Safety And Risk Success

In this powerful podcast episode, our host Christian, a survivor of a serious road accident himself, engages in a candid conversation with Lisa Ramos and her husband, Dave Garton about what's it like to get run over. Lisa, who lost a leg in a workplace forklift truck accident, along with Dave, share their personal journey of recovery, their ongoing mission to raise awareness about workplace safety...

In this episode, Christian sits down with Lesley McLeod, CEO of the Association for Project Safety, to discuss the importance of mental health, competency, and learning from mistakes in the construction industry. We also touch upon working with government to achieve safety outcomes, and discuss the APS Conference on 10 th May.   Highlights: Lesley and the APS's mission and its role in promoting sa...

This week I'm sharing a recording of a webinar, on which I was a pannelist, discussing how to improve near miss reporting using AI. We'll explore the reasons why near misses and unsafe conditions are overlooked, and unveil how AI/computer vision is transforming the way we identify and analyze near miss incidents. Joining me are host Dan Hobbs of Protex AI and Peter Jenkins of Stagecoach. Together,...

This week's podcast is a recording of a Safety Roundtable event on tackling safety professionals' biggest frustrations. Safety is a rewarding career, but it's not without its frustrations…   Christian explores the top five frustrations that he typically hears about and then, with the help of the roundtable attendees, deep dives into the frustration of a lack of buy-in from colleagues.   Key discus...

Christian Harris hosts Professor Hernan Huwyler, Head of Risk at Milestone Systems (part of Canon), to discuss risk management and the limitations of qualitative risk management techniques, such as heat maps. This was a recording of a Safety Roundtable ( www.safetyroundtable.co.uk ) session, attended by 100+ safety and risk professionals.   Highlights: Hernan highlights the popularity of heat maps...

Summary: Christian Harris interviews Lawrence Webb, the current IOSH President, on the Safety and Risk Success Podcast. They discuss Lawrence's priorities for the year ahead, including prevention, neurodiversity, grassroots OSH and building the profession of OSH into the future. They also talk about Lawrence's day job in the construction industry, as Group SHE Strategy Director at Costain.     Hig...

In this episode of the Safety And Risk Success Podcast, Christian interviews Julie Barratt, the President of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH). The interview is split into two parts: firstly, Julie reflects on her legal career as a barrister. Julie discusses her experience as a barrister and the challenges that come with representing clients in court. Next, they discuss the ba...

People are critical to achieving safety success, we can all agree on that. But how can we turn people into our biggest safety asset?   Karen Hewitt, author of "People Power - Transform your Business in the Era of Safety and Wellbeing" is our guest this week, as we explore: What working as an interpreter at the UN taught Karen and led her into the world of safety What do we mean by an asset, how ca...

If you thought safety was just about knowing the laws and regulations, you've missed the point. To succeed, you need to master soft skills for safety, too.   In this episode, we'll be exploring key soft skills such as effective communication, strong interpersonal skills, leadership, problem-solving, attention to detail, and adaptability, and discussing how these skills can help you to be successfu...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots, such as ChatGPT, have the potential to revolutionise the field of safety by automating processes, improving communication, and analysing data for risk assessment.   However, the use of these technologies also raises questions about their impact on jobs and the potential for unintended consequences.   In this Safety Roundtable, we explore the benefits and...

On this first episode of 2023 we share a recent Safety Roundtable recording, where Christian was joined by a group of 40+ safety and risk professionals to discuss their safety priorities for the year ahead   Christian shares some insights from the State Of Safety 2022 report, showing what safety professionals cited as their key priorities then   He also shares a matrix of how to decide upon safety...

Enjoy this audio recording of a recent webinar, hosted by Navitas Safety: avoiding the safety slippery slope this winter   Slips, trips and falls remain the most common cause of injuries in the workplace. And, the number of incidents increases in the winter for a number of reasons: cold weather, snow and ice, fallen leaves, increased rainfall, less daylight. These all mean a greater potential for...

What can triathlon teach us about risk management? Why is risk management going through a mid-life crisis? What is risk management by design and how can that help to address issues?   All this and more on this weeks' episode, where I am joined by Philip Jakubowski. He has worked on £100s of millions of projects and now runs a management consultancy helping clients to improve risk through a systema...

I'm delighted to share a recording of a panel discussion I hosted recently at Risk Awareness Week 2022. This is an annual event bringing together the best minds on risk to spread insights and, as its name suggests, raise awareness.   In this panel discussion, we will seek to enrol the audience into the benefits of a more proactive approach towards managing safety risks.   On the panel are Crystal...

What makes safety a great space to work in?   This is a question that Christian has mentioned before on both the podcast and Safety Roundtable, but this week he's joined by Reena Appadoo - Technical Director of Navitas Safety - to delve into much more detail. Connect with Reena on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reena-appadoo-81a45249/ And you can find Christian here, too: https://www.l...

We all know that safety is important. But it's such a broad topic, covering multitudes of things to protect (people, assets, reputations...) and disciplines to master... ...that the biggest blocker to safety success, according to safety professionals, is "juggling priorities" (51% - The State Of Safety Report 2022, which you can find on LinkedIn here ) So, how should we focus our efforts? What are...

Today's Guest:  Philip Grindell has worked as a Metropolitan Police specialist detective, a Counter Terrorist Security Coordinator, and ran the Parliamentary Liaison and Investigation Team following the assassination of Jo Cox MP. Philip joins me to discuss the trends in personal security risks, how the internet is being used to target people, and the steps you can take to keep your data secure on...

Today's Guest:  Alex Sidorenko is an experienced executive across strategic, investment and operational risks and insurance working within multibillion-dollar corporations in Australia, GCC and Europe. Alex joins me to discuss his work in the field of risk management, how to create a risk profile, and the importance of using risk models. We also talk about the skills you need to do risk management...

Today's Guest: This episode, we do a live demo of a free tool we've developed called the Slip Prevention Scorecard.  The Slip Prevention Scorecard is a tool that scores your building performance on its ability to stop slip and fall accidents, injuries, and claims, and shows you the areas that most need improvement.  I explain the science behind slip prevention, how we created the Slip Prevention S...