The Safety Spotlight

Sit down with Dr. Tom Krause, behavior-based safety pioneer, co-founder of BST (now within DEKRA), and partner at Krause Bell Group as he traces how safety leadership has fundamentally changed over the decades. From a foundation in clinical psychology to industry-wide innovation, Dr. Krause explains why behavior must be understood in context and how stopping at “the employee is at fault” blocks re...

In this episode of Safety Spotlight , Corrie Pitzer , founder of SafeMap International , dives into the complex and often counterintuitive world of workplace safety. From underground mining disasters to redefining what it means to be “safe,” Corrie shares his global journey of challenging traditional safety paradigms. He explains why overprotection can create “paralysis by safety,” how risk homeos...

Slip up in aviation? You investigate it, learn from it, and build systems to stop it from happening again. Slip up in a lab with a deadly pathogen? You might start a pandemic. In this episode of Safety Spotlight , Luca Filippo shares how his journey from helicopter pilot in Brazil to biosafety consultant revealed a truth most industries miss: system safety isn’t just for airplanes. It’s for any wo...

What if your workplace made people laugh more and report safety issues more? What if culture wasn’t just a “nice-to-have” but your greatest competitive advantage? In this episode of Safety Spotlight , Mike Kerr , international speaker and workplace culture expert, makes one thing clear: work shouldn’t suck the life out of people. With over 25 years of research, storytelling, and practical insight,...

What does true safety excellence look like in 2025? How do we make the safe choice the easy choice? And how can organizations move beyond compliance to build a culture that actually drives results? In this episode of Safety Spotlight , Shawn Galloway , global safety strategist, author, and CEO of ProAct Safety , explores how safety culture must evolve to meet modern challenges. From psychological...

What can safety professionals learn from life on the frontlines of policing? In this episode, former officer and frontline policing veteran  Catlin Chiasson  joins us to offer a rare, behind-the-scenes look into how empathy, communication, and evolving technologies are shaping the future of safety inside and outside law enforcement. With more than 14 years of policing experience across Indigenous...

What happens when we stop treating safety as rules and checklists and start focusing on people, connection, and how adults really learn? In this episode of Safety Spotlight , Juliana Bley , Brazilian work psychologist and founder of Safety Lab , shares insights from over 25 years of experience bringing human factors and learning design into high-risk industries around the world. Juliana has worked...

What happens when stress becomes the hidden hazard no checklist can catch? In this episode of Safety Spotlight , Sylvia Marusyk , occupational therapist and activational speaker, shares powerful insights from decades of experience helping organizations tackle the real pandemic: our inability to manage stress and regulate our nervous systems. Drawing on stories from frontline healthcare and global...

In this episode of Safety Spotlight , Susan Sawatsky , a human factors and learning design expert, explores the “people part” of safety that is often overlooked in traditional safety management systems. She explains how true safety comes from understanding people acting in systems, not just managing processes. Susan shares her journey from teaching to managing fatigue risk in Canada’s oil and gas...

For over three decades, Nicole Thunich has led safety initiatives across industries, transforming safety from a compliance checkbox into a driver of performance and productivity. In this episode of Safety Spotlight , she shares an experience-tested playbook for diagnosing culture at the front line, turning leadership commitments into real behavioral change, and proving ROI through measurable outco...

What happens when a U.S. Navy electrician, shipbuilder, and first-time entrepreneur discovers the power of virtual reality? You get Jennifer Lastra , CEO of 360immersive , and a driving force behind some of the most innovative training tools in the safety space today. In this episode of Safety Spotlight , Jennifer shares her journey from the hardest, hottest, loudest worksites to co-founding a VR...

Dr. Joanna Pagonis, founder of Sinogap Solutions and author of Choose to Be a Leader Others Would Want to Follow , brings a bold and deeply human take on leadership. Drawing from her roots in psychology and a career spanning law enforcement and public service, she shares how organizations can move from simply managing to truly leading with empathy, courage, and intention. “We talk about creating ‘...

Allan Moore’s path into safety is anything but ordinary. From translating for Stanley Black & Decker in Taiwan to leading safety across international operations, he shows how the best leaders often arrive through the unexpected. In this episode of Safety Spotlight , Allan explains why great safety leadership depends less on enforcement and more on empathy, humility, and communication . He unpa...