website www.healthandsafetyconversations.com

The first conversation of season 2 will be released next Tuesday (17th January 2023).

Looking forward to being with you then.

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Lawyer, author, and thought leader in safety circles Greg Smith joins Health and Safety Conversations for episode 2 of season 2.

Amazing conversation who I deeply admire and respect for the work he has done and the words he has written. Greg talks about his history in the law and safety, the current and previous legislation governing Western Australia, harmonisation, and the new psychosocial regulations in Australia. He also talks to us about his thought provoking book PaperSafe and gives insights from a legal perspective

Truly worth listening to (and taking note of).

Greg Smith is an international award-winning author and qualified lawyer who has spent more than three decades specialising in safety and health management.

Greg works with clients helping them to understand their responsibility for safety and health and develop processes to discharge those responsibilities.

In addition to being a lawyer, Greg has worked as the Principal Safety Advisor for a major oil and gas company and General Manager Health and Safety in a transport and mining services company. Greg holds various board positions and taught the Accident Prevention unit at Curtin University in Western Australia.

Greg is the author of, Management Obligations for Safety and Health and Paper Safe: The triumph of bureaucracy and safety management, co-author of, Risky Conversations: The Law, Social Psychology and Risk and the editor of Contractor Safety Management, which won the 2014 World Safety Organisation’s Educational Award.

Links from this episode:

LinkedIn: https://buff.ly/3k3SCGt

PaperSafe: The triumph of bureaucracy in safety management eBook : Smith, Gregory: https://buff.ly/20CkRI1: Kindle Store

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Question of the week #3

What has been the most effective safety initiative you have either implemented or seen at a workplace and why was it so effective? 

Question will be posted on LinkedIn. Please post your answers so all can see what sort of initiatives have worked and made a difference in workplace safety.

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In this weeks conversation Dr I David Daniels talks to us about his time as a fFre Fighter, Deputy Fire Chief, Executive Director of Workforce Safety for the City of Atlanta, ID2 Solutions, & hosting the Psych Health and Safety USA Podcast.

We also discuss a wide range of topics from psychological safety, the affects of COVID in the USA and much much more.

A true gentleman I David Daniels conversation should not be missed.

Dr. I. David Daniels is an occupational health and safety professional, thought leader, former Fire Chief, and President/CEO of ID2 Solutions, LLC.  Dr. Daniels holds a Ph.D. in Occupational Health and Safety and a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management. He is certified as a Safety Director, Violence Prevention Specialist, Emergency Management Specialist, Safety and Health Specialist, and certified in Mental Health First Aid.  

Dr. Daniels serves as a member of the National Safety Council (NSC) Board of Directors and is the recipient of NSC’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service to Safety Award. He’s also chair of the National Association of Black Compliance and Risk Management Professionals Safety and Security Workgroup and a senior advisor to the Canadian Association of Black Health and Safety Professionals. 

Contact details:

Dr. I. David Daniels, Ph.D., CSD, VPS

President/CEO

ID2 Solutions, LLC

75 Washington Street – Unit 1466

Fairburn, GA 30213

(678) SAF-T-GUY

david@id2-solutions.com

https://id2-solutions.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/idaviddaniels/

Host

https://www.psychhealthandsafetyusa.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/psych-health-and-safety-usa

Psych Health and Safety Podcast USA on Apple Podcasts

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Thirty four years ago the world lost Piper Alpha. Piper Alpha pride of Britain's North Sea Oil was the first oil rig lost to fire.

Of the 226 men on board only 61 would survive the night of July 6 1988. Today's guest is one of the 61.

Piper Alpha was originally designed for oil production but was also connected to three other rigs and modified for gas production.

At the time of loss Piper Alpha was producing 10% of the total North Sea production.

It is estimated that the cost of losing the oil rig was 1.7 billion pounds

The Cullen Inquiry into the incident was damming making 106 recommendations although no criminal charges were ever laid.

Joe Meanen was a scaffolder on Piper Alpha on that fateful night.

He tells his story. The initial explosion, the chaos that ensured and his escape with his life.

Not to be missed.

Joe also gives his prognosis on the causes of the incident and reflects on his life since the disaster which took so many lives.

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In his book Paper Safe and on episode 2 of season 2 of Health & Safety Conversations Greg Smith states that their are no metrics associated with safety that measure safety. That they measure activity. From your experience do you agree?

Poll is out on LinkedIn have your vote, leave your comments.

That's the question of the week.

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Do you find Take 5's and pre-start checklist useful?

Poll is open on LinkedIn, have your say, add your comments.

Let's see what people think.

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Renee Burkinshaw from Originate Coaching and Consulting joins us in this weeks episode of Health and Safety Conversations.

Renee speaks to us about the importance of effective leadership, workplace culture, psychosocial risks and Originate Coaching and Consulting.

Renee is an experienced HR professional and has spent extensive time managing workers compensation.

Originate Coaching and Consulting offers individual, leadership and group coaching to clients.

Links:

Renee’s Profile

https://buff.ly/3Zh2CMm

Website

https://buff.ly/3Jfqhr7 (Company)

Email

hello@o-cc.com.au 

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Can you change a senior managers safety mindset?

Poll is out on LinkedIn, vote yes or no.

If you answer yes please leave a comment saying how you achieved this.

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In this weeks episode John Shaddick of Sundrstrom Recruitment talks to us about the recruitment for health, safety, environment and quality roles, the need for an agency that looks after and builds relationships with companies looking for talent and the conditions and employment market particular to the safety industry.

Great listening for those in management, recruitment, HR and those looking to enter the safety industry as well as those looking for a new challenge.

I hope you find this as interesting as I did.

John Shaddick is the Director of Sundstrom Recruitment. He is WA’s leading recruiter of

Health, Safety and Environmental professionals. He founded the agency in 2020. By focusing

on this specialist area and committing wholly to client satisfaction, the business is achieving

rapid and sustainable growth and now leads the market.

John came to recruiting from a varied international background in the mining and

technology sectors. While qualifying as a driller with a leading mining services provider, he

identified the critical importance of dedicated HSEQ professionals within high-risk

businesses, and the importance of cultural and technical alignment between professional

and company. However, there was no recruitment agency specifically meeting this critical

need. John decided to set one up himself. This decision proved fruitful, even starting during a worldwide downturn, Sundstrom

Recruitment has rapidly grown to a team of five and is now the largest dedicated HSEQ

recruitment agency in Western Australia.

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnshaddick/

Website https://www.sundstromrecruitment.com.au/

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On March 11, 2011, fifty minutes after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit eastern Japan, a tsunami 45-feet high engulfed the nuclear power plant known as Fukushima Daiichi, knocking out electrical power and all the reactors' safety systems. Three reactor cores experienced meltdowns in the first three days, leading to an unimaginable nuclear disaster. The person the Tokyo Electric Power Company called for help was Dr. Chuck Casto.

