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Safety on Tap

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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Feb 17, 2022

Gandhi did it with walking and without food.  Michael Pollan did it with food and a book.  Al Gore did it with a film.  Dave Grohl did it with Youtube in 2020, and Dave Provan did it with words in 2018.  Each of them, in defence of something important.  And so must you. 

 

The word defence usually conjures up three different things for people.  Either, synonyms to do with the armed forces, war, and conflict, OR, playing defence in a sporting sense where there is an attacking side (again, very military-Esque), OR, being or feeling or acting defensively in the face of a personal attack.  Like a conflict. 

 

Do any of those resonate with you as a part of your professional practice? Unfortunately, probably. 

 

But that's not what I'm talking about today. 

 

Today, I want you to begin to think about yourself as a defender.  But not any old defender, not like the images we talked about a moment ago.  No, You must be in defence, you must be a defender, like these people. 

 

Feb 14, 2022

There is an enormous amount of talk about new safety approaches, in theory, compared to implementation in practice.  But implementation does exist, it does show promise, and it can be done at scale. 

My guests today are First Officer Bogomir Glavan and First Officer Nicholas Peterson from American Airlines Learning and Improvement Team. 

This team is hyper-generous, part of their DNA is to write papers, do presentations, and speak at conferences to share their work, in the hope that it does two things: first that it helps other people, and second that it helps them improve what they are doing through that collaborative process of learning, getting feedback, and reflecting.

This conversation was pretty wide-ranging, we talk about the historical beginnings of this Safety II-informed approach to learning and improvement, and how it both differs from and compliments conventional approaches to safety. 

The bottom line is this: these people are doing some of the most advanced operational learning and Safety-II in practice in the world.  And just because you don't work for an airline, doesn’t mean you can't either. 

I'll talk you through the best way to take these amazing insights into action after the conversation, so stick around for that. 

Jan 27, 2022

All forward-thinking leaders are interested in strategy.  But what, exactly, is the purpose of strategy?

This is the first podcast out for 2022 so for new-release listeners, happy new year!

This year I'm getting far more focussed and intentional to bring you insights from the coaching work I do with health and safety professionals, and I'll tell you why that’s like gold: it's bloody lonely doing our work.  It doesn’t matter whether you are the frontline safety supervisor or the head of safety, I have been gobsmacked to see this theme emerge from our work - we feel alone, often unsupported like we don't have others on our side, and certainly, we rarely have people to talk with who understand.. 

Dec 15, 2021

Let's talk about Linkedin, humanity, and being salesy. 

I am connected with tens of thousands of people, in some direct way.  Whether that's someone who was seen me speak, been in a workshop, listened to my podcast, or connected on social media. 

 

All of those are one-degree of separation, there is a direct link between me and them, between me and you. 

Nov 12, 2021

Jerry Muller wrote a phenomenal book called the Tyranny of Metrics, which he opens by saying "the title is not meant to convey the message that metrics are intrinsically tyrannical, but rather that they are frequently used in ways that are dysfunctional and oppressive".  And that, by friends, is a fitting way to begin this awesome dialogue about safety indicators and metrics.  Let's begin.

Nov 2, 2021

"Help me get people engaged".  "No one is engaged with health and safety".  "Engagement around here is pretty low".  Requests like this and their variations are some of the most common things people come to me for help with.  Health and safety have an engagement problem, but it's not limited to that. Gallup says only 36% of workers in the US are engaged at work.  And no one agrees on how we define engagement in any case.  What do we do?

Oct 7, 2021

Kym Bancroft is an organisational psychologist turned health and safety executive, who was the head of Health and Safety at Urban Utilities.  Urban Utilities is a water and sewage utility supplying 1.4 million people with clean water and flushing toilets in South-East Queensland in Australia.  With thousands of employees and contractors, a high risk work environment and network to build, operate and maintain, Kym led the health and safety transformation at Urban Utilities between 2017 and 2021. 

Sep 30, 2021

This is my live keynote speech delivered at the Safeguard 2019 Conference.  The theme of the conference was Dare to Disrupt.  That was an idea which I respectfully disagreed with and explained why in the opening keynote when I encouraged the audience, and you, to go disrupt yourself. 

Sep 22, 2021

I don't think this interview needs much introduction, except to say one thing: if you are inclined to turn off because the words innovation or entrepreneurialism seem too fluffy or not relevant to you, stick with this: you'll be surprised like I was. 

Here's today's guest, Liz Jackson:

 

Sep 10, 2021

I, like you, have been spending a lot of time in the same workplace for a while now, my home office.  And yet despite the amount of time I spend here, it was only recently that something struck me when I saw things that had been there the whole time but hadn't recognised for what they are.  My space, and probably yours, are filled with theatre props - the things which bring our professional performance to life. 

Sep 6, 2021

Rory Gallagher is the Asia Pacific Director of the Behavioural Insights Team, and a founding member of it's parent organisation within the British Government.  This work as always fascinated me, ever since I read the book Nudge, based on Nobel Prize winning work by Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler. 

Have you ever thought, 'well that person's response or behaviour or inion surprised me, because it didn't seem logical or rational?'.  That curiosity is at the heart of this idea that heaps of government policy, regulation and regulatory activity, system design and economic theory is based on flawed assumptions about humans and behaviour.  Sound familiar, health and safety?

