Rebranding Safety

Do you manage fleet as part of your role? This can often be the case for safety professionals, and vice versa. Thanks to Pete for joining us on the podcast (finally!) to talk all things fleet over the next 3 episodes. It's a technical one this week. Pete gives us a crash course on operator licencing, amongst other classifications in this complex industry. They chat about recognition standards, dri...

The MET Office has issued a red weather warning for extreme heat for Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th July 2022 in parts of the UK, meaning it is likely that there will be a risk to life. Employers have a duty to manage this risk to their employees. We hope you find value in this video and stay safe.

In this episode of Rebranding Safety Reacts, James gives his thoughts on the phrase 'safety first'. Is it impactful? Or is it a platitude? To explain his thoughts, James uses the 'Safety work vs the safety of work' model by Andrew Rae and David Provan, plus Rasmussen's dynamic safety model and the Culture Principles by Carsten Busch. Check it out on YouTube to see the presentation!

A big thank you to Sheila for joining us on the pod this week. Sheila is the Director of BMR - Health and Wellbeing, who help to improve mental health in the workplace. We talk about getting to the route of the problem, where mental health sits within the organisation and who's responsibility it is, ISO's (how and who), behaviour and culture change and they give their thoughts on how mental health...

Gutted to say it's my last chat with Sam! In this last episode of the segment about the journey to building our own consultancies, we talk about imposter syndrome, the grind and the struggles behind the scenes, loneliness, building a community, pricing yourself, and whether or not there's room for us in the market. I've gained so much from these conversations with Sam, we hope you do too.

So glad to have the wonderful Ben Legg joining us this week to talk about communication and language. As the Global Corporate Health & Safety Director at Ferrovial, Ben has so much experience in learning how to communicate effectively in different ways, working across multiple countries with different languages and cultures. They discuss context, tone, swearing, semiotics and how to use language i...

A short one this week - here's my reaction to my hotel fire alarm going off at 5am (false alarm) and only 3 people evacuating.

Sam is back with us for another cracking episode talking about the journey to building our own health and safety consultancy. This week we go into what preparations (if any!) we did before making the jump, the unknown unknowns, and the tricks of the trade. Quote of the episode: "What's an SEO?!". Enjoy.

TW: Talk of suicide. This week, we chat to the wonderful Alex Clarke all about his mental health journey, burnout, and the things we can do now to make sure people feel safe to speak out about their own mental health. Thank you so much, Alex, for sharing your story.

Join us for a listen to a special episode of Rebranding Safety, live from the SHP Safety and Health Expo 2022!

Amazing to have Greg with us on the podcast this week. Absolutely loved this conversation. Get comfy because it's a long one! We went down the rabbit hole on so many things including the legal side of safety, the understanding of case studies, the safety paradox, our duties as safety professionals, and of course, we refer to his brilliant book, Paper Safe, a must-read in my opinion! Thanks Greg fo...

Check out our chat with Rachel from Ally Safety (YouTube channel linked below!) It's a 2-4-1 this week; Rachel interviewed me for her YouTube channel then we flipped it and I put some questions to Rachel about her career, her videos and her views on the safety profession. Hope you enjoy!

Check out this amazing chat with Emily and Fiona all about women in fire safety and the work they're doing with the Institution of Fire Engineers Women in Fire Engineering Networking Group. They discuss the stats within fire safety currently, how they've changed, and why fire safety is a great career.

We have an exciting new co-host for you this quarter! Thank you to Sam Neal for joining us for the next 3 months. The focus of this quarter is the journey to having your own consultancy. We thought it only appropriate, since we both made the decision to start our own businesses at the start of this year, that we take you through that journey with us. This first episode is centred around finding ou...

What a great conversation, thoroughly enjoyed this chat! Owner and Managing Director of Select Security and Stewarding Ltd, Anne Marie Chebib is one of the most well-respected Crowd Management practitioners and consultants for the special events industry, with over 25 years experience. After the devastating events at the Astroworld festival, we wanted to talk to someone with the expertise about wh...

Welcome to a new segment on Rebranding Safety, called 'Reacts', where James takes a topic from the media, old or new, and gives his thoughts. This episode is centred around blame and organisational learning in the workplace, and focuses on two stories; the Croydon tram crash in 2016 and also the US nurse criminally prosecuted for a fatal drug error in 2017. If there's something you'd like to hear...

Thanks so much Joe Meadows for having me on your amazing podcast, Safety Leaders Now. We have a great chat all about getting value from your systems.

It's the last of our quarter one co-host segment with Karen Hewitt. Here, we discuss the third concept "BAKE" in her book, People Power. Thank you so much Karen for being our co-host for Q1.

I was so pleased to have been invited onto A Half Dozen Things Podcast hosted by the brilliant Pete Rushmer of Flagship Partners. We discuss such questions as; does compliant mean safe? What is a risk assessment? Is it control or is it influence? Plus our thoughts post-nominals. Thanks Pete for having me on.

Today we have a great conversation for you. I'm joined by Bryce Lawrence, founder of ESG Ship Vetting, helping the shipping industry to understand their risks and to help ensure sustainability and seafarer welfare. We got talking over a disagreement we had on LinkedIn about safety signage which we detail on the pod, along with other topics such as leadership, investing in your people and seeing th...

A massive thank you to Luke Coggon for joining James on the podcast. Luke gives us a breakdown of his career to date, how he has gone from having concerns about the future when he was young to being a public speaker, how social media and support networks have helped him build his confidence in a work environment, and his advice on how to deal with adverse situations.

Welcome to the second episode in Karen's segment as our quarter-one co-host. This episode focuses on the "BUZZ" part of her book, People Power.

Something a little different this week. Grateful to have been a guest on The Practice of Learning Teams Podcast with Brent. We really get our teeth stuck into "New View" safety and what we think of how it's being applied. It was a great chat, thank you Brent for having me.

So grateful to Asha for joining us on the podcast this week and sharing her story and the work she does now to help with mental health in the workplace through Solution Focused Hypnotherapy. It really does highlight the importance of creating an environment where your team feel safe to say they're not OK, and being able to recognise the signals of being stressed in yourself and in others. I absolu...

It’s the first quarterly co-host segment of 2022!! So chuffed to have Karen joining us as our new co-host. Across the 3 episodes, we’ll be breaking down the concepts in her book, People Power. This episode focuses on "BUILD" - hope you enjoy.