What an amazing and humble gentleman. A great honour and pleasure speaking with Chuck, I am sure you will love this conversation as much as I did.

Dr. Charles Casto is a nuclear safety and regulatory professional with 38 years of experience consisting of positions of increasing responsibility, including executive, regulatory, technical, and operational areas of expertise. He was a member of the U.S. Government’s Senior Executive Service, and last held the position of NRC, Regional Administrator, Region III, overseeing 23 reactors in eight states as one of the senior administrators for the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Dr. Casto led the integrated US Government and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) efforts in Japan during the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011. Working directly with Ambassador Roos, and coordinating with the NRC’s Emergency Operations Center in the U.S., he represented the United States Government to the Japanese Prime Minister’s Cabinet. His efforts are widely recognized as being a singular contribution to the emergency response during the Fukushima nuclear crisis, through his efforts in coordinating the U.S. government response, providing technical consultation to the Daiichi plant manager and Japan’s nuclear agencies, and serving as a liaison to Japanese Prime Minister Kan Naoto during the Fukushima nuclear disaster. After serving for 11 months in Japan as the U.S. government’s lead nuclear representative during the crisis, Dr. Casto received the Presidential Distinguished Award (2012) from President Obama; for his contributions to the U.S. government, he previously received the Meritorious Rank Award (2009) from President Bush.

Links.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-charles-chuck-casto-990b948/

Website: https://www.castogroup.com/

Further context can be gained here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciRRsCIAy6A

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Do harsher penalties for breaking safety laws actually influence day to day decision making by business owners or managers?

Yes of No.

The poll is up on LinkedIn, have your say, leave a comment.

That's question of the week.

Talk soon

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This weeks guest is one of my safety superheroes, someone who I have looked up to and hoped to one day get the honor of speaking with. Bob Edwards.

Bob talks to us about HOP, Learning Teams, engineering and a wide range of safety topics. Well worth the 3 am recording time.

I know you will like listening to Bob as much as I liked speaking with him.

Bob Edwards is a Human & Organizational Performance (HOP) practitioner. Bob will share with you what he knows and what he does to help organizations gain a deeper understanding of their operations and the complex nature of work. He will also show how, through collaboration and mutual respect, organizations are becoming more reliable and resilient. 

Bob has a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological University and MS degree in Advanced Safety Engineering Management from the University of Alabama Birmingham. His work experience includes time as a maintenance man, soldier in the U.S. Army, a design engineer, maintenance and technical support leader, safety leader and assistant plant manager.  

Links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-edwards-48577492/

Website: http://www.hopcoach.net/

Upcoming events: https://www.southpacinternational.com/courses/2-day-masterclass-bob-edwards/

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This weeks guest is the highly talented, highly experienced Keith Johnon.

Keith brings to the show hands on experience from a wide range of industries and highly regarded and respected in safety circles. Keith gives us insights into modern safety practices, reflects on his time as a safety professional and talks about the future of safety.

Keith is a multifaceted, broadly experienced, qualified and resourceful HSEQT specialist (and OH&S advocate), who has worked across a range of companies and contexts. Whether investigating and advising on HSEQT protocols to reduce risks and maximise output, coaching business leaders on high-level OH&S reporting, or presenting on due diligence at an industry conference, Keith's approach is informative, influential and impactful.

Adept at constructively engaging with a range of stakeholders, including senior executives, steering committees, government agencies, peak bodies and legal experts, Keith is a HSEQT and OH&S advocate that drives best-practice. Keith is also analytical and strategic, as well as technically minded, and has spearheaded multiple systems, frameworks and procedures that strengthen HSEQ vigilance, compliance and awareness.

Links

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-johnson-55013435/

Books: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003010777-9/safety-numbers-safety-differently-keith-johnson

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Question of the week

Considering labor shortages following covid, many workers are being asked to worker longer hours. 

Is fatigue being taking seriously as a risk in your workplace? 

Poll will be posted up on LinkedIn. Vote yes or no and elaborate if you wish to in the comments. 

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During the last few weeks there has been calls to ban the import of engineered stone into Australia.

Will the banning of imports of engineered stone halt the epidemic of silicosis across Australia?

Give your opinion vote yes or no on the poll on LinkedIn, feel free to leave your comments. 

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It’s time for the football to begin again and who doesn’t like watching their favorite code of football being played.

In the last decade health professionals have warned about the dangers of CTE – Chronic traumatic encephalopathy from players who experience multiple concussions.

Do you think sporting codes are managing the risk of CTE effectively for their players? 

Give your opinion vote yes or no on the poll on LinkedIn, feel free to leave your comments. 

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James Junkin joins us on this weeks episode of Health and Safety Conversations. In this episode James talks to us about his background in management, consulting, the oil industry and in safety. James also talks to us about the importance in the planning phase before work begins, incident investigation, lead and lag indicators and much much more.

I know you will learn something from this and I hope you enjoy listening to James as much as I loved chatting with him.

James A. Junkin, is the chief executive officer of Mariner-Gulf Consulting & Services, L.L.C., a boutique risk management and occupational safety and health

consulting firm headquartered in Louisiana with clients throughout the United States and abroad. He holds the designations of Certified Safety Professional

(CSP), Safety Management Specialist (SMS), and Associate Safety Professional (ASP) from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals.

James and his firmspecialize in safety regulations, best practices, management systems, and EHS program development and implementation. He and Mariner-Gulf Consulting & Services provide expert opinions for legal actions, technical writing for company specific written policies and procedures, training, accident investigations, and site safety consultations.

James is a noted author with articles appearing in trade and peer reviewed publications such as Professional Safety Journal and a much sought-after master trainer for Veriforce, having taught over 40,000 students and trained over 3,000 instructors. He is noted for his work during the DeepwaterHorizon disaster, where he trained over 30,000 oil spill responders.

Columbia Southern University recognized his achievements in the field of occupational safety and health by declaring him the 2022 Outstanding Safety Professional (Runner Up) of the Year. He is the chairman of Veriforce’s Strategic Advisory Board, is a member of the American Society of Safety Professionals’ (ASSP) Strategic Advisory Group, Columbia Southern University’s Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Group, and a committee member of the American National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) Z-390.1 Accepted Practices for Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S)Training Programs.

Links:

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/james-junkin-csp-msp-sms-asp-csho-494a0046

Website: http://www.marinergulf.com/

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On this weeks conversation we are joined by safety professional, podcaster and allround good person Elisa Lynch. 

Honest conversation covering her history in safety, opinions on safety performance in both Australia and Ireland, the value of qualifications that are being asked for by employers looking for safety professionals and some of the safety principles many take as a given. 

I don't think I have laughed so much in an episode before. I hope you will enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed recording it. 

