
Health and Safety Conversations
Conversations centered on safety with interesting guests from a wide variety of industries. Taking safety topics and applying them to real workplaces with real people. Includes safety in all areas including community safety.
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Apr 24, 2024 • 48sec
Question of the Week 14 Season 4
In order to improve safety culture do workers need additional incentives?
Responses are:
Yes
No
I would rather comment.
That's question of the week.
Thanks for listening. We have some great guests coming up in future pods so get ready to learn. Until next time, enjoy the rest of your week, and stay safe. https://plus.acast.com/s/health-and-safety-conversations.
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Apr 22, 2024 • 51min
Nayab Sultan
We are absoultely blessed to have an amazing and humble Nayab Sultan join us on the Conversation this week. Genuinely one of the biggest honours I have had to speak to someone who has achieved so much to help humanity. Just listen. That''s all I can say. Just listen.
Dr. Nayab Sultan is a certified Health, Safety, Industrial Hygiene, and Environmental Sciences Professional with licenses in Occupational Medicine1. He has over 35 years of global experience across 60 countries and several sectors including construction, engineering, mining, tunnelling, oil and gas, process industries as well as trade unions and governmental and non-governmental organizations.
During his extensive career, he has worked with organizations of all types ranging from global leaders to small family-run businesses2. His clients have included ABB, Saudi Aramco, Shell, BP, British Coal Board, Tata Steel, Imperial College London, Jaguar Landrover, Dubai Dry Docks, Georgia Pacific (Pulp and Paper), Fujitsu, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE1978, Victoria), Capital Regional District, Metro Vancouver, Tuvalu Seafarers Union, and the Ministry of Labour, Government of Uganda.
Dr. Sultan is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham in the Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences department3. He is also an Examiner for the National Examinations Board for Occupational Safety and Health in Leicester, GB3. He serves on the Research and Ethics Committee at the Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada.
He has also been a Visiting Professor at the University of Malawi’s School of Applied Sciences, Department of Environmental Health3. He has been a Course Reviewer and Instructor, and a Course Developer at the Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences.
Dr. Sultan holds a PhD in Occupational Health, Safety, and the Environment from the University of Birmingham3. He also has a Master of Research (MRes) from the University of Hull, and an M.Sc. in Occupational Health, Safety, and the Environment from the University of Birmingham3. He completed his M.Phil by Research at the University of the West Indies.
He is an international expert in work-related ill-health and occupational diseases, and a subject matter expert in Silica Dust Management, Silicosis, and Silica-Induced Diseases.
Dr. Sultan is a member of several professional organizations including the South African Society of Occupational Medicine (SASOM), the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering, the International Commission on Occupational Health, and the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nayabsultan/
Website: http://www.global-hse.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@drnayabsultan
Thanks for listening. We have some great guests coming up in future pods so get ready to learn. Until next time, enjoy the rest of your week, and stay safe. https://plus.acast.com/s/health-and-safety-conversations.
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Apr 17, 2024 • 49sec
Question of the Week 13 Season 4
Have you participated in emergency drills in the last 12 months?
Responses are:
Yes
No
I would rather comment.
That's question of the week.
Thanks for listening. We have some great guests coming up in future pods so get ready to learn. Until next time, enjoy the rest of your week, and stay safe. https://plus.acast.com/s/health-and-safety-conversations.
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Apr 15, 2024 • 44min
Sally Prosser
The absoulutely marvellous Sally Prosser joins the Conversation this week and gives insights as to how important communcation and public speaking can be in influencing safety at the workplace. I know you will love this episode as much as I did.
Sally Prosser is a professional voice coach. She offers a range of services including public speaking courses, private voice coaching, online courses, broadcast voice coaching, media training, and corporate communication workshops.
She has supported over 5,000 clients in becoming confident public speakers/ In addition to her work as a voice coach, she is also a former reporter and company spokesperson of high repute.
Sally Prosser has a significant presence on social media platforms, including a community of over 300,000 on TikTok. She also hosts "That Voice Podcast".
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sally-prosser/
Website: http://www.sallyprosser.com.au/
Thanks for listening. We have some great guests coming up in future pods so get ready to learn. Until next time, enjoy the rest of your week, and stay safe. https://plus.acast.com/s/health-and-safety-conversations.
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Apr 10, 2024 • 52sec
Question of the Week 12 Season 4
Has your organisation learned and changed anything since the COVID epidemic?
Responses are:
Yes
No
I would rather comment.
That's question of the week.
Thanks for listening. We have some great guests coming up in future pods so get ready to learn. Until next time, enjoy the rest of your week, and stay safe. https://plus.acast.com/s/health-and-safety-conversations.
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Apr 8, 2024 • 37min
Robert Allan
This week on the Conversation we are joined by the amazing Robert Allan Thanks for listening. We have some great guests coming up in future pods so get ready to learn. Until next time, enjoy the rest of your week, and stay safe. https://plus.acast.com/s/health-and-safety-conversations.
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Apr 3, 2024 • 52sec
Question of the week 11 Season 4
Does manual handling training result in sustained long-term reduction in muscular skeletal injuries?
Responses are:
Yes
No
I would rather comment.
That's question of the week.
Thanks for listening. We have some great guests coming up in future pods so get ready to learn. Until next time, enjoy the rest of your week, and stay safe. https://plus.acast.com/s/health-and-safety-conversations.
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28 snips
Apr 1, 2024 • 1h 2min
Zoe Nation
The marvellous Zoe Nation discusses navigating human errors, willful disobedience in safety, transparency in the workplace, relationship-centered leadership, embedding skill sets, and the complexity of definitions in the industry

Mar 27, 2024 • 47sec
Question of the week 10 Season 4
Why is the safety industry struggling to fill positions?
No poll this week but leave a comment on the post on LinkedIn please.
Thanks for listening. We have some great guests coming up in future pods so get ready to learn. Until next time, enjoy the rest of your week, and stay safe. https://plus.acast.com/s/health-and-safety-conversations.
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Mar 25, 2024 • 30min
Bede Cammock - Elliott
This week on the conversation we are joined by the mecurial Bede Cammock - Elliott.
Bede Cammock-Elliott Bede is Founder of both Seeo.ai and seedigital Limited.
Founded in 2003, seedigital is a World Leading interactive remote video monitoring company. Through the integration of intrusion detection, CCTV cameras, audio & access control technologies,
seedigital protects $5.5Billion worth of assets for many iconic brands & organisations throughout New Zealand.
Seeo is the Latin word ‘to know’. seeo ingests CCTV video and using a suite of AI technologies, delivers video artefacts & data which point to the efficacy of critical risk controls (ie work as done v
imagined). seeo is a transformational solution that leads to profound work design insights & substantial behaviour change in organisations.
Bede is a published author in the UK & Brazil. Prior to founding seedigital, he worked in the domain of technology led culture change both in Europe & the Asia Pacific region. He is a qualified assessor
for the European Business Quality Model (Known as EFQM) & Chairman of the LSV Patrons Trust. He is a leading thinker on solving security related business problems, and the ethical application of AI to
increase H&S outcomes for all stakeholders.
Thanks for listening. We have some great guests coming up in future pods so get ready to learn. Until next time, enjoy the rest of your week, and stay safe. https://plus.acast.com/s/health-and-safety-conversations.
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