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Are you a leader who wants to grow yourself, and drastically improve health and safety along the way? You're in the right place! Welcome to the Safety on Tap Podcast! We bring you interesting and inspiring people with different ideas, perspectives and stories, straight to your phone or computer, for your listening pleasure, whenever it suits you. Nice! Now this isn't just for people who have a 'health and safety' job. There are so many more people involved in drastically improving health and safety - supervisors, HR professionals, business owners, health and safety reps, CEO's, health professionals, RTW coordinators…..the list goes on And those people listening very closely will quickly work out that whilst our focus might link with health and safety, Safety on Tap actually helps WAY beyond health and safety - personal effectiveness, business strategy, people leadership, innovation and creativity….keep your ears, and your mind, open!
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Jul 12, 2017
This is Safety on Tap!   I'm your host Andrew Barrett, and since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way.  Welcome to you, you're in the right place.  If this is your first time listening in, thanks for joining us and well done for trying something different to improve!   Phil Bolton is my guest today.  Phil is a data scientist, whose been doing this for almost as long as the concept of data science has existed.  He is a Director at PWC and has spent his career in professional services companies helping clients get greater insights from their data.   This episode is brought to you by the Safety Institute of Australia's 2017 Victorian Conference called Safety STEPS, Strategies Towards Efficient Productive Systems.  Phil will be speaking at the conference on Machine learning and related concepts, alongside a great lineup of speakers.  You can find out more about that conference and grab a ticket at www.sia.org.au, I hope to see you there!   Here's Phil:   [thrive_lead_lock id='1542'] Safety Analytics - One Page Summary Health and Safety Analytics - Safety Institute of Australia Magazine Premium Subscriber Article [/thrive_lead_lock]   Here's my favourite links to start learning more about statistics: Basic Statistics Descriptive Statistics Once you have a basic understanding of these you need to move on to inferential statistics. I mentioned Pockets of Brilliance last episode.  They've got an amazing track record not only in helping organisations change for the better, but to actually make the change stick.  They call this their 5i method.  If you want to find out more about their 5i method before their live training in late June, they are hosting a free webinar on the 19th June, which is less than a week from this episode's release.  You can register for that webinar over at www.pobrilliance.com, I went to the last one, and found it really insightful. Speaking of their method, I've got one of their leaders Jonathan coming on the podcast next episode, to share more insights with you about leading change, the psychology behind it, and the reason why stickiness is the core mission of their business.  You can get advanced notice of new episodes, my personal reflections on each episode, and a bunch more special stuff if you hop onto our mailing list over at safetyontap.com  
Jul 6, 2017
My guest today is Peter Wilkinson, who has a wealth of experience.  Peter and I met a few weeks ago and I enjoyed every minute with him, such was the value he shares.  And as you'll hear, he doesn’t chase catastrophe, catastrophe chases him.  Here's Peter: I also wanted to let you know about a very special group of people at Pockets of Brilliance.  You might remember them from Episode 38 with Michelle Oberg, she is one of those special people at PoB.  They are a team of Research and Implementation specialists who have spent decades synthesising their method for helping clients navigate challenges such as safety, change and engagement. The most exciting bit is that they are now teaching others to do this for themselves, which is the same approach we take here at Safety on Tap to helping you learn, grow and improve. They are launching their 1 day change accelerator in Brisbane on 26 July 2017, which teaches you their method. If you want to check it out head over to https://pobrilliance.com/5iapproachandevents/ you can learn more and register.  I'm going, so it would be great to see you there! [activecampaign form=5]
Jun 23, 2017
  See the value of diversity and boost your career with a balanced approach to your professional capability. One of the greatest challenges I face in my mission to help people like you grow and drastically improve health and safety is to bring our message to people who aren’t seeking it out, but who would benefit greatly from growing themselves.  You might know someone like that - do them a favour and tell them about Safety on Tap, and what you get out of it.  But Don't tell them not just to take your word for it, check out this recent review on iTunes: HSE Improver says 5 starts Virtual Mentor! "The Safety on Tap podcast has been a revelation for me during my long commute. It is akin to a probing mentor, generating thought as it dissects across disciplines, with health and wellbeing at its core. Some of the episodes such as the recent cast on bullying have opened up my mind, and the technique that Andrew uses to flip threat discussions into opportunities has already reaped rewards in my own continuing professional development. I would like to say a big thanks to Andrew and enjoy hearing more of your great work. " If you appreciate what we're creating here at Safety on Tap, you can also spread the word by submitting a review on iTunes or Stitcher - I am always humbled and appreciative of the feedback I get. Today's guest is Kelly Lovely, an accomplished health and safety professional, mentor and coach through Bookenz Leadership, not to mention a director on the Board of the Safety Institute of Australia.  Here we go:   I mentioned the Implicit Association Test which would provide your unconscious bias, you really need to take at least one of these tests: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/australia/takeatest.html Kelly was also kind enough to create an e-book just for you, which describes the bookenz game in more detail.  You can access that here: [thrive_leads id='1516'] And speaking of improving yourself, I wanted to let you know that our friends at Art of Work have released new dates for their Master Classes across Australia, the UK and New Zealand. If you haven't heard of them, Art of Work is the company to go to if you're looking for practical support in implementing safety differently principles within your organisation. If you visit their website at artofwork.solutions, you'll see a range of Master Classes that will help you to shift the conversation away from controls and constraints and towards a more proactive and appreciative approach.  
Jun 8, 2017
I'm pretty excited at the moment.  I'm happy to announce that the newest member of our family has arrived, his name is Jude Thomas, and despite the fact that he has shown his stubbornness in both labour and afterwards, my wife and I, and his 5 siblings, are glad to have him in our lives. I'm also excited about another new beginning, something of a birth I suppose as well.  Safety on Tap Connected, the worlds first growth accelerator designed for health and safety professionals, launched on the 29th of May 2017.  I can't tell you how pumped I am to have our founding member group starting to accelerate their growth. I've had plenty of enquiries about membership after the deadline though, since we were only open for one week.  As our founders group settles down into the rhythm of ongoing growth and development through our coaching, community, content and contemplation, we may open up again for more new members in the future.  So if you think Safety on Tap Connected is right to help you grow, you need to be on the waiting list at safetyontap.com, and I'll let you know when we open the doors again. If you aren't sure what this is all about still, I have something else for you.  Since we are doing something quite different from conventional professional development, it's understandable that you might not be sure what you are actually going to get.  One of the more common bits of feedback I got was about coaching - so many health and safety people haven't had much if any exposure to what coaching is, which arguably is the best value part of the membership.  So if you are in the not sure camp, I have something special for you.  So you can get totally informed, I'll let you have a sneak peek at our member onboarding videos, which explains everything in detail.  If you want to check those out, send me an email andrew@safetyontap.com My guest today is Luke Anear, founder of Safety Culture, the creators of the iAuditor app, the most used audit and inspection app in the world.  Luke has a great product and leads one of the fastest growing tech companies in Australia to make his mission happen - to improve health and safety by helping frontline workers.  He has some great insights about user-centred design, staying true to your mission, and what the future looks like to him.  Here's Luke:     I mentioned a few links I'd share from that discussion with Luke: Health Monitor by Atlassian (for tracking all sorts of projects and team work) Spotlight Incident Reporting and Investigation app (for iOS) User Experience Design Cheat Sheet the Safety Culture way [activecampaign form=5]
