Safety And Risk Success

What risk type are you? And why should you care? Geoff Trickey, Founder & CEO at Psychological Consultancy Ltd, joins Christian Harris on this week's episode of the Safety And Risk Success Podcast to discuss the Risk Type Compass. This is an online diagnostic tool, developed by Geoff and his team, which calculates your risk type. It assesses the people side of risk and how this impacts our individ...

Graham Ford joins Christian Harris this week to talk about the importance of embedding safety into the design of buildings. Graham runs his own practice, Graham Ford +Architects, and has worked on several well-known buildings, from the Copper Box at London 2012, to the Roundhouse Theatre in Camden, to the Serpentine Boat House in Hyde Park. Some highlights: · Graham's SPECS principles (Simplicity,...

Scott is a consultant with Ellis Whittam, a leading Employment Law, HR and Health & Safety consultancy. He's also a member, alongside Christian, of the HSE People Panel – sharing insights and expertise to help make the world a safer place. Scott and Christian discuss: · The support Scott and his colleagues gave to schools and other organisations throughout the pandemic · Lean Six Sigma and how app...

Keeping building capacity under control has never been more critical. But how do you know what a safe capacity for your building is in a Covid world? What about if you manage a large real estate portfolio and need to consider how to rationalise that given new capacity constraints and flexible working habits? Enter Adil Ayi and Marwan el Marabet of Omnia. As their tag line says: "Get back to work w...

Anton is a burns survivor who's become a passionate advocate for getting safety leadership right, ensuring psychological safety and, as he puts it: "To make safety safe: Safe to talk about, Safe to engage in and Safe to report about." He joins Christian Harris on this week's podcast to discuss those topics and more, including: ☑️ Sharing their respective accident histories and how this drives them...

Author of Third Generation Safety: The Missing Piece, host of the Safety Frontiers Podcast, and MD of HabitSafe, Cristian Sylvestre joins Christian Harris this week to discuss neuroscience and the power of habits when it comes to safety performance. Some highlights: What is wrong with "compliance"? "What you repeat, you get to keep" You can't change a business' safety performance through its cultu...

With England moving to the end of legal Covid restrictions on Monday 19th July 2021, what does this mean for people and businesses? What risks must we still be aware of and seek to mitigate? Conversely, what opportunities does unlocking present? A group of #HSEPeoplePanel members (Rebecca Lambert, Jonathan Dempsey, Tom Baines and Brendon Ireland) join Christian Harris on today's podcast to discuss...

Jonathan Hayes – ably assisted by his important colleague, home from school during this recording, who drops in a couple of times to join us – shares insights from his career on this week's episode of the Safety and Risk Success Podcast with Christian Harris. From how we got into the field of environmental health, with a little help from a teacher, to starting his career as an EHO, to progressing...

Leveraging technology to detect spillages on CCTV then clear them up straight away before a slip-and-fall happens? Sign us up for that! This is what Mark Brady and Christian Harris discuss on this week's episode of the Safety & Risk Success Podcast Spill Detect is a technology developed in partnership by SeeChange Technologies and Ocucon , which seeks to address the slip-and-fall issue in the larg...

What is the role of systems, strategies, information and development in health and safety? Join Paul Nicholas as he discussed this with Christian Harris on this week's episode of the Safety & Risk Success Podcast. Paul has developed a strong track record in helping companies to improve in these areas, which for him are critical to success in safety. We learn from him: How most companies perform in...

James MacPherson is the host of the Rebranding Safety podcast and YouTube channel, he's the co-founder of Project Mollitiam, he's the Health, Safety and Environment Manager at the Glass and Glazing Federation, he's changing perceptions of health & safety... and he's today's guest on the Safety & Risk Success Podcast! James and Christian have what's fair to say is more of a fireside chat than a tra...

Reflections on health & safety in the Middle East with Tom Baines on this week's episode of the Safety & Risk Success Podcast Tom has had over a decade of experience working in the Middle East and shares his insights with Christian in the podcast. This includes: ✅ a key role in setting up standards and legislation in Abu Dhabi ✅ working on some monstrously-large projects ✅ how to navigate the c...

