Health and Safety Conversations – Details, episodes & analysis

It's done. Season 4 is completed. A wrap up with the lovely Karina Bourne covering all 4 Seasons of our 1st venture into podcasting.

A huge thank you to all of the wonderful guests who gave up their time, their experiences, their stories and their wisdom to help you the listeners.

The safety community is somewhat uniquie in most love to share their stories and this made the pod both interesting and easy to create.

A big thanks to you, all of you who have downloaded and listened, gave support, suggestions and feedback to us. Your help was never taken for granted and will not be forgotten.

Finally a huge thank you to Karina who supported and encouraged this endeavour (and all of my strange ideas). Without her none of what has been aired would have. She is my rock and my muse.

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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This week on the last guest episode of Season 4 of the conversation, we are joined by the amazing Brett Read. A good way to finish on a high with an awesome guest.

Brett is the Managing Director of Safety Leaders Group and Principal Consultant of 4D Safety and Performance. He holds a Bachelor of Business (Management) from ECU, Western Australia as well as a Graduate Diploma (Survival and Rescue Management) and a Graduate Certificate in Systems Management. Prior to consulting Brett had 15 years’ experience in management in the corporate sector and defence working for two multinational corporations in Operations and Business Management and in the Australian Army where he served in command roles in the SAS Regiment and attained the rank of Major.

Brett has more than twenty-five years consulting experience and has worked with a broad range of clients in more than twenty countries to create safer working environments and to assist leaders in creating sustainable safety performance. He has worked with Dr Keith Owen from University of Texas researching the leadership practices that create high performance teams and designed and delivered the team and leadership components of the UWA Advanced Management Program (Executive MBA). Brett’s specialties include HSEQ Leadership & Management, Organisational Transformation & Change Management with a focus on safety leadership & culture, risk management and sustainable performance in high-risk industry, especially oil & gas and mining.

He has considerable experience of consultation, facilitation, and training in: Executive Leadership Development; HSEQ Culture Transformation; Team and Organizational Transformation; Leadership, Management, Supervisory and Team Development; Risk Management and Process Safety Management; Strategic Business Planning and Visioning; One on One Coaching; and Personality Profiling.

Brett is the creator of 4-Dimensional Performance and Safety which embraces a sociotechnical approach to change the perception of safety from being an absence of accidents to instead be about the creation of capacity for things to go well. Brett is the co-author of the Amazon #1 Best Selling book, Safety Performance Reimagined - A 4D Approach to Organizational Performance.

Safety Performance Reimagined Book: (https://www.amazon.com.au/Safety-Perf...

Web: www.safetyleadersgroup.com

Web: www.4d-performance.com  

  https://au.linkedin.com/in/brett-read-591908

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 Does generational differences in the workplace impact on safety? 

Responses are:

Yes

No

I would rather comment.

That's question of the week.

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Andy Holmes has build a long and fruitful career around safety. Learn about what led him into it, some of the challenges he has faced and the rewards of a stella career. Humble to a point, thoughtful and insightful, this is Andy Holmes.

Andrew's career has spanned over 25 years experience in the heavy manufacturing/chemical, mining and construction industries in production, management and HSE roles with HSE management oversight at project, regional and global level.

Andy has pretty much done it all in Health and Safety in terms of working for big industry both locally and internationally. Andy has been been a safety manager for over 20 years.

A great career, Andy has more lived experience than most safety professionals and he was kind enough to share some of his thoughts with us. A true professional and just a nice guy, who genuinely cares for the people he looks after. I hope you enjoy listening to Andy as much as I did talking to him.

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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What is the minimum qualification a Safety Professional should have?

No poll this week as there are too many options if you add overseas qualifications in the mix. Leave your comments on the question that is up on LinkedIn

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This week on the conversation Craig Salter, highly sought after speaker, director of Action OHS Consulting and founder of Safety Champion Software joins us.

Craig speaks of his time in safety and the unusual pathway that led to a career in safety, Safety Champion Software, how COVID affected businesses in Victoria and his time at the Australian Institute of Sport.

Craig is the perpetual nice guy who deserves the success he has achieved.

I hope you enjoy listening to Craig as much as I did.

Craig is a driven entrepreneur who has dedicated his career to making health and safety accessible and easier for people of all backgrounds and expertise levels. His journey began in the high-performance industry, where he quickly gained valuable experience and knowledge.