May 25, 2017
Today we've got Part 2 of my deep discussion with Dave Provan, reflecting on the role of the health and safety professional, and how Dave is contributing to our understanding through his research.   If you haven't listened to Part 1, which is Episode 41, press pause now, go back and listen to that first.  If you've done that and you're ready for part two - let's go!     Plenty of growth-fuelling juice in that chat, thanks to Dave Provan for sharing so generously. Before I share my reflections, the launch of Safety on Tap Connected is getting close. It's the world's first growth accelerator designed for people like you. Not sure what that is? Well it's a hub which brings people just like you together, together online from all over the world, to learn and share and support each other in a psychologically safe space, it's 1:1 online coaching from me, the sort of thing that is only normally available to executives paying mega bucks, and growth-fuelling educational content to gain knowledge about the sorts of things that will make a real difference to your career. And when you compare the price for 12 months of membership to a 2 day conference or training course…you'll see that that value you can get is simply massive.  We'll only be opening the doors for a limited time soon, so hop on the waiting list at safetyontap.com/connected so you don't miss out. [activecampaign form=5]
May 11, 2017
Our guest today is Dave Provan, a guy who I found really drew me in, who made me curious to know more about him and what he's up to.  The crux of the chat was meant to be about his PhD research into the role of the health and safety professional, but I enjoyed that our chat was a bit more meandering than just a description of some straightforward research.  We connected in a way which both helped us to make meaning, of a whole bunch of things.  It's very consistent with the approach of a rational flaneur, which I'm exploring.  If you missed me explaining that one, check out episode 37.  The best illustration of that approach is that Dave and I didn't really start the interview but just started chatting, and only part way through did I say to Dave I'd use some of our conversation for the recorded interview.  I think this one is a nice reminder about the messiness and variation that we come across in every day work - life is just like that! I also wanted to do this discussion justice, without creating a really long podcast, so it's in two parts.  Here's part one of my chat with Dave Provan:   That's part one of my chat with Dave Provan.  Make sure you stay tuned for Part 2 in the next episode, when Dave tells us about the rest of his plans to uncover a deeper understanding of the role of health and safety professionals through his PhD research.  If you are a health and safety professional, you don't want to miss out on that one!   Stay tuned for Part 2 of my chat with Dave Provan in the next episode, and in the mean time I hope you take positive, effective and rewarding action to grow yourself, and drastically improve health and safety along the way.  Seeya! [activecampaign form=5]
Apr 27, 2017
  Last episode, (#39 with Carlo Capponecheia) was all about an elephant in the room - psychosocial risk.  Poorly understood, seemingly complicated, often this is put in the 'ignore basket', or the 'too hard basket', or the 'that's HR's problem to deal with' basket.  Far from a criticism of all of us working in health and safety (me included), it was a reflection on how what got us here (in terms of our knowledge and our experience) won't help us get to where we need to go.  I personally got a lot out of the interview with Carlo as I sought to improve my understanding, and then to explore what I implore you to do every week - HOW to take positive, effective and rewarding action.   This week is in a very similar vein.  Bullying you could argue is one kind of psychosocial risks, but I don't think it fits neatly into just that category.  Nonetheless, it is a risk, it needs to be managed, and it holds great potential to bring positive change in organisations far beyond just solving a negative problem.  My guest today Catherine Mattice from Civility Partners is one of the few people I know of who specialise in bullying (hang on, that came out wrong) - whose mission is to help organisations manage the risks and the opportunities, from bullying.  Catherine welcome to the Safety on Tap Podcast:     Now we've spent most of today focussed on the big picture.  I want to acknowledge the  very serious and real impact bullies can have on the targets of bullying behaviour.  If you or someone you know is having a touch time and needs help, we've got a bunch of links to helplines and resources from around the world, so you don't suffer alone - you can get help to work through it. Check these out: http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov.au/get-help.aspx (Australia) https://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/resources/mental-health-hotline-numbers-and-referral-resources/ (North America) http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/Pages/mental-health-helplines.aspx (United Kingdom) http://www.tnp.no/norway/health/1685-call-mental-helath-line-anywhere-in-europe (Europe) http://togetherweare-strong.tumblr.com/helpline (Other countries)   Speaking of reflective practice, I've been tweaking my reflective practice framework as I'm preparing the course materials on Reflective Practice - a critical skill for leaders like you to maximise the learning from everyday experience.  That and a bunch more courses, engaging community and 1:1 coaching from yours truly will be available inside Safety on Tap Connected.  Some people have been asking what it's all about - head over to safetyontap.com/connected to get on the waiting list to join - we're opening the doors very soon, and that will be only for a very limited time. [activecampaign form=5]
Apr 13, 2017
This is Safety on Tap! Have you signed up to the waiting list for Safety on Tap Connected? I've designed our revolutionary new professional development accelerator just for you - so as a listener you get first dibs on membership, which will only be available to you for a limited time.  We're launching soon, and the early bird discounted membership prices will never be repeated, I don't want you to miss out.  Hop onto the waiting list at safetyontap.com/connected, and you will be the first to know when we open the doors so you can join.   Regular listeners know that we like to point at the elephant in the room here at Safety on Tap.  Today's interview is a big elephant in the room for many of us, and our organisations.  I wasn't surprised that much of the discussion in today's episode sounded pretty conventional, which is unusual for us.  BUT that's because sometimes we need to get back to basics to really truly focus on the things that will drastically improve health and safety, because that's the mission right?! I think this is one of them. Carlo Caponecchia knows all about this.   Here's Carlo.   I mentioned a few of my favourite links to learn more about psychosocial risks.  Here they are:

https://osha.europa.eu/en/themes/psychosocial-risks-and-stress

https://oshwiki.eu/wiki/Managing_psychosocial_risks:_Drivers_and_barriers

http://www.who.int/occupational_health/topics/risks_psychosocial/en/

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Mar 30, 2017
So there are a few things that create ongoing discomfort for me as a professional, one of which is the lack of evidence in health and safety practice, and our tendency for so much of our practice to not be evidence based even when it exists.  I am guilty too.   I met Michelle Oberg last year when I was speaking at the Australian National Safety Convention, and she had me intrigued with her PhD research question, which I summarised in my notes as 'is less "safety" (in inverted commas) actually more safety?'.   So the results have been streaming in, and Michelle's PhD is almost completed.   So Michelle and I caught up to find out what she learned.   Before you go..... Next week I'm lucky enough to be speaking to the wonderful  staff at Safety Culture, the inventors of the iAuditor app many of us would be familiar with. They wanted my input to help their people, largely the technical boffins, to connect with their mission, the final output of their product - actual health and safety outcomes.  I'm honored to be asked to help, and impressed with their commitment to keeping their mission front of mind.  Lucky for you, they will be live-streaming my presentation and the following Q&A session on Facebook, that's 5-6pm Thursday 6th April (that's Sydney time), so if you want to watch that, Like Safety on Tap on Facebook and I'll post more details there.
Mar 28, 2017
Andrew: This is Safety on Tap. I’m your host, Andrew Barrett, and since you’re listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way. Welcome to you. You’re in the right place. If this is your first time listening in, thanks for joining us, and well done for trying something different to improve. And welcome back, of course, all of you excellent regular listeners. We’re super pumped to be collaborating on this podcast series with Safeopedia. Safeopedia’s mission is to organize the world’s environmental health and safety information to make access free and easy for everyone. Now, the team over at Safeopedia wanted to get to know you better, and for you to get to know Safeopedia better. So, this podcast series brings you some intimate conversations with the founders of Safeopedia and members of the Content Advisory Board. Safeopedia set up their Content Advisory Board to share observations and ideas on which topics and trends in the environmental health and safety industry will have the greatest impact for their audience. Their commitment to quality and to giving you relevant content is just top-notch. Listen in to each episode in this series, as we get to know the individuals involved, what makes them tick, and get some great advice, insightful stories, and motivation to help you grow. Here we go. Scott Cuthbert, co-founder of Safeopedia.com, welcome to the Safety on Tap podcast. Scott: Thank you very much, Andrew. A pleasure to be here. Andrew: This is the beginning of a bit of an experiment for both of us, where Safety on tap, with its support for leaders who want to grow themselves and drastically improve health and safety, and Safeopedia, aiming to be the place to go globally for health and safety and environmental information, come together. I’m pretty excited, I should say, on here, for our listeners, to be collaborating with you guys. Thank you very much, to begin with. Scott: Oh, our pleasure. We’re equally excited to be working with you and just understand the importance of leadership in environmental health and safety. Andrew: You have the genesis story. You have the very beginning, because this hatched, I’m sure, in your head, sitting in the bathtub or trudging through the snow or—one day, I’m sure, it popped into your head. So tell us a little bit about you and your story and how Safeopedia came to life. Scott: Sure. My background really started in the construction industry. Not swinging a hammer, so much, out on the job site—I started in the finance departments with the international general contractor. Because I was the guy that knew how to reboot a printer or run the backups for the AS400 at the time, I ended up getting pulled more and more into the IT side of things, and ended up leaving the grind of working for a general contractor and providing some consulting services back to the industry through project controls consulting and also system selection and implementation, and then decided to branch out on my own with a software company that was specifically designed to deal with the field data capture on these large-scale industrial projects. I guess it was really through that experience that I got pulled more and more into the safety side of the business. They needed to pull data from our system to do safety statistics, hours of exposure by plant area, by trade, by demographics of the workforce. I just sat in more and more safety meetings and really took a personal interest in it and volunteered to sit on several committees and just sit around the table more as an observer and as a safety expert and to hear what the guys out on the field were talking about, what their biggest hurdles were, and understand where their strengths were, versus where they were falling down, implementing the best practices out in the field. Andrew: How do you bridge the gap, then, between that active interest that you had in those still project-based roles on the consulting and how Safeopedia came to be? Scott: Well, it is one of those “light bulb goes on” stories, because I had— Andrew: It wasn’t in the bathtub? Scott: It wasn’t in the bathtub, but I was going to say it was one of those bathtub moments, but it was actually in my car. I was driving back from a safety committee meeting, and I had sat around the table with half a dozen—a dozen folks that had just a tremendous amount of experience. They were trying to do the best job that they could possibly do. They were trying to share best practices and understand what was working on this job site, versus that job site, and they were really struggling to collaborate with each other effectively. They were sending huge Word documents back and forth, and really, it wasn’t my idea, as much as it was the group’s idea, saying, “If there was just one place we could go where we had these best practices, where we had these tips and tricks, where we could share ideas, it would save us so much time and energy.” And so, I was driving back from the meeting, and it’s quite a ways away from where our office was, and I had this just pop into my head: “Safeopedia.” And as soon as that idea popped into my head, I just couldn’t wait to get back to the office. I drove safely, minded the speed limits, of course, but I drove straight back to the office and looked up the domain name, and it was available, and I purchased it right there and then and began the incorporation process to set it up as a legitimate company. I guess the rest is history from there. Andrew: You really just started with what was a relatively tiny bit of market research, passion for the area, and a spur-of-the-moment domain purchase. And after that, you really just worked it out from there. Scott: Yes, that’s absolutely correct. After securing the domain and starting the trademark and incorporation process, I did spend another year or two vetting the idea with industry folks to the best of my ability, throwing out ideas of “What should it be? Should we try to replicate LinkedIn? Should we make it more social, like Facebook? Or should we just be producing educational content to start with?” It was over the next 12 to 24 months where, again, the industry that had helped give me the idea helped me vet my ideas and strategies on how we should get it off the ground and where we should start. It wasn’t an overnight idea that popped into existence. It did certainly take some time to cultivate it and find the right folks to work with and align ourselves so that we could be successful out of the gate. Andrew: I think that really speaks to me, in the paradox of—on the one hand, you had an idea, and you just jumped on it. You kick-started it by that drive in the car and then purchasing that domain name. That, in itself, was very insightful, in that sometimes we spend too much time stewing on things, and we just don’t get them started. But then, on the other hand, the paradox is that you did spend a fair bit of time and effort in order to validate the idea, to make sure it worked. I think sometimes, often, there’s a learning out of that for us, where we spend too much time analyzing and thinking and planning, and maybe not enough time just getting stuff started. We might find that it is a big job—and that’s OK—but we might find sometimes that the job’s not as big as we think, and we’ll actually solve problems and help people a whole lot quicker if we just get on with it. I think that’s a great story to tell and a lesson for us to learn from. Safeopedia has been growing and growing, in terms of the numbers of people that it serves, visiting the website, attending webinars, consuming the content, contributing new content. We have our collaboration, obviously, which is moving into a new space with podcasts and potentially pushing the boundaries a little bit more. You’ve come up with this concept, which we described in the introduction, of this Content Advisory Board. From your point of view, with you leading the charge, why have a Content Advisory Board? Scott: Great question And both Jamie and I are the faces of Safeopedia. We have a tremendous amount of background and experience within these industries. But we’re not going to sit here and pretend that we know everything, that we’re experts in all the different areas. It was really important for us to pull a group together that could certainly augment our strategy and our ideas and provide some really strong expertise to the direction that we wanted to go in. As listeners will learn, we have a very diverse group of professionals across primarily North America, one in UK, and certainly, with your involvement, Andrew, some Australian representation, as well. Andrew: From Down Under. Scott: From Down Under. And they’re helping us to understand what the hot topics or the key topics are within their industries and their geographies, and help us look ahead a little bit to what will be the most valuable information we can produce for our users in those areas. Andrew: Makes plenty of sense to me. In the time that you have been grinding and driving and working to slowly grow Safeopedia, what’s the biggest lesson that you’ve learned in that process? What’s been your light bulb moment or a big height? What’s been the biggest lesson? Scott: The light bulb moment? I think it’s understanding the new economy—the Google economy, if you will—and how people are looking for information. It’s great. I think there’s a lot of really passionate people out there that are publishing great content. But unless you know how to get found, unless you know how to connect with others and have a voice in this ocean of data that we now live in, it’s all in vain. I think the most important lesson we’ve learned is, again, how to get your data out there, how to get your information out there, but make sure that you get heard, as well. I think that’s key. Andrew: Great lesson. Do you have a superpower? Scott: I don’t know if I have a superpower. Certainly, I was an early adopter on LinkedIn, and was connecting with people and keeping in touch with people. I think that, if anything, that’s been my superpower over the years. I can’t remember who wrote the book— Andrew: The Six Degrees of Separation? Scott: No, the connectors and the influencers and the mavens and Malcolm Gladwell, I think, The Tipping Point. Definitely, I’m a connector, and I’ve always been a connector. I think that’s key in this new digital economy: having an online presence and having some knowledge of how that all works. Andrew: You know what? You reached all the way across the globe in order to tap me on the shoulder. That brings us here today, so that’s a real testament to that. When we first started talking about getting together and working out how we can make a bigger dent in the world together than we might do separately—we’ll be honest with the listeners—I said to you, “I’m not sure that we’re a match. The content on Safeopedia is really good to support people in a technical sense, but it does have a focus on compliance and some of the detailed stuff, and there’s a different leaning towards stuff like hazards and IT systems and checklists and things like that.” Now, all of those things are important. They’re the foundational things that help us drive our programs in health and safety in our work. But I think, sometimes, we tend to ignore the gray and the messy and the people part, effectively. That’s very gray and messy. Here at Safety on Tap, we fuel leaders to grow themselves and drastically improve health and safety along the way, which often means challenging the status quo and pushing boundaries out of what I call “the conventional.” What direction do you personally want to see Safeopedia take in 2017? Scott: I definitely want to echo your comments. You can’t dismiss the fact that a lot of the compliance components are what has helped us build our audience of over 100,000 members. But in the long run—and this was echoed, as well, by the Content Advisory Board—there is a bit of a leadership vacuum within environmental health and safety. It’s been, to date, a very technically-focused discipline, and we really need to broaden that, to teach people and attract visionaries and leaders to the industry, so that we can not just make sure that companies are compliant, but that companies are embracing culture, health and safety, and they’re being leaders, not just followers, in the industry. Long-winded way of answering your question, but I’d really like to see us provide more content and more connections for people who want to take a leadership role, perhaps who don’t know how to get started or want to connect with leaders who have done it before and can share their experiences and best practices. That’s definitely an area that we want to focus on for 2017. Andrew: That’s the very reason why we’re talking today, because we’re all about supporting leaders to grow. I’m sure the listeners will tell I’m pretty excited about collaborating with you guys. Is there anything that you want to ask the listeners for, in terms of how they can contribute to improving Safeopedia, putting in what you get out, so to speak? Scott: Yes, absolutely. One of our biggest compliments—if you want to call it that—from last year, was when one of our team members was on a conference in Puerto Rico, thousands of miles from here, and was talking about different businesses that he was involved in, and mentioned Safeopedia, and the fellow that he was speaking to—his eyes just lit up, and he said, “Hey, I use Safeopedia all the time. I can’t believe you’re one of the guys involved in Safeopedia! We go there regularly to look at articles and share content with our management team and our guys on the field.” That’s one of the greatest compliments we can get. We see, through Google Analytics, that over 50,000 people are coming to our site every month, but we really only get an opportunity to interact with a few of them, who maybe have some suggestions for us, who have some criticisms for us, who think that we need to focus on different areas or expand an article or a term that we have posted on the site. I really encourage people to—and we listen. I’m sure there are sites out there where people send emails and you never hear back, but we want to hear from everybody. We only know what we know. If you know something we don’t, by all means, share with us. Our terms and articles—our content is there as a starting point to help improve industry and help people out in the field, so any ideas or suggestions or criticisms that you guys have for us, please, by all means, share it. We’d love to hear it. Andrew: I’ll just add to that, it’s not just about you, then, getting more of what you want out of Safeopedia, or providing feedback to our podcast, as well. It’s equally the same, where the feedback you provide will help hundreds, if not thousands, of people. Scott: That’s right. Andrew: That, I think, is the fantastic thing about this global connected economy that we live in. Scott: Absolutely, if you have a question, or you have a problem with an article, then chances are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of others do as well. It was a little while ago now, but we had posted an article, and somebody replied, and the tone of it was a little bit angry. He had written a big dissertation about what was wrong with the article and the approach that we were taking. We reached out. We contacted him and said, “Hey, this is fantastic. This criticism is absolutely invaluable. Can we take this and turn it into an opposing article that talks about the same subject from a different perspective? Because if you’re having that problem—no matter how many people like or share or retweet that original article, if you’re having problems with it, then somebody else is, too.” He agreed, and we posted his follow-up article as a Part 2, and it was hugely successful and really, really well-received. We’re here to make the site better. We don’t take anything personally, so by all means, get involved and let’s make it the best site we can make it. Andrew: That’s a fantastic example. We might link to those two articles, I think, in the Safeopedia article for this podcast interview, and also on the Safety on Tap website show notes, as well, so the listeners can have a look at those and compare and contrast for themselves. Before you go, Scott, what’s your best piece of advice for people who want to have a more effective impact in their environment, health, and safety practice? Scott: I would say, "be tenacious." It’s a very, very important industry. It’s an important part of every organization. But it still continues to be minimized. Some companies are looking at it as a cost item, and some people think that it negatively impacts productivity, but we have to keep providing them with—keep educating them and keep moving them forward, slowly if necessary. But be tenacious. Don’t give up. It’s so important. It’s about our planet. It’s about our coworkers. It’s about ourselves and making sure everybody gets to go home safe to their families at the end of the day. Don’t lose hope. Be tenacious. If you need to, reach out, and we’ll provide whatever support we can. Andrew: Fantastic advice, and I’m looking forward to continuing to make a difference in the world with you and Jamie and the rest of the guys at Safeopedia. Scott Cuthbert, thanks for joining us on the Safety on Tap podcast for Safeopedia. Scott: Thanks, Andrew. My pleasure. Andrew: Thanks to Scott for today’s conversation. Next episode, we have Scott’s partner in crime—hang on, that didn’t come out right—anyway, Jamie Young from Safeopedia. Given the commitment to improvement that we have here at Safety on Tap and at Safeopedia, let us know what you think about this episode. Give us a comment. The best way is to head over to iTunes or Stitcher to leave us a review and to comment, and we’ll be eternally grateful. If you haven’t already, check out even more episodes and great content over at Safeopedia.com and SafetyonTap.com. Until next time, I think you take positive, effective, and rewarding action to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way. See you!
Mar 23, 2017
Since the beginning of the year I've been reflecting on the podcast, and where it's headed.  In all my New Years energy I attempted to plot out a 3 month plan for the podcast, so I've got both the ideas, the guests lined up, and that many podcasts recorded ahead of time, so I don't have a pressure filled Wednesday and Thursday getting the podcast out on time, which was becoming the weekly norm, and so I felt like that would be serving you better. That just wasn't working, so instead of the trying to fix the situation with more rational planning and organising, I've thrown planning almost out of the window.  I enjoy each episode because I learn so much, and each episode reveals new things to me.  Planning ahead took much of the adventure out of the podcast, because the plan dictated what interview I gave you each week instead of seeing what emerged.  So I'm doing the latter, planning less to maintain my sense of awe and surprise.  I didn't know this at the time, but recently learned that this has a name - what Nassim Taleb has coined being a rational flaneur, being the French word for a person ambling or strolling, who makes decisions at every step based on observations and new information - not the prisoner of a plan.  So out of more chaos hopefully greater insights will emerge, though I may drop a week here or there…and by all means please keep sending me suggestions for future episodes, I'll just be ruminating on them a bit more than I did last year. It is in that spirit that I invited Tim Austin to have a chat.  Tim leads the WHS function at AACo, one of Australia's largest vertically integrated agriculture businesses.  I recently read an elegant and thought provoking article Tim wrote on the Safety Differently blog about psychological safety, which he is in a good position to do since he has a background in psychology and is currently studying for his honours in psychology, while working full time which is no mean feat.  Tim's article focussed on psychological safety in organisations, drawing on the research to explore what it is, and how we might both understand, and influence it.  It got me thinking - what's the psychological safety like within our profession?  Are we at risk of disengaging, hiding, causing mental anguish, failing to learn, if there isn't a high level of psychological safety? So Tim enthusiastically agreed to open that can of worms with me.   Here's the link to Tim's original article on psychological safety And a TEDx talk by none other than Amy Edmonson.   [activecampaign form=5]
Mar 16, 2017
Today I'm joined by Charles Jennings from the 702010 Institute.  As Charles tells us, he is passionate about performance, through learning.  I've been a fan-boy of the 702010 model for quite some time, and it has really made a profound impact on the way that I boost my performance, and they way I am able to help others - in particular, you the valued listener.  In fact, 702010 is a cornerstone design input to Safety on Tap Connected - which is our way of supporting you not just to grow, but to accelerate your growth. I'll tell you more about that after the chat with Charles, along with my special offer to you.   Before we begin - what does 702010 actually mean? It represents the research that suggests we learn most of what we learn in real life - 70% through experience, 20% through social exposure, and only a measly 10% of what we learn comes from education.  We'll dig deeper on that in the discussion, so let's go!   Here's the links Charles mentioned, you should check these out! Charles is speaking at this event in Sydney, 21st March 2017, 7.30am to 9.30am. Charles 702010 Presentation (including the research findings) The 702010 Institute has a wealth of information to help you explore the model more [activecampaign form=5]
Mar 9, 2017
Today I'm joined by John Green, who I call the zero harm killer in this chat.  If that doesn't make sense, google him and you'll see what I'm talking about, or just settle into this interview and you'll find out more.  I've got my take-aways at the end and a special bonus to better help you. Do you want to get our BONUS DOWNLOAD for this and future episodes - Andrew's personal notes PLUS a reflective journalling template specific to each episode? Click here to get access! [activecampaign form=5]
Mar 2, 2017
  Have you joined the waiting list for Safety on Tap Connected yet? Safety on Tap Connected is the next big thing were doing to support leaders who don't just want to grow, but who want to accelerate their growth. This premium development hub exists to help you with your biggest challenges that hold you back, and cleverly designed with the right balance of content, coaching and community to help you make meaningful progress in your growth. When you are on the waiting list you will learn more about how being a member of Safety on Tap Connected will help you, and you'll get the first opportunity to snap up some serious savings compared to the full retail price for membership when it's released to the general public. Join the waiting list at safetyontap.com/connected Today I'm joined by Wade Needham, a seriously insightful yet humble health and safety professional, who has been a close contributor to my own professional and personal growth - I just had to share him with you. Stick around at the end for a listener review and my takeaways from this chat with Wade. Wade's daily blog is called Reframe my Safety Brain. Wade mentioned the following resources during the interview: - Matt Church article on Positioning - What got you here won't get you there, by Marshall Goldsmith (book)   [activecampaign form=5]
Feb 22, 2017
  We had a cracking review on iTunes recently, 5 stars no less, from Naomi.  Her subject line was "Hungry, starting? I ate the whole cake!" "The messy concept of risk appetite is just that...an Eton Mess! Well with this episode (ep30), I ate the whole cake and can I have some more sir? Susy was a great guest speaker and it was so good to have her talking about a subject that is climacteric for health and safety and other risks in an organisation. Risk appetite is an area I work closely with so it was so good to have a podcast episode that is so relevant to me! Thanks Andrew & Susy   So you've already heard that Mark Stipic is joining us today.  He overturns a few rocks which I feel we might ignore sometimes in health and safety, and shares some seriously shocking evidence which points at a massive elephant in the room.  Like most things growth-fuelling, you might not be comfortable hearing this, but you'll definitely have plenty to take away.  Here we go! Mark mentioned he'll give away his e-book '5 things you need to know about RTW' with heaps of the examples and sources he mentioned, this is not your run of the mill resource.  Head over to markstipic.com.au/safetyontap for that little gem   And while you are browsing, you should sign up to be the first to find out about safety on tap connected, the worlds first growth accelerator designed just for you.  safetyontap.com/connected is where to do that. Let’s get to know each other! Connect with Safety on Tap on LinkedIn, or me Andrew Barrett.  If Facebook is more your thing, check out @safetyontap If you want to get in touch with me, send me an email…I actually reply personally! andrew@safetyontap.com [activecampaign form=5]
Feb 16, 2017
Check it out below! Just because it keep's me on my toes, and breaks the pattern in our communication (thanks Jen Jackson from Episode 22 for that insight), I've flipped this episode around and upside down.  Let me know what you think.   First, I want to tempt you with our upcoming guests.   Our schedule is looking pretty impressive, so much so that I'm actually concerned that it might almost be too much growth fuelling goodness! We've got John Green, the European HSEQ Director from Laing O'Rourke coming on the show.  John is probably best known for his public stand, and that of LoR's, against the idea of zero harm.  We've got a special guest, whose identity I'll keep a secret just for now, who will be enlightening us about how we really learn - which will help us as growth-hungry professionals, and will also help us in our day-to-day work.  And I'm seriously excited about getting some safety on tap listeners on the line, to share with you their growth journey - I know their stories will give you plenty to identify with. I hope today's episode title causes some controversy.  I seriously hope that it's not just because I've used a naughty word.  Today's episode is short and sweet, the audio comes from one of Safety on Tap TV's recent video's.  I hope it's controversial because it is raw, and it is personal.  I hope it's controversial because I am making you feel uncomfortable - I want you to really take in what I say today, and have a good hard look at yourself.  My mission is to help support your growth.  That means you shouldn't always like what I have to say, but need to know that it is absolutely focussed on helping you.   If you are a passive consumer of information, and just enjoy the podcast for entertainment value, that makes me happy.  But if you are seriously invested in your own growth, you'll feel pushed, compelled into discomfort and to take action based on the things we discuss today.   Here we go: Brent died last week.  Brent was a part of my families life, and he's left his family way earlier than a young man should.  The details don't matter, and the core message of this video never anticipated Brent.  In fact I wasn't actually going to do this video, but his death spurred me on, because it does speak to today's take away message, and I think Brent would approve.   The phrase piss or get off the pot is quite crude, and may not be used in all parts of the world.  It's about being on the toilet - do something or get off, that's the point of the toilet.  In fact, you can Imagine that it is a saying considerate of others, as in make way for someone who does want to piss.   Does it ever feel in your work like you are just sitting, and not much pissing? I know I've been there, trying not to reflect too much because it's seriously uncomfortable when you realise you aren't making a difference, you aren't actually doing much at all despite feeling like you are just by sitting.  Sitting is not the same as pissing.   How much of our work in trying to support better health and safety is just sitting, no pissing? We get caught up in all the fluff and trash that fills our work day in the name of systems, compliance, corporate requirements….but how much of an impact are we really having on health and safety outcomes based on seriously important risks, in the lives of real people with real names and families? I know plenty of people who are just sitting because it's safe, and they keep telling themselves sitting is the same as pissing.  It's not.   So if you are serious about making a difference in the world, in the lives of people, take a good look at yourself and ask how much of your working day is spent sitting versus pissing. Because a life lived fully, but cut short, like Brent's, will be much more impactful than a life long lived but wasted by ineffectiveness.   So today I want you to think about those things in your work day that are ineffective, that are just sitting…..and replace them with something proactive, positive and effective.  Time on the pot, well spent.   If you are a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way, you'll want to sign up for Safety on Tap Connected, the growth hub we are launching to accelerate your growth and in turn the impact you are making on the world. safetyontap.com  
Feb 9, 2017
  Today my guest Rob Sams and I cover a lot of ground, and at the same time only scratch the surface - why safety isn't that appealing anymore, the idea health and safety can a seriously religious concept in practice, the idea of paradox and how we might make sense of it all!   This, is the safety on tap podcast.   I'm your host Andrew Barrett, and since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way.  Welcome to you, you're in the right place.  If this is your first time listening in, thanks for joining us and well done for trying something different to improve!   Today's interview will probably be a seriously challenging for you, which I hope creates the curiosity for you to listen.  If you were safe in your comfort zone, you wouldn’t be spending your time investing in yourself by listening - I know that's not you, which is why I appreciate you so much. Check out Rob's book Social Sensemaking, A reflective journal: How we make sense of risk, and buy a copy here.  Take my word for it, you need to buy a copy. If you want to warm up with Karl Weick's 7 Aspects of Sensemaking, I found this article really helpful. We also mentioned the Social Psychology of Risk discipline, which we breezed over but deserves a greater plug - learn more here.

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Feb 2, 2017
  How hungry are you for risk? Is your organisation starving of risk? Starvation doesn’t sound pleasant….so check out today's interview with Susy Daw, when we weave our way through the messy concept of risk appetite. If you are listening to this soon after release, very early February 2017, you're in luck - I've just sent out invitations for Safety on Tap's first meet-up, which I'm calling the Village Gathering! It's in Melbourne Australia, on the morning of the 16th of February.  I'd love to meet you in person, and it would be even better if you bring along some friends of colleagues who are also leaders wanting to grow themselves.  Click here to RSVP. Today my guest is Susy Daw.  Susy has been involved in corporate risk management for decades, having slowly migrated to that specialisation after her early career as a nurse evolved into infection control management, then health care accreditation, which evolved into her current focus on risk.  You'll hear in our chat a bit more about Susy, suffice it to say the reason why I got her on to speak with us is that she has been exposed to hundreds of different company directors, in discussion around risk.  So she has a pretty wide ranging perspective, she's definitely not a theoretician, as she educates about risk through the AICD, she consults about risk through her company MQM Business Consultants, and she sits on a number of Boards herself. Let’s get to know each other! Connect with Safety on Tap on LinkedIn, or me Andrew Barrett.  If Facebook is more your thing, check out @safetyontap If you want to get in touch with me, send me an email…I actually reply personally! andrew@safetyontap.com   [activecampaign form=5]
Jan 25, 2017
  Listen in as we continue our exploration of the 8 Beliefs of relationship centred safety leadership.   This, is the Safety on Tap podcast.   I'm your host Andrew Barrett, and since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way.  Welcome to you, you're in the right place.  If this is your first time listening in, thanks for joining us and well done for trying something different to improve!   Since last episode, we've achieved another pretty great milestone here at Safety on Tap, by launching Safety on Tap TV! We've heard your feedback, that long-form audio doesn’t suit everyone who is thirsty for growth fuelling ideas, perspectives and stories, so enter Safety on Tap TV! This channel is in addition to the podcast which I will continue to deliver to your ears weekly, the TV channel is again an experiment in engagement - it's short form, it will be a mix of me to camera, other visual content better shown than described, and might even include live interviews.  But I need your input - and it will be really easy for you to get what you thirst for.  You just need to tell me about the #1 challenge you face at the moment - that's it! And I'll take all that feedback and that will inform what we cover on Safety on Tap TV.  The best way to let me know the answer to that one simple question, is to send me an old fashioned email - andrew@safetyontap.com, the reason why it's old fashioned is because it's 1:1 and I actually respond, not a robot or some random person in another country.  So let me know what your #1 biggest challenge at the moment is, and we'll create thirst-quenching growth-fuelling content together.  andrew@safetyontap.com   Last week on Episode 28 we began exploring the 8 Beliefs of relationship centred safety leadership as proposed by our guest Rosa Antonia Carrillo.  I wanted to make sure this wasn’t just a bullet point skim through, so it turned out that we needed two episodes to cover it all in more detail, which in my mind is still not enough.  If you haven't already, I suggest you go back and listen to Episode 28 before this one, just so this makes sense in a logical order.  Or do it backwards, or even listen to it in reverse, like some people did listening to Beatles records, and you might find some eerie prediction of death or other interesting things to come that none of us have yet discovered.  I'll leave that to you. This episode we cover off the remaining four beliefs:

People will speak up to stop an unsafe situation if it is in their interest.

Relationships influence emotions, feelings and beliefs. These, in turn, influence the decisions that impact safety decisions.

Our judgments prevent us from seeing the complete truth.

Drift from procedure is normal and a positive human adaptive behavior.

Don't forget to tell me your #1 challenge right now, which will help me create Safety on TV content for you! Email me andrew@safetyontap.com Let’s get to know each other! Connect with Safety on Tap on LinkedIn, or me Andrew Barrett.  If Facebook is more your thing, check out @safetyontap If you want to get in touch with me, send me an email…I actually reply personally! andrew@safetyontap.com [activecampaign form=5]
Jan 19, 2017
  We start 2017 with a two-part interview with Rosa Antonia Carrillo, from Carrillo and Associates in California.  Rosa has spent decades looking at more effective health and safety approaches in business, and this has percolated into what we discuss in this interview - the 8 Beliefs of Relationship Centered Safety.  Rosa had so much value to share that I've split this interview up into two parts, 4 beliefs this week, 4 next week, just so you have time to digest it all. The beliefs we covered in this episode are:

Inclusion precedes accountability

Communication can only take place inside relationships and trust

Innovation, resilience, inclusion and accountability are interdependent

People are able and willing to contribute to the success of the enterprise

Check out Part 2 of this interview here.   I mentioned during this episode that I've adopted a single word, a kind of motto for this year.  Check out the debut of Safety on Tap TV to watch me explain my word in more detail, and check out my friend and previous guest Tim Allred's article about his word for 2017.   Let’s get to know each other! Connect with Safety on Tap on LinkedIn, or me Andrew Barrett.  If Facebook is more your thing, check out @safetyontap If you want to get in touch with me, send me an email…I actually reply personally! andrew@safetyontap.com   [activecampaign form=5]
Dec 22, 2016
A reflection on the year that was, plenty of exciting new things planned to better serve you, and a BIG FAT THANK YOU for listening! 2016 in review, and the outlook for 2017. Let’s get to know each other! Connect with Safety on Tap on LinkedIn, or me Andrew Barrett.  If Facebook is more your thing, check out @safetyontap If you want to get in touch with me, send me an email! andrew@safetyontap.com   [activecampaign form=5]
Dec 15, 2016
  There's few people more qualified to talk about the written word and it's role in health and safety, and that's my guest today Kevin Jones from safetyatworkblog.com.  On the other hand, I brought along a pretty biased view of the written word, which becomes pretty obvious when I turn a debate into a courtroom prosecution of the written word.   It's an interesting listen, and should get us all thinking about that well-worn communication tool, which so often is not the right tool for the job.   So that's two metaphors (a courtroom trial, and tools) in the space of two paragraphs.  I think I'll stop typing now!   One last thing, I mentioned during the introduction a bit of background on 'Robens-style legislation, as context for Kevin's comments, which will help our overseas listeners understand what he is talking about.  If you want to learn more, I found this paper quite helpful http://regnet.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/publications/attachments/2015-05/WorkingPaper_10_0.pdf   Let’s get to know each other! Connect with Safety on Tap on LinkedIn, or me Andrew Barrett.  If Facebook is more your thing, check out @safetyontap If you want to get in touch with me, send me an email…I actually reply personally! andrew@safetyontap.com Here's Kevin and I with our barrister's wigs on (it was his idea!) baz-wig  kevin-wig   [activecampaign form=5]
Dec 7, 2016
 

I know you already get paid.

The question is whether you'd still convince someone to pay for you, your team, your services, if it was entirely their choice. It takes the conversation from "you have to have us", to "do you want us?".  It's a very different, and probably uncomfortable question to ask. In this episode Jenny Krasny shares how her business decided their function had made such an impact they wanted to sell their services to the rest of the market.  Now that's an endorsement if I've ever heard one. Jenny tells us in this episode what it's like as quite a unique profit centre, unlike any other consultancy I've every seen.  Just because the model is different doesn't mean there isn't plenty to learn. If you are feeling uncomfortable after listening, I've hit the mark, and you know you are on the path to improvement. Make sure you put your learning into action.   Let’s get to know each other! Connect with Safety on Tap on LinkedIn, or me Andrew Barrett.  If Facebook is more your thing, check out @safetyontap If you want to get in touch with me, send me an email! andrew@safetyontap.com   [activecampaign form=5]
Nov 29, 2016
  Click here to complete the 2016 Listener Survey - only takes 5 mins! In today's episode, we explore this new innovation in inductions and other training - based on research, and proven to be associated with increased knowledge retention and reduction in injury and property damage incidents. I haven't created the usual time-stamps (the audio equivalent of the table of contents) for this episode, as a bit of an experiment to see whether these are useful for listeners.  So, if you miss them, drop a comment below to tell me, and I'll keep doing them.  If not, I'll eliminate some waste from the podcast production process which means I have more time to create content for our new Safety on Tap video stream....stay tuned for that one.

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Nov 17, 2016
  Groundhog Day, the 1993 movie starring Bill Murray.  That's what we're talking about today.  Well not really - though there is a pretty clear link between today's discussion with Tim Allred on the habit of reflection, and that feeling of 'groundhog day'.  It will all make sense at the end, I promise!   Listen in as we cover: 1:08 Cocktails and reflection 2:02 Quick recap on Tim's last interview 5:36 The words at the end of each podcast are deliberate 7:43 Poking YSPspeak attendees to start reflecting 10:15 Succeeding in a VUCA environment 11:21 Tim's recent learning reflections on fixed vs growth mindset 15:51 Safety people traditionally lean towards fixed mindset 20:14 Growth mindset: More effort, more reward 24:02 Reflection isn't just for you, build it into the safety system 26:29 Reflection should be proportionate to the context 29:51 The roots of performance reviews (and why they mostly don't work) 32:06 Tim's 3 key points   Tim mentioned two books which are worth checking out: - The light and fast organisation, Patrick Hollingworth - Mindset: The new psychology of success, Carol Dweck   We also mentioned the Reflective Journalling Template.  It's a good place to start.  Get your copy here.   Let’s get to know each other! Connect with Safety on Tap on LinkedIn, or me Andrew Barrett.  If Facebook is more your thing, check out @safetyontap If you want to get in touch with me, send me an email! andrew@safetyontap.com  
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