Health and Safety Conversations

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. 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Which of these is in your opinion the most successful way to promote mental health and well-being in the workplace? Work life balance encouragedFlexible work arrangements Realistic work targets EAP Poll is up on Linkedin. Have your say. Feel free to leave your comments. 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Should workplace safety be a core component of corporate social responsibility? The poll is up on LinkedIn, have your say and be heard. Leave a comment if you want to explain further. 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.