Psych Health and Safety Podcast

In this crossover episode with the UK Psych Health and Safety Podcast, co-host Joelle Mitchell chats with Peter Kelly and Sheila Lord about ISO 45003, the pitfalls of individual coping focused psych health and safety strategies, the importance of upskilling leaders to be able to respond to psych health and safety concerns with empathy and compassion, and ensuring that there are appropriate organis...

In this crossover episode co-host Jason van Schie makes a guest appearance on the UK Psych Health and Safety Podcast with Sheila Lord and Peter Kelly. Jason describes the primary, secondary, and tertiary approaches to psych health and safety, and argues that secondary approaches have been largely missing in organisations. He discusses how an organisation can approach psych health and safety when t...

In this episode we chat with Dr Hillary Bennett, Director of Leading Safety and the Resiliency Centre. Hillary discusses the state of workplace mental health and the maturity of current approaches to psychological health and safety in New Zealand. She shares a framework to help businesses implement strategies to prevent harm as well as to facilitate early identification and recovery should harm oc...

In this episode we chat with Niclas Wisen, a military psychologist from Sweden. Niclas discusses the psychosocial hazards that members of the military experience, and describes some of the approaches adopted within the Swedish military to manage psychosocial risk. Some of the strategies described include adopting de-stigmatising language, alignment with physical health terminology, and equipping p...

In this episode we chat with Clive Lloyd, Psychologist, Principal Consultant at GYST Consulting, and author of "Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care". Clive talks about the impact of fear and trust in the workplace, and describes the undermining effect that active mistrust can have on any improvement initiatives. He describes the research supporting the idea that leader benev...

In this episode we chat with Dr Joti Samra, CEO and Founder of My Workplace Health, and founding member of the CSA Technical Committee that developed the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace. Dr Joti shares with us her recollections of developing the Guarding Minds at Work framework and the Canadian National Standard. She provides us with a great example...

In this episode, we chat with Angela Martin, Founder and Principal Consultant of Pracademia, and current Professorial Research Fellow at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania. Angela gives us a comprehensive insight into the challenges small and micro businesses face in implementing psych health and safety strategies and describes some of the significant psychoso...

In this episode we chat with Jake Field, Chief of Staff for the Maritime Union of Australia. Jake gives us some information about what the MUA does for its members - the things that might not make the cover of the newspaper - and shares his views about the increasing collaborative role of unions in psych health and safety. Jake shares examples of successful consultation and collaboration within or...

In this episode we chat with Jennifer Low, Director of Health and Safety and Workers Compensation Policy at the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Jen gives us an overview of the different projects ACCI has been involved with in the psych health and safety space, and discusses some of the challenges small businesses have in adopting standards and codes of practice. Jen has also been invo...

In this crossover episode, Jason van Schie makes a guest appearance on Safety on Tap with Andrew Barrett. Jason talks about the distinction between psychological safety and psychological health and safety (did you know they are two completely different concepts?); summarises the differences between Clinical and Organisational psychologists and the roles that both areas of practice play in psycholo...

In this episode we chat with Daniela Masters, Head of Global Health and Wellbeing Programs at Generali Employee Benefits. Daniela brings a unique perspective having insight into a number of multinational organisations, and describes some of the challenges in achieving collaboration between HR and OSH functions within multinational organisations given their size and structural complexity. We discus...

In this episode we chat with Dr Richard Claydon, Chief Cognitive Officer at EQ Lab. Richard introduces the concept of impression management as a workplace psychosocial hazard. Richard describes how the increasing complexity of work combined with more regular work from home creates a constant drive for impression management, which can lead to burn out, depression, anxiety, and a range of other adve...

In this episode we chat with Bob Stenhouse, Principal Director of Veritas Solutions. Bob shares his experiences of being an undercover operative with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, including posing as a contracted hitman, and what it was like to be a whistleblower before there were legal protections in place. We then talk about how best to conduct an investigation into workplace psychosocial h...

In this crossover episode with the Melius Performance Podcast, co-host Jason van Schie chats with Dr Ian Dunican about a broad range of workplace mental health matters. Jason speaks to concerns from the perspective of the employer and the employee, describes the shared responsibility model for workplace mental health, debunks misconceptions, and challenges misapplication of some of the more popula...