Elisa is a self described Nerd for Organisational Learning & Performance! Safety professional who loves learning, setting people up for success, and improving outcomes; one conversation at a time. 

Links:

LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/elisalynch

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Joining us for this weeks conversation is the highly respected and regarded Ken Bloch. Ken speaks to us about process safety, gives us some insights into what he has learned during his extensive time in the process safety field and reminds us of the consequences when things go wrong.

The Bhopal disaster happened nearly 40 years ago yet it is rarely spoken about in safety circles. Thousands of deaths, many more people left with serious long term injuries and illnesses this is the very human face of catastrophic failures in a safety system.

Kenneth Bloch is a senior EHS professional who specializes in petrochemical industry incident investigation and failure analysis. He has nearly 40 years of experience in plant maintenance, Process Safety Management, technical, and operations roles.

He speaks regularly at AFPM, API, and AIChE process safety symposiums about experiences that help prevent recurring process safety failures throughout the manufacturing industry. Ken is the author of the book Rethinking Bhopal which uses modern references to chronicle the sequence of events that led to history's worst industrial disaster. He graduated with honors from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, with an Environmental Science Degree in 1988.

Links:

UCC Report: https://buff.ly/3FOq5gc

Kalelkar white paper: https://buff.ly/3FWjOPB

LinkedIn: https://buff.ly/40tORKI

Order Rethinking Bhopal (all royalties go to the Process Safety Heritage Scholarship in Science and Engineering at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas): https://buff.ly/3TLPdtO

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In this episode Brad Green talks to us about his journey in safety. It's a unique story and an honor that Brad shared this moving account of how safety became his passion and his lifes work. Brad also challenges some existing paradigms and talks to us about his beliefs regarding safety in the workplace.

One of the true gentlemen of safety, who genuinely walks the walk as well as talking the talk. The conversation felt like it was over in a flash. Still could have chatted for another hour. I know you will love to hear this conversation as much as I had being involved in it.

rad Green is an HSSE Professional, Health and Safety Adjunct Professor, father, husband, softball coach, thought provoker, and an advocate for all employees' mental and physical well-being.

Brad primarily emphasizes humanizing the HSSE profession, shifting how organizations view their workers, modifying organizations’ response to failure, and promoting his mantra of learning and improving through the lens of curiosity.

Brad encourages organizations to react restoratively rather than retributively whenever an unintended deviation from an expected outcome. Brad is currently the Manager of HSSE for an oil and gas company.

Brad has 17 years of HSSE experience in the United States. He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Occupational Safety and Health from Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Brad is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Occupational Hygiene and Safety Technician (OHST), and Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST).

Brad is well versed in all aspects of HSSE with demonstrated experience in developing, implementing, monitoring, consulting, coordinating, instructing, coaching, and continually improving HSSE and PSM programs and processes.

Brad has worked in various organizations, including chemical manufacturing, heavy construction, oil & gas, and space exploration.

Links:

LinkedIn: https://buff.ly/40i6BIW

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The marvellous Sara Pazell joins us in this weeks conversation which is all about ergonomics and human factors. One of the least understood areas for most in safety Sara walks us through the maze of misconceptions to teach us about the benefits of ergonomics, defines what it really is, and how it vastly under utilised in workplaces particularly in the design phase.

I learned from our conversation, I know you will too. One of the longest conversations so far and for good reason.

Sara Pazell, BAppSci(OT), MBA, PhD, CPE

Sara is the principal work design strategist and managing director for ViVA health at work, leveraging design in all industries (industrial and office work settings). She is here to help when you ask: How to design when humans are part of the system (work, product, technology, or environment) and what 

is the user experience? What if we did things a little differently? What can we dream that can 

become a new reality? She helps build capacity to innovate to generate some good stories to tell! 

Sara consults, teaches, and researches in human factors, human-centred design, and organisational strategy. Sara is affiliated with five Australian universities to advance these ideas for graduate teaching and research. She is also a podcast rabble-rouser with the WhyWork Podcast crew, examining the boundaries of human experiences at work, how this is tested by case law, and the way in which work can be better designed. Sara is part of the international advisory committee for the WELL Movement concept v2 (International Well Building Institute [IWBI]) and their associated project-based committees and an expert faculty member for Australia’s only certified Wellness WiseTM Practitioner training program. 

Sara was the committee chair for the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia’s Good Work Design position paper and supporting resources. Sara is a series co-editor of the Workplace Insights book series by Taylor & Francis and a book co-editor of the Ergonomic Insights book. Her other passions include instructing yoga, Thai massage, and sports & strength conditioning.

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Andy Holmes has build a long and fruitful career around safety. Learn about what led him into it, some of the challenges he has faced and the rewards of a stella career. Humble to a point, thoughtful and insightful, this is Andy Holmes.

Andrew's career has spanned over 25 years experience in the heavy manufacturing/chemical, mining and construction industries in production, management and HSE roles with HSE management oversight at project, regional and global level.

Andy has pretty much done it all in Health and Safety in terms of working for big industry both locally and internationally. Andy has been been a safety manager for over 20 years.

A great career, Andy has more lived experience than most safety professionals and he was kind enough to share some of his thoughts with us. A true professional and just a nice guy, who genuinely cares for the people he looks after. I hope you enjoy listening to Andy as much as I did talking to him.

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This week on the conversation Craig Salter, highly sought after speaker, director of Action OHS Consulting and founder of Safety Champion Software joins us.

Craig speaks of his time in safety and the unusual pathway that led to a career in safety, Safety Champion Software, how COVID affected businesses in Victoria and his time at the Australian Institute of Sport.

Craig is the perpetual nice guy who deserves the success he has achieved.

I hope you enjoy listening to Craig as much as I did.

Craig is a driven entrepreneur who has dedicated his career to making health and safety accessible and easier for people of all backgrounds and expertise levels. His journey began in the high-performance industry, where he quickly gained valuable experience and knowledge.

With a desire to make a greater impact, Craig transitioned to the safety industry, working in-house for various large national companies. During this time, he identified a gap in the market for consulting services that were purpose-driven and tailored to small and medium-sized businesses. In 2011, he founded Action OHS Consulting, which focuses on providing meaningful and relevant advice to these businesses.

Craig's commitment to improving health and safety practices led him to create Safety Champion Software in 2015. This innovative software was designed to meet the unique needs of smaller businesses and make safety compliance more accessible and user-friendly. As of January 2023, Safety Champion has scaled rapidly, supporting over 1,500 clients.

Both Action OHS Consulting and Safety Champion Software have grown significantly, employing over 40 people who share Craig's passion for improving health and safety practices. With his leadership and expertise, Craig continues to drive these companies forward, making safety more accessible and easier for businesses of all sizes.