This is a juicy episode, I hope you squeeze lots from it, here's Rory Gallagher:

Aug 25, 2021

It's hard to focus on things that we can't see, that aren't visible to us.  It doesn't mean they aren't there, it's just that they aren't visible to us. 

Having empathy for others, and appreciating that they have a perspective and experience which is 100% valid for them, can be a difficult thing to comprehend, let alone practice. 

Aug 18, 2021

What's the risk when we use an ISO standard approach to health and safety? That we miss the point entirely.  Decades of experience have revealed what happens when standards compliance and its activities become the goal, instead of the goals of actual health and actual safety the ISO standard was meant to enable.  Oh, and by the way, we're going to blow the idea of new views of safety out of the water too. 

Today's partner in conversation Jeremy Scrivens sort of defies description, and definitely defies categorisation.  Jeremy helps leaders and organisations enable the future of work - which he labels being an Appreciative Futurist.  In the way I'm described as a reformed health and safety professional, Jeremy might be a reformed HR professional.  But soooo much more. 

Aug 4, 2021

"Tried it before, and it didn't work"


These are the words that we have all said to dismiss something out of hand, to reject a very broad or general idea or approach or suggestion .


We can choose our words better, which means everyone learns more and is more informed about our experience.

Jul 8, 2021

Brenton Harrison shared some thoughts publicly about the extremes of new views and traditional views of safety. Here's Brenton sharing his thoughts with you.

Jun 29, 2021

Does philosophy really have a place in work health and safety? Here’s what I discovered.  

My earlier rejection of philosophy taught me how important philosophy actually is a conscious way of living and a competent approach to professional practice.  

I might be wrong, but one thing philosophy does teach us, is that it’s worth getting curious about.  I certainly have become a better professional because of it.

Jun 9, 2021

My guest today is the ever-humble Jo Doyle. 

Jo comes highly recommended to me, she has been on my potential guest list for years now.  With many years experience in strategic organisational change and executive coaching, Covid created the impetus for Jo to gravitate back to her sweet spot and passion of being in Service of Well-being. She creates space for others to self-reflect, grow in awareness, and tap into their innate capability for healing towards freedom.

Apr 20, 2021

Am I a cook or a chef? It turns out that has nothing to do with what I wear, or whether I have a certificate, it comes down to one simple thing.  And no, it's not a bad temper. 

Mar 31, 2021

Human performance is not just focussed on humans. It is about how we try to improve ourselves at work. It's not just about health and safety.

My guest today Diane Chadwick-Jones is the former Director, Human Performance for BP. She had an extensive career in BP, working in Belgium, Brazil and Egypt in operations and safety roles. She was instrumental in the refresh of the BP Values.

Mar 22, 2021

Three times this week, I have come across this challenge in health and safety leaders. 

 

Competent, intelligent, motivated health and safety leaders who want to make change. 

 

Who hold back, are held back, from taking the next step, making the next intention a reality, for the same reason. 

 

The words are different, but the cause is the same. 

Mar 19, 2021

Listen in to hear how one of the thickest Scottish accents you'll ever hear is also one of the most effective communicators.  

Steve Harvey is a an operations-focused Health & Safety professional who is a proud pragmatist.  He is a master of work insights and operational learning, obsessed about understanding the gap between work as imagined and work as done, and he has even featured in a documentary called 'Doing Safety Differently'.  And he loves having a laugh!

Here's Steve:

Mar 12, 2021

What does a iPad, a 2B pencil, WISYWIG, and a microphone have in common? And how is that helpful for you as a leader?

This episode is made possible by our mission of enabling better learning that improves performance in your organisation.

Mar 9, 2021

Today I'm chatting with Jason van Schie, organisation psychologist, founder of FlourishDX and co-host of the Psych Health and Safety podcast. 

I'm not pretending that there are any reins to hand over so to speak, but the reason why you've heard so many guests on my podcast speak to this broad topic is simple.  This podcast is for leaders who want to grow themselves, like you, in order to drastically improve health and safety along the way.

Psych health and safety is a professional domain most of us need to develop, obviously recognising that we aren't pretending to be psychologists.  So it ticks the 'need for growth' box we have in our mission.  And, as for drastic improvements in health and safety, is there any doubt in your mind that psych health and safety needs drastic improvement?

I'm glad Jason and the team are here with their podcast.  Here's Jason:

Mar 4, 2021

This is an awesome conversation.  Real stories and experiences from a frontline HSE professional who is still learning with more than a decade's worth of it under his belt.  We covered a lot, I learned a lot! None of this was planned, all Tim and I talked about before recording was just to share his story.  Stick around for the takeaways at the end because this minimally planned and wide ranging conversation percolated some amazingly clear insights for us all. 

Feb 26, 2021

Grenade throwers.

 

You know them.

 

(Real people, with metaphorical grenades)

 

The people in your organisation who have a tendency, even a reputation to disrupt.

 

They throw grenades because they object, challenge or undermine things publicly, in groups.

 

And they throw grenades at a distance from the real issues, often under-informed, not engaged in any meaningful dialogue or constructive improvement.

 

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