Disrupting one of the oldest markets in the world (insurance)? Welcome to Mark Costello's world The founder of Hubb, a challenger insurance broker, Mark is on a mission to bring greater transparency and value to the insurance market And it sounds like he and his team are off to a great start! In this podcast interview, Mark and Christian Harris discussed: ✅ What Hubb does and – importantly – why...

Kevin Robins joins Christian Harris on this week's episode of the Safety & Risk Success Podcast, in association with HSE People (Kevin and Christian are both members of the HSE People Panel, and Christian will be interviewing the Panel members over coming weeks). With a passion for manual handling and a career forged in safety within the built environment, Kevin shares his insights on topics inclu...

In a special episode this week, I share a recording of a live webclass I ran called Predictable profit in casualty insurance. Whilst the attendees of the webclass all worked in insurance, this contains insights that are relevant to anyone. After all, if you're listening to this podcast, you're likely to care about safety, insurance claims and costs. Knowing what is driving the insurance market, th...

So, what's it like to be a few months into a strategic, group role, only to be plunged into the most existential crisis that your sector (travel) has ever seen? Marc Jordan of TUI lived and breathed this experience last year… And he tells us all about it on this week's episode of the Safety & Risk Success Podcast! We also discuss: ✅ Safety vs security ✅ How to win hearts and minds when it comes...

If you can listen to Carla Crocombe's appearance with Christian Harris on this week's episode of the podcast and *not* come away more inspired about the value of safety and health, you must be on another planet! As Christian says in his intro, if Carla could bottle up her passion and energy, she'd be doing very well financially. Topics discussed include: ✅ health ✅ safety ✅ attitudes to risk an...

Tim Hayes of Quantum joins Christian Harris on this week's Safety & Risk Success Podcast to discuss these important topics A fellow member of the UK Slip Resistance Group, Tim both looks after specifications and marketing for Quantum – so, like Christian, he both knows the technical side of how this all works, but also how to explain it simply. A great plus for a podcast guest! The interview broad...

A special episode of this week's podcast - a live recording of Safe business = successful business webclass We have some more great interviews coming up, including Tim Hayes, Carla Crocombe, Jonathan Hayes, David Cant, Liz Hancock and Marc Jordan to name but a few… But for this week I was keen to share a live recording of one of my recent webinars, as I think you guys will enjoy it and benefit We...

Gary Fage is the managing director of Janitorial Express. In this episode, he and Christian Harris discuss Gary's passion for the environment and how he has reshaped his entire janitorial supplies business to focus on solving this existential problem 💚 Some of the topics include: ❇️ Traditional chemicals vs enzyme-based chemicals ❇️ How to get clients to buy into this change ❇️ What can you do in...

You may know Colin Nottage and James MacPherson from their hugely successful podcasts but you might not know that they've joined forces to create a valuable community and resources for the safety profession called Project Mollitiam. In this episode of the show, we unpack this: What's the concept? Why did the guys feel this was needed? What was the gap they're seeking to fill? Their "why", essentia...

Mike Elliott, CEO, and Chris Gill, Director of Risk Management of Over-C join me on this week's episode of the Safety and Risk Success Podcast.  Over-C is a digital technology stack which allows building owners greater visibility on what's happening in their buildings and with their remove workforce. From tracking activity, to ensuring compliance, to helping to defend claims - the software brings...

Tony Lewis and Richard Short are highly experienced Environmental Health Practitioners, who share both a long friendship and a love and respect for their profession. Though, Tony has developed his career in academia and government, whilst Richard has ended up in the private sector, their passion for the benefits of environmental health cannot be questioned. In this episode of the podcast, we discu...

This is a slightly different than normal episode of the podcast, as it is a recording of a Linkedin Live session that Christian Harris ran with Colin Nottage and Jonathan Dempsey on communication in safety and risk. These Live sessions are happening each Wednesday at 11am UK time and we'd encourage you to join in. It's a great way to interact and ask questions, rather than just consuming the conte...

Christopher Hackett, the Managing Director of Classic Marble, joins Christian Harris on this episode of the Safety and RIsk Success Podcast as we once again turn back to some slip-and-fall related topics. Christopher has developed, and patented, a unique anti-slip shower tray, Senstec, which both exceeds UK and European slip standards but is also easy to clean and - critically - comfortable underf...