LINKS:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/saltercraig/

www.actionohs.com.au

www.safetychampion.com.au

https://au.linkedin.com/company/safety-champion-software

http://www.linkedin.com/company/action-ohs-consulting/

https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a-b-corp/company/safety-champion-software

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Induction training. We’ve all done it at some time. Face to face, online or blended.

In your opinion which is the most effective?

Poll is up on LinkedIn, have your say. Feel free to leave comments to explain your answer. That’s question of the week.

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Health and Safety Representatives role is to aid in the consultative processes, represent the workers points of view on safety, and be a two-way conduit of information between management and workers.

At your workplace how effective are they?

Poll is up on LinkedIn, have your say. Feel free to leave comments to explain your answer. That’s question of the week.

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In this weeks episode Craig Gauvreasu joins us all the way from Canada. Craig speaks about leadership, his experiences in the safety field, at the sharp edge, and about making safety personal. Open, honest and frank, Craig pulls no punches in how he sees safety.

Craig is a Safety Professional veteran, with over 30 years experience under his belt. Craig is a freelance safety leadership writer / speaker and consultant higly experienced in oil and gas.

Craig Gauvreau is a CRSP (Canadian Registered Safety Professional) with nearly 30 years experience in industrial health & safety. Craig began his career in the Canadian Armed Forces and served as Sergeant in the Infantry. One of his roles was a mountaineering instructor which lead to teaching fall protection and rope rescue in industry. Now as a health and safety leader in the energy and construction industries his no-nonsense leadership and genuine care for his fellow workers enables him to cut to the heart of an issue and move safety beyond rules and procedures.

Craig makes safety personal. Some of his mantras are Be your brother & sisters keeper, safety is about people not rules and compliance, there are lies, damn lies and then there are safety stats. stop using stats in your safety messages to the workforce.

His new book, Influence: It's Leadership and Safety at the Sharp End, has recently been publish. It is evidence that doing safety a little differently can have lasting and sustainable impact.

He is workplace safety consultant, speaker & writer based near Calgary Alberta Canada

I know you will enjoy listening to Craig as much as I did.

You can contact Craig at Keep Safe Consulting Corp on 587 777 8709

Via email at craig@keep-safe.ca

Via the website www.keep-safe.ca

or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-gauvreau-crsp-7469b142/

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This week the conversation is joined by Theo Venter.

Sad, tradgic, and triumphant is how I would describe Theo's journey. A wonderful conversation, honest and raw in nature. Be warned you might shed a tear.

When Theo Venter removed his insulated gloves while working on a damaged transmission pole, he made a decision that would impact himself and his family in ways he couldn’t have imagined. But why did Theo, an experienced liney, make what the safety industry would tell us was a poor decision? “Just Another Day” takes an in-depth look at the way in which workplace culture dictates safety, breaking through the many myths and misunderstandings associated with our safety industry.

Using tried and tested psychological concepts, Theo Venter examines why incidents and accidents still happen in your workplace today. He uses his own tragic story as living proof that a fatality lurks just around the corner, waiting silently in the background until someone in the workplace takes a “convenient option” (short-cut). Theo discusses the role of every individual within your organisation in his must-see presentation. Not just for each and every member of your work crew or work team, but for managers and leaders alike. 

Links:

Website: www.theoventer.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Just-Another-Day-602889193083103

LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/theo-venter

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theo_jad/

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The last regular episode of the Conversation features well renowned Dr Tristan Casey. Tristan talks about New View Safety, Safety Paradoxes and his experiences as a safety professional. Available at Spotify, ITunes, Stitcher, Iheart Radio, Google Podcasts, Google Chrome and many more. If you want a quick link try these: https://buff.ly/3Arrmq9 or watch at https://buff.ly/3AeAEG

Dr Tristan Casey is an expert in safety leadership and organisational culture. With a career in workplace health and safety spanning over 15 years, he has consulted nationally and internationally across a diverse range of industries such as law enforcement, local government, utilities (water and power, including renewables), offshore oil and gas, construction, and manufacturing.

Dr Casey is an endorsed Organisational Psychologist with two doctoral degrees, including his PhD that involved development and validation of the award-winning LEAD model. His passion is translatingabstract/theoretical concepts into practical tools that have measurable impact.

Dr Casey is skilled at forming collaborative and mutually beneficial partnerships between government, industry, and academia.

Links:

New View Safety: https://buff.ly/3q9k097

LinkedIn: https://buff.ly/43mc0jG

New View Safety Self Paced Masterclass: https://buff.ly/45xXjf2

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Francisco Vaenzuela joins the conversation for episode 1 of Season Three. Francisco talks to us about his experience in the FIFO industry with great personal insights. A great way to start the new season.

Francisco Valenzuela has been working in the oil and gas sector since leaving high school in 1993. He worked locally doing pipeline work in southern Alberta starting out as a labourer and working his way up into a safety position in 2003. He completed his OH&S certificate and attained his CRSP (Canadian Registered Safety Professional) designation in 2011. Francisco started living the remote work lifestyle in 2010 and attributes many positive and negative life changes with this lifestyle. He currently works as a Safety Advisor at Imperial Oil's Kearl Oil Sands site. With his 20 years safety experience in the mining and oil and gas industry and lived experience in the FIFO lifestyle he brings real life perpectives on the emotional, mental, financial and personal challenges and opportunities of the FIFO lifestyle. 

Founder and Chief Empowering Officer at FIFO4REAL.ca.

Living out the FIFO lifestyle for over 13 years Francisco shares having experienced the challenges of marriage, divorce, parenting, financial boom and bust cycles. With the message of "What would the me of today tell the me of yesterday about FIFO life" and how we can build out more resources and support for ourselves and our FIFO community. 

Father, mentor, mental health advocate and boots on the ground FIFO worker.

Francisco shares his personal experience of living a fly in fly out work lifestyle. He will unpack some of the mental health challenges faced by workers and their employers as well as what can be done to help overcome these challenges from an individual and employer perspective.

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As a Safety Professional you are encouraged to get to know the people on the front line, the sharp edge. When conducting an investigation after a negative outcome does this lead to confirmation bias if you know the individuals involved and should we always get someone who isn’t from that site to help in the investigation?

The poll is up on LinkedIn, have your say and be heard. Leave a comment if you want to explain further. 

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Are you satisfied with the control measures in place at your workplace to control dust? 

The poll is up on LinkedIn, have your say and be heard. Leave a comment if you want to explain further.

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Do the costs of attending safety conferences limit your attendance / learning?

The poll is up on LinkedIn, have your say and be heard. Leave a comment if you want to explain further.

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How do you measure safety?

No poll this week, just leave your comments on the question that is now up on LinkedIn. 

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What is the minimum qualification a Safety Professional should have?

No poll this week as there are too many options if you add overseas qualifications in the mix. Leave your comments on the question that is up on LinkedIn

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Is the legalization of certain drugs, such as cannabis, likely to create new workplace safety hazards or exacerbate existing ones?