With a desire to make a greater impact, Craig transitioned to the safety industry, working in-house for various large national companies. During this time, he identified a gap in the market for consulting services that were purpose-driven and tailored to small and medium-sized businesses. In 2011, he founded Action OHS Consulting, which focuses on providing meaningful and relevant advice to these businesses.

Craig's commitment to improving health and safety practices led him to create Safety Champion Software in 2015. This innovative software was designed to meet the unique needs of smaller businesses and make safety compliance more accessible and user-friendly. As of January 2023, Safety Champion has scaled rapidly, supporting over 1,500 clients.

Both Action OHS Consulting and Safety Champion Software have grown significantly, employing over 40 people who share Craig's passion for improving health and safety practices. With his leadership and expertise, Craig continues to drive these companies forward, making safety more accessible and easier for businesses of all sizes.

LINKS:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/saltercraig/

www.actionohs.com.au

www.safetychampion.com.au

https://au.linkedin.com/company/safety-champion-software

http://www.linkedin.com/company/action-ohs-consulting/

https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a-b-corp/company/safety-champion-software

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How do you measure safety?

No poll this week, just leave your comments on the question that is now up on LinkedIn. 

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The marvellous Sara Pazell joins us in this weeks conversation which is all about ergonomics and human factors. One of the least understood areas for most in safety Sara walks us through the maze of misconceptions to teach us about the benefits of ergonomics, defines what it really is, and how it vastly under utilised in workplaces particularly in the design phase.

I learned from our conversation, I know you will too. One of the longest conversations so far and for good reason.

Sara Pazell, BAppSci(OT), MBA, PhD, CPE

Sara is the principal work design strategist and managing director for ViVA health at work, leveraging design in all industries (industrial and office work settings). She is here to help when you ask: How to design when humans are part of the system (work, product, technology, or environment) and what 

is the user experience? What if we did things a little differently? What can we dream that can 

become a new reality? She helps build capacity to innovate to generate some good stories to tell! 

Sara consults, teaches, and researches in human factors, human-centred design, and organisational strategy. Sara is affiliated with five Australian universities to advance these ideas for graduate teaching and research. She is also a podcast rabble-rouser with the WhyWork Podcast crew, examining the boundaries of human experiences at work, how this is tested by case law, and the way in which work can be better designed. Sara is part of the international advisory committee for the WELL Movement concept v2 (International Well Building Institute [IWBI]) and their associated project-based committees and an expert faculty member for Australia’s only certified Wellness WiseTM Practitioner training program. 

Sara was the committee chair for the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia’s Good Work Design position paper and supporting resources. Sara is a series co-editor of the Workplace Insights book series by Taylor & Francis and a book co-editor of the Ergonomic Insights book. Her other passions include instructing yoga, Thai massage, and sports & strength conditioning.

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Do the costs of attending safety conferences limit your attendance / learning?

The poll is up on LinkedIn, have your say and be heard. Leave a comment if you want to explain further.

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In this episode Brad Green talks to us about his journey in safety. It's a unique story and an honor that Brad shared this moving account of how safety became his passion and his lifes work. Brad also challenges some existing paradigms and talks to us about his beliefs regarding safety in the workplace.

One of the true gentlemen of safety, who genuinely walks the walk as well as talking the talk. The conversation felt like it was over in a flash. Still could have chatted for another hour. I know you will love to hear this conversation as much as I had being involved in it.

rad Green is an HSSE Professional, Health and Safety Adjunct Professor, father, husband, softball coach, thought provoker, and an advocate for all employees' mental and physical well-being.

Brad primarily emphasizes humanizing the HSSE profession, shifting how organizations view their workers, modifying organizations’ response to failure, and promoting his mantra of learning and improving through the lens of curiosity.

Brad encourages organizations to react restoratively rather than retributively whenever an unintended deviation from an expected outcome. Brad is currently the Manager of HSSE for an oil and gas company.

Brad has 17 years of HSSE experience in the United States. He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Occupational Safety and Health from Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Brad is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Occupational Hygiene and Safety Technician (OHST), and Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST).

Brad is well versed in all aspects of HSSE with demonstrated experience in developing, implementing, monitoring, consulting, coordinating, instructing, coaching, and continually improving HSSE and PSM programs and processes.

Brad has worked in various organizations, including chemical manufacturing, heavy construction, oil & gas, and space exploration.

Links:

LinkedIn: https://buff.ly/40i6BIW

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