3:05 Gordon's crazy idea
7:12 Raging against likelihood & 'acceptable risk'
9:04 Risk Fail #1: Fukishima
8:58 Vulnerability vs risk
18:11 Risk Fail #2: Benign risk leads to massacre
19:22 Learning from benign risk but highly vulnerable
21:09 6 people dead, but the risk assessment was right?
27:35 How does vulnerability work in more familiar contexts?
28:53 Road safety already uses vulnerability
Once you’ve listened to PART 1, head over and listen to PART 2 of this interview, when Gordon unpacks some his idea with some practical examples. 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.com2:18 Ever wonder how you'll lead right to the tumultuous end?
4:44 At the very end, what will people say to you?
10:13 At the very end, will your people be moved to get not one, but two portraits painted of you?
11:35 At the beginning, what did the end of leadership look like to you?
15:34 Leadership and WHS: Get the basics in place first, but it comes down to asking questions
20:38 To the people: "You know your business better than we do as leaders"
22:08 Stem the bleeding first
24:21 The human side of better health and safety
25:43 It all boils down to engaging people as experts in their own work
29:41 You manage processes, you lead people
30:29 Tough advice for people working under leaders who aren't interested
33:18 Don't just be busy….be fearless - you may be surprised at the response you get
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.com2:09 Why on earth would Dad do a podcast interview with me
3:45 The mechanics of mergers in NSW local government
5:56 First serious failure in communication (clean out your desk)
6:59 Preparing for merger, when you legally aren't allowed to
10:50 Leading people through uncertainty
14:59 Government as 'supply-chain' leader (or not?)
19:56 Planning which missed the vital ingredient
20:18 "One of the worst pieces of implementation of public policy in 39 years" and the reply which will shock you
26:30 Stand up and say it, there will be plenty of others who are thinking it
28:58 Recruitment fail - not providing feedback to all candidates
Once you've listened to PART 1, head over and listen to PART 2 of this interview, when Dad really sinks his teeth into what good safety looks like to him. 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.comMake your life easier - Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher!
I feel that in my attempts to improve my own effectiveness, which hopefully translates into better health and safety outcomes, I have spent way more time trying to understand what's going on outside people (the workplace, the environment, the design of work), than on the inside of people, and our brains in particular.
I'm not sure that makes sense, given how complex, and how powerful, our brains are.
Today's guest Amanda Wang Valentine shares her quest to better understand what's happening in our brains, with a focus on attention. Listen here to see how she is pushing the edges of current health and safety practice.
In today's episode we cover:
1:52 Living in Hollywood, attitudes to water & legalised marijuana
4:40 The land of the free, including everyone's right to an opinion
7:10 Amanda's journey to where she is now (it includes our Prime Minister)
11:44 The link between Intel, Netflix and Morgan Freeman
15:56 Shifting focus from physical hazards to our brains
17:41 Optimising cognitive skills
20:21 The birth of enHone's idea
23:52 Tough Q1: Where's the evidence?
28:32 Tough Q2: Will the safety 'buyers' be too risk averse (fearful) to try this?
34:33 My confession about a recent failure
37:15 The existential challenge: It's not all about safety
38:08 Tough Q3: What are the ethical/legal/industrial challenges to improving attention?
44:02 The first easy question: Amanda's suggestions for additional reading
On those few books we discussed, here's the links if you want to check them out:
The brain that changes itself, by Norman Doidge
I’d love you to subscribe, rate and review the podcast on iTunes, this helps spread the good word, so help me help you help a friend! 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.com1:33 Kobi's view on WHS
4:25 Open cheque book leads to financial haemorrhaging into 'safety'
5:47 Kobi and I on how effective video and audio are
6:57 Master & apprentice vs more paperwork
7:59 NOT Auditors - Best Practice Assessor
8:51 Ban document control non-conformances
10:08 The System, must recognise failure in the form of practice
10:47 The bad reputation of the certification industry vs a best practice mindset
16:27 Learning by using FOMO
16:37 Using certification for good or evil in procurement
20:01 The death of the certification industry?
24:02 Show me your dashboard
27:03 Kobi's view of the future of workplace health and safety
31:41 Kobi's top tips for improving WHS
I'd love you to subscribe, rate and review the podcast on iTunes, this helps spread the good word, so help me help you help a friend!
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"Where shall I begin, your Majesty?" he asked. "Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go-on until the end: then stop".Thanks Lewis Carroll, the King, and the White Rabbit who asked such a great question in the first place! Since this is episode ZERO (not that kind of zero...) of the Safety on Tap podcast, I thought it gentlemanly that I tell you a little about my WHY....and a little bit more about me. Towards the end I also share two short-but-great interviews, which I recorded at the 2016 South Australian Health and Safety Conference, with thanks from conference organisers Informa. Marie Boland, Executive Director of SafeWork SA shares with us how she is disrupting her organisation from the inside, and David Clarke, CEO of the Safety Institute of Australia, makes the case for professional certification and the momentum of the health and safety profession in Australia. Not to be missed! Let's get to know each other! Connect with Safety on Tap on LinkedIn, or me Andrew Barrett, and check out the website for much more www.safetyontap.com If you want to get in touch with me, send me an email! andrew@safetyontap.com