The poll is up on LinkedIn, have your say and be heard. Leave a comment if you want to explain further.

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Do you see the use of artificial intelligence and automation in workplace safety systems a helpful tool or a potential hazard?

The poll is up on LinkedIn, have your say and be heard. Leave a comment if you want to explain further.

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Can businesses and workers ever fully prepare for unexpected emergencies such as natural disasters or pandemics?

The poll is up on LinkedIn, have your say and be heard. Leave a comment if you want to explain further.

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Should workplace safety be a core component of corporate social responsibility?

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Dr Rowena Mobbs joins the conversation in this weeks episode. Topics covered includes her work in neurology, dementia, concussion, and CTE.

Dr Rowena Mobbs, neurologist at Macquarie University Hospital and Mater Hospital Sydney. She is Director of the Australian CTE Biobank.

She is an advocate for better concussion care and research in Australia, and sees patients with suspected CTE.

Dr Mobbs was the creator of the ConcussionBig5, an initiative highlighting the visible signs of head injury and you can find this at www.ConcussionBig5.au

You can find out more about the Australian CTE Biobank at www.CTEBiobank.org

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Welcoming back Clive and Brad to the conversation for a unique double act. Free flowing, unscripted and raw.

How good is it to just get knowledgable and experienced safety professionals who just want to chat?

If your up for a fireside chat this is the episode to listen to. From definitions, to psychology and sharing of experiences.

The longest pod to date, and with good reason. I hope you smile as much as I did when recording this episode.

Enjoy and learn.

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Doublly blessed this week to be joined by not one but two HOP professionals - The Dynamic Duo of Andy Baker and Matt Florio.

Andy started practicing and teaching Human & Organizational Performance (HOP) principles while working for one of the largest multinational industrial companies in the world. As an environmental health and safety leader of manufacturing, assembly and distribution facilities, she worked through the complexity of adopting HOP principles from the ground up.

In 2014, she was named the HOP leader for one of the company sectors. She taught HOP Fundamentals and Learning Teams around the US and helped develop and implement strategies to anchor the concepts in existing operating rhythms. She began extrapolating these strategies to a larger scale, and in 2015 became the HOP Senior Expert for the company’s 300+ multi-sector locations in Europe. In this position, she coached fatality and serious incident investigations while continuing to train and develop culture change strategies to help embed HOP principles into industrial day-to-day activities.

After hearing about HOP for almost a decade from his sister-in-law Andrea (Andy), Matt left his last role as a VP in the software/start-up world to join the HOP movement.

He has a background in education and training (both virtual and in-person) and experience as an executive in the software industry. His immediate focus is on finding ways we can share, teach, mentor, and coach on HOP concepts outside the safety space.

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This week on the conversation the amazing Bob Cummins joins the conversation in this weeks episode.

Bob Cummins is the CEO and Founder of SODAK Limited, whose goal is to challenge and improve much of the current entrenched thinking about how we live, work, lead and manage.

Bob has been studying and applying behavioural science since 2007 learning directly from some of theleading professors in Behavioural Science in the US.

Bob started his career in construction in the UK in 1989. Moving through engineering, site management, health and safety and several executive roles before leaving ‘normal’ work in 2011 in pursuit of making a

difference to other organisations by helping them apply the principles of behavioural science.

Bob founded Sodak limited, a behavioural design agency based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Sodak’s aim is to help people in business make safer, happier, less wasteful workplaces through behavioural design.

Bob is also the author of Behavioural Science for Business Health and Self, Behavioural Incident Analysis and has developed a number of tools to help people change theirs and other’s behaviours. Sodak work

with businesses in Europe, Canada and the US.

Check out our service and resources and sign up for our newsletter at www.sodak.co.uk and please connect on LinkedIn.

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This week on the conversation a real treat as Professor Andrew Hopkins joins the conversation. One of my favourite authors and one of those people who I never thought I would have the opportunity to talk to, this conversation is one of the highlights of the show so far. I know you will enjoy it, I know you will learn from it, and I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.

Andrew was an expert witness at the Royal Commission into the 1998 Exxon gas plant explosion near Melbourne. He was a consultant to the US Chemical Safety Board in its investigation of the BP Texas City Refinery disaster of 2005, and also for its investigation into the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010. He has written books about these accidents as well as books on the Moura, Gretley, and Grosvenor coal mine disasters.

Over 100,000 copies of his book have been sold.

He has been involved in reviews of Work Health and Safety regulation and regulators and has done consultancy work for major companies in the mining, petroleum, chemical and electrical industries, as well as for Defence. He speaks regularly to audiences around the world about the human and organisational causes of major accidents.

• BSc and MA (Sociology) from Australian National University, PhD (Sociology) from the University of Connecticut.

• Winner of the 2008 European Process Safety Centre safety award, the first in time it was awarded to someone outside Europe.

• Honorary fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers in recognition of his “outstanding contributions to process safety and to the analysis of process safety related incidents”

• Life member of the Australian Institute of Health and Safe and recipient of its highest award for “lifetime achievement”.

• Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in recognition of his “distinguished service to industrial safety and accident analysis”

• Member of the advisory board of NOPSEMA – the Australian National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority

Books by Professor Hopkins:

Making Safety Work (Allen & Unwin, 1995)

Managing Major Hazards: The Moura Mine Disaster, (Allen & Unwin, 1999)

Lessons from Longford: The Esso Gas Plant Explosion (CCH, 2000)

Lessons from Longford: The Trial. (CCH, 2002) Safety, Culture and Risk (CCH, 2005)

Lessons from Gretley: Mindful Leadership and the Law, (CCH, 2007)

Learning from High Reliability Organisations (CCH, 2009). Edited Failure to Learn: the BP Texas City Refinery Disaster (CCH, 2008)

Disastrous Decisions: Human and Organisational Causes of the Gulf of Mexico Blowout (CCH 2012)

Nightmare Pipeline Failures: Fantasy planning, black swans and integrity management. (CCH 2014) with Jan Hayes

Risky Rewards: The Effect of Company Bonuses on Safety (Ashgate,London,2015) with Sarah Maslen

Quiet Outrage: The Way of a Sociologist (CCH: Sydney, 2016)

Organising for Safety: How Structure Creates Culture. (CCH Sydney, 2019)

Credibility Crisis: Brumadinho and the Politics of Mining Industry Reform (CCH, Sydney, 2021), with Deanna Kemp

Sacrificing Safety: Lessons for Chief Executives (CCH Sydney, 2022)

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Joining us on the conversation today is the marvellous Murray Ritchie. From difficulties in early life Murray has forged a life full of adventure and learning. Great insights based on both experience and study, I learned quite a bit from this conversation. I know you will too.

Murray Ritchie is an occupational health and safety practitioner, researcher, educator and sought after keynote speaker with 40 years of experience working with various industries, governments and NGOs. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Occupational Safety and Health from the University of Greenwich, UK, late in life following a boots-on-the-ground career in the offshore oil and gas industry. He has worked on five continents consulting to a wide variety of industries, has served on programme advisory boards for two colleges and taught as a contract instructor for the University of Alberta Faculty of Extension.

Links:

Seven Bad Habits of Safety Management - Examining Systemic Failure

LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/murray-ritchie-msc-686a4a255/

Website: https://trilenssafety.com/

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The wrap up of Season 2 with me and Karina. Nothing scripted just honest and frank review from us on the highs and lows of the Season.

A big thank you to all of our listeners and to our wonderful guests who gave up their time voluntarily to come on the show and share with you their lives, learnings and experiences.

Season 3 kicks off on June 27. Until then you can catch up on past episodes, find out what's new, and discover some good resources at www.healthandsafetyconversations.com or email us on healthandsafetyconversations@gmail.com or leave a message for me, Tom Bourne, on LinkedIn.

Thank you once again, and stay safe. We look forward to speaking to (with) you again soon.

Oh and quick thank you to those who have supported the podcast from the start. Some of you aren't very vocal, and don't like hype and attention but we recognise you and a special thank you just for you. You know who you are.

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On this weeks show we are joined by the enormously talented Sandra Lam of FIFO Focus. Sandra talks to us about organisational psychology, and some of the challenges the FIFO lifestyle poses.

Sandra Lam is an Endorsed Organisational Psychologist and Managing Director of FIFO Focus, a psychology firm that empowers individuals to become mentally resilient and supports organisations to handle the complexities of psychological health among remote workers. She has over two decades of industry experience in the public and private sectors, in Australia and overseas. Throughout her career, Sandra has assisted organisations to improve organisational performance by making workplaces safer, more engaging, and more enjoyable. 

Website: fifofocus.com.au

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/5andralam/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fifofocus

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On this weeks episode of the Conversation we are joined by the amazing Ashley Hourigan of Soter Analytics who talks about how technology can be used to make the workplace safer. Available at Spotify, ITunes, Stitcher, Iheart Radio, Google Podcasts, Google Chrome and many more. If you want a quick link try these: https://buff.ly/3Arrmq9 or watch at https://buff.ly/3AeAEG

Ashleigh is an experienced Exercise Scientist with a background in physical literacy promotion, workplace injury prevention and leveraging innovative technology.

Her mission at Soter Analytics is to help companies leverage innovative wearable and AI technology insights to design safer, more inclusive workplaces, reducing the risk of musculoskeletal injuries

Links:

Website: https://buff.ly/3OxUGn4

Email: ashleigh.hourigan@soteranalytics.com

LinkedIn: https://buff.ly/43L49vK

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On this weeks episode of the Conversation we are joined by the wornderful Lisette Kanse. Lisette talks about her journey in safety, the AIHS Body of Knowledge and all things safety.

Dr Lisette Kanse is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychological Science at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Course Coordinator of UWA’s Master of and Graduate Certificate in Business Psychology. She has worked as an academic and as a consultant/practitioner in a variety of industrial settings across Europe and Australia, including chemical industry, oil and gas, mining, rail transport, and healthcare settings.

Having entered the field of work health and safety over 25 years ago convinced of the importance of this domain, Lisette’s mission across her entire working life has been to improve work environments, either directly, or through her students, to keep people safe, healthy, engaged, and productive. Occasionally she has been known to extend this mission to keeping people safe outside of the work environment as well.

She uses her dual background in industrial engineering and organisational psychology to identify and facilitate evidence-based improvements, and to warn against ineffective strategies. Her research interests include human factors, work design characteristics, procedures, norms, culture, and leadership, and how these impact on work practice and safety and health.

Links: 

Website: https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/lisette-kanse

OHSBoK Chapter on work design: https://www.ohsbok.org.au/chapter-34-4-work-design/#1548328004983-899b528e-01e4

UWA Master of Business Psychology course: https://www.uwa.edu.au/study/courses/master-of-business-psychology

UWA Graduate Certificate in Business Psychology course: https://www.uwa.edu.au/study/courses/graduate-certificate-in-business-psychology

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This week on the conversation we are joined by the amazing Andrea Paynter. A wide ranging discussion on safety topics, legislation, and business.

Andrea is an experienced and qualified consultant, supporting businesses to improve work health and safety (WHS) legal compliance, management system documentation, strategic planning, risk management, audit, and assisting with workplace investigations. She has developed significant experience in these areas over the past 20 years, including having worked as an Associate Solicitor practising in personal injury law in Queensland, various WHS management roles in large organisations in the private sector, in the public sector as a national WHS manager for a federal government organisation and in local government WHS, and with an array of businesses as a management consultant and licenced factual investigator.  

Andrea's diverse industry experience includes supply chain warehousing and logistics, food services, manufacturing, road surfacing, quarries, construction, arboriculture, retail, not-for-profit, heavy vehicle safety regulatory compliance, legal services and policing.

Drawing on her qualifications and experience, Andrea recently established Brisbane-based Organisational Risk Consulting, which provides tailored risk management support and specialises in WHS legal compliance and best practice solutions. The business works collaboratively with clients to achieve successful project outcomes, both locally and further afield throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Links:

Website: https://organisationalriskconsulting.com.au/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-paynter-llb-hons-cohsprof-60774730/

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This week on the Conversation we are joined by the mecuirial Rob Kirkwood. A refreshingly honest conversation with some interesting insights from across the ditch. Available at Spotify, ITunes, Stitcher, Iheart Radio, Google Podcasts, Google Chrome and many more. If you want a quick link try these: https://buff.ly/3Arrmq9 or watch at https://buff.ly/3AeAEG

Rob is the Organisational Performance Manager for Energyworks in Taranaki and has spent the last 30 years working in a number of high-risk industries including oil and gas, electricity, adventure tourism, transportation and waste.

Rob has also held a number of health, safety and environmental roles, however over the last 10 years, Rob has watched the ‘safety industry’ go from non-existent in some sectors to a bureaucratic burden in others with layers of administration that add little value. Despondent with corporate zero harm fallacies, tracking metrics and low trust leadership models, Rob sought out a new way of ‘doing’ safety and the results speak for themselves but in doing so has realised that this has very little to do with safety. Energyworks also won the inaugural Safety II category at the National Health and Safety awards last year and as a result have been instrumental in taking the lead in removing health and safety from the vocabulary.

Rob believes that every person can undertake growth personally and professionally in the right environment. Rob’s approach revolves around the principle that workers are not the problem but the solution so we need to ensure our people are at the core of decision making.

Links:

LinkedIn: https://buff.ly/3s6avsb

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On this weeks conversation we are joined by Jonathan Wilson all the way from Cornwall in the UK. Jonathan talks to us about bullying and harrassment as well as other psychosocial hazards in the workplace, his career and his own personal experience dealing with a toxic workplace environment. Available at Spotify, ITunes, Stitcher, Iheart Radio, Google Podcasts, Google Chrome and many more. If you want a quick link try these: https://buff.ly/3Arrmq9 or watch at https://buff.ly/3AeAEG

Jonathan has over 28 years’ experience working in the Metropolitan Police with much of that time in leadership roles. During that time, he has witnessed a variety of leadership styles and has seen the organisational culture of the police change dramatically. He has a good understanding of how important a healthy positive culture is to the morale of employees. He has challenged inconsistencies between leadership behaviour and policy when necessary.

Jonathan experienced being the target of bullying some years ago; a period of his life that impacted on him considerably. He now dedicates much of his time to challenging workplace bullying and is an Ambassador for the Stop Hurt at Work campaign.

Links:

LinkedIn: https://buff.ly/3Ymrlz6

Email: jonjwilson@me.com

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Lachie Samuel joins on this weeks episode of the conversation.

Joining us this week on the Conversation is Lachie Samuel.

In 2017, after nearly 10 years working fifo shutdowns and construction, having already experienced his partners attempt due to the stress of his working away, Lachie lost two colleagues to suicide. He was also later evacuated from site for mental health issues.

Since then he has gone on to become one of the leaders in FIFO mental health, creating a top10 mental health podcast, the FIFO Mental Health Summit and The Association for Mental Health in Mining.

In 2021 he won the 'national mens health champion' award, for his work in FIFO mental health, from the Australian Mens Health Forum, Australia's peak body for mens health.

In 2022 Lachie was named a Linkedin Top Voice for Mental Health and with that, made the decision to transition from FIFO Mental Health Guy, to FIFO Mental Health Group, as the first step towards finding and building a team of people who are deeply passionate about transforming mental health culture within mining.

Website - https://www.fifomentalhealthgroup.com

linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lachiesamuel/

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High Reliability Organisations - held in high esteem in safety circles and now being actively investigated by businesses looking to improve their own safety performace, but what are they?

In this the first of two special episodes of the conversation Nicola MacPhail talks to Associate Professors Drew Rae and Nektarios Karanikas about High Reliability Organisations and their charecteristics.

Dr Drew Rae is an Associate Professor in the Safety Science Innovation Lab at Griffith University, where he teaches courses on research methods and safety engineering, and manages the lab’s research program. Drew’s own research uses a mix of ethnography, field experiments and theory-building to investigate organisational safety practices. He is particularly interested in understanding the myths, rituals and bad habits that surround the work of managers and safety practitioners, and how this work influences front-line operations. Drew co-hosts the Safety of Work podcast and is on the editorial board of the journal Safety Science.

Nektarios Karanikas is Associate Professor in the Health, Safety and Environment discipline of the School of Public Health & Social Work at QUT. He studied MSc Human Factors and Safety Assessment in Aeronautics at Cranfield University (UK), and he was awarded his doctorate in Safety and Quality Management from Middlesex University (UK). Nektarios worked for over 19 years as an officer at the Hellenic Air Force where he served in various positions related to maintenance, safety and quality management, including accident investigations. Besides his academic qualifications, he holds professional credentials in occupational health & safety, human factors, project management and engineering, and has been a member of various national and international associations. Nektarios has published an edited book and several chapters, (co)authored various peer-reviewed journal and conference articles with a focus on safety/risk management, presented his work in over 80 events, and he actively volunteers in a wide range of scientific and professional activities.

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Which of these is in your opinion the most successful way to promote mental health and well-being in the workplace?

Work life balance encouraged

Flexible work arrangements

Realistic work targets

EAP

Poll is up on Linkedin. Have your say.

Feel free to leave your comments.

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What are the most important health and safety issues in your workplace right now?

a. Physical hazards

b. Ergonomic hazards

c. Psychosocial hazards

d. Something else - please leave a comment

The poll is up on LinkedIn. Feel free to have your say your say and leave a comment.

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How often do you feel safe in your workplace?

a. Always

b.Most of the time

c. Sometime

d. Rarely

The poll is up on LinkedIn. Feel free to have your say your say and leave a comment.

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Do you have access to all the training and resources you need to stay safe in the workplace?

• Yes: I have access to the training and resources I need to stay safe in the workplace.
• No: I do not have access to the training and resources I need to stay safe in the workplace.

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Do you or the workers feel comfortable speaking up about health and safety concerns?

Yes: I feel comfortable speaking up about health and safety concerns.

No: I do not feel comfortable speaking up about health and safety concerns.

The poll is up on LinkedIn. Feel free to have your say your say and leave a comment.

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Do you feel that your employer is doing enough to protect your health and safety?

• Yes: I feel that my employer is doing enough to protect my health and safety.
• No: I do not feel that my employer is doing enough to protect my health and safety.

The poll is up on LinkedIn. Feel free to have your say your say and leave a comment.

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#7 Is safety legislation ultimately tied to politics and or community expectations, or is based on best practice or both?

a)      Politics and expectations

b)     Best Practice

c)      Both

d)     Something else entirely

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#8 Does the safety training and instruction at your workplace keep people safer?

a)      No

b)     Yes

c)      I’d rather comment

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#9 What’s your workplace #1 priority?

a)      Profit

b)     Safety

c)      Staying out of jail

d)     I’d rather comment

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#10 Has working from home made it more difficult to manage worker safety?

a)      No

b)     Yes

c)      I’d rather comment

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#11 Are you planning to attend a safety conference later in 2023?

a)Yes – please comment

b)No

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#12 Is the role of a safety professional becoming more difficult?

a)      Yes

b)     No

c)      I’d like to comment

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#13 In your country what does the future of safety look like?

a)      Positive – heading the right way

b)     Negative

c)      I’d rather comment

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This week on the conversation we are joined by the marvellous Sarah Thomas from New Zealand. One of my favourite contributiors to safety conversations on LinkedIn and someone who genuinely thinks before speaking.

Sarah Thomas is an experienced HSE professional who began her career in safety in 2002. However, as a surf lifeguard, professional ski patroller, outdoor instructor, and volunteer St John ambulance officer, she has lived and breathed safety from a young age. Her six years with the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserves also gave her advanced command and communication training. 

Sarah gained a BA/LLB at the University of Canterbury and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (HSE) from Massey University. She has worked as a safety coordinator, safety specialist and National HSE/Human Resources Manager. 

During her career, Sarah has helped develop nationwide health and safety systems and has experience in a range of industries including transport, oil, manufacturing and the Department of Conservation.  She launched her consulting career in 2011. 

In terms of her personality profile, Sarah is outgoing and has an inclusive style of communication developed after years of regularly attending Toastmasters meetings.  Her clients describe her as facilitative; however, she can be direct and hold people accountable when necessary. Along with a sense of humour, she has an innate ability to define a problem and guide her clients to develop a solution that is written in their own language and meets their operational needs. 

Links from today's podacast:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahthomasemploymenownz/

Email: sarah@employmenow.co.nz

Website: http://www.employmenow.co.nz/

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On this weeks episode of the conversation we are joined by the fantastic Alexsandro Siedschlag. A wonderful human, very humble and suprisingly unaware of his own ability to tell a good story. I consider myself lucky to know Alex. Available at Spotify, ITunes, Stitcher, Iheart Radio, Google Podcasts, Google Chrome and many more. If you want a quick link try these: https://buff.ly/3Arrmq9 or watch at https://buff.ly/3pTz6fK

Alexsandro Siedschlag was born and grow in a small coast city in south Brazil called São Francisco do Sul. There wasn’t much to do there other than fishing, surfing, or working in port activities. So, in 2007 he went to the nearest industrial city and took a technical course in safety. This took me back to my hometown (what an irony) to work in a shipping company. From there, in 2012 he started to work offshore in oil & gas where he spent my next 6 years. After that he experienced the corporate side of the business, taking roles as HSE advisory, supervisor and stepping in as a manager a few times, living in Rio de Janeiro for 3 years.

During this journey, Alexsandro invested in qualification and competences development, from technical skills (environmental degree, process safety, incident investigation, among others) to social skills such as the professional certification in coaching, IOSH coaching for safety and a MBA in human factors in 2023. This helped him to find out I’m passionate about supporting individuals and teams through professional coaching and mentoring. Alexsandro could see selfhimself to make safety differently. In 2022 he left the oil & gas company he was working for the past 9 years and became an associate performance safety coach for a company headquartered in Scotland, working in Australia, in an underground coal mine supporting a safety leadership cultural change program.

So far, in between work, family trips and studying Alexsandro has been around Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Suriname, Costa Rica, United States, South Africa, England, Scotland, Spain, Italy, and Australia. He lives in Brazil but currently working in Australia flying in/out every month, which helps a lot my air miles programs!

This little story gave Alexsandro 14 years’ experience in high-hazard industries among different countries, working in complex social-technical systems, supporting organizations to deliver safe operations.

Family speaking, Alexsandro is married and a dad of two who loves to read and listen to podcasts related to safety science and leadership stuff while exercising. In between working, traveling and all that, he tries to find some time to go surfing (not those big waves – I confess).

Alexsandro's profile traits are: measured, discipline driven, good listener, and collaborative.

Links to today's episode:

LinkedIn: https://buff.ly/3PYqFNP

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On this weeks episode of the conversation we are joined by the highly experienced Gavin Coyle. A fascinating discussion with a safety professional with over two decades in the business.

Gavin is a International C-Level Executive and Board Advisor with over 25 years of experience holding leadership and consulting positions who is results-oriented, decisive leader with proven success in strategic positioning for multimillion-euro operations across safety consultancy, safety products, recruitment, training services, international business development, and strategic business planning.

He has a track record of increasing sales, improving operations & safety, compliance and growing bottom line while spearheading operational improvements to drive productivity.

Gavin is the CEO of Coyle Group based in Dublin as well as the founder of SafetyJobs.io

Gavin is also the author of Work Place Safety on a Budget which is available on Amazon

Links:

Website: www.coyle-group.com

Email: gavin@coyle-group.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavincoylethesafetyceo/

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Joining us on the Conversation this week is Steven Kirby from England.

Steve's life took an unexpected turn when he was involved in a near-fatal workplace accident. This life-altering experience became a catalyst for change, leading Steve on a mission to promote safety and raise awareness about mental health.

Having personally faced the consequences of workplace hazards, Steven is passionate about encouraging safe behavior. Through his story he aims to highlight the importance of following safety protocols and prioritizing the well-being of ourselves and others in the workplace.

Links from todays show:

Website: https://www.sklifecoachuk.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-kirby-2019/

Email: steven@sklifecoachuk.com

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We are joined this week in the conversation by Risk Talk founder and director Stuart Farquharson.

A good chat both on and off air, Stuart is one of good people who you would want to have in your corner.

Stuart brings 15 years of experience in improving safe systems of work to RiskTalk.

He started his career with large mining organisations before working across a range of industries specialising in heavy construction with a focus on making safety more engaging, efficient and intuitive.

Stuart’s passion for improving safety through innovation and tapping into the expertise of workers on the ground led him to develop RiskTalk.

As MD, his deep understanding of the industry enables him to produce the best safety outcomes for companies by making use of their inherent strengths.

Links from todays episode:

Website: https://risktalk.com.au/

Video: https://vimeo.com/824711683?share=copy

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/risktalk-ltd

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On the last regular episdode for Season 3 we are blessed with James Wood and Michael Weston joining the conversation.

Both popular and professional safety real life experience speakers both have a message you will want to hear (and your people to hear).

Not one to be missed and a good way to end the season and the year.

Michael will live the rest of his life with an acquired brain injury (ABI) as a result of pushing his body to the point that it couldn’t go on.

A career of 20 years in heavy industry saw Michael rewarded with a leadership role, he not only had to ensure production, but he was responsible for other people. A normal 10 to 12 hour workday often dragged out to 14 and 16 hours, days off were spent answering phone calls from the site or ‘Catching up’ on work that just “Had” to be done.

Work/Life balance became Work/Work balance with a bit of life thrown in when it didn’t interfere with the job.

Something had to give, and it was Michael’s body. He walked out his front door not feeling quite right but knowing he had to get to work and he collapsed on his driveway and was found by his neighbor unconscious and not breathing. His head had fallen onto his chest and blocked the supply of oxygen to his brain.

Michael is now affected by; short term memory loss, impaired cognitive function, limited attention span, hypersensitivity to noise and bright light among other health and well-being impacts. Michael was diagnosed with an ABI, Anxiety, Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

James Wood offers workplaces something different. He shares the story of his workplace accident! James made some wrong Choices and ended up in a wheelchair for the rest of his life!

James’ Safety Presentation has a long lasting and significant impact on the Choices you make.

James will share his message of ‘choice’, which he hopes will help other people to avoid the same mistakes he has made. James Wood made the wrong safety decision once and now he has to live with it for the rest of his life. As James puts it, ‘It was supposed to be a normal day, I got up, I went to work and went home 9 months later’.

Links from todays show.

Website: https://cnbsafe.com.au/

LinkedIn James Wood: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswoodsafetyspeaker/

Michael Weston: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelweston1/

Email: E -  info@cnbsafe.com.au

Instagram Business - https://www.instagram.com/cnbsafe/

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Have you ever left a job because of a supervisor or manager?

1 Yes

2 No

3 I’d prefer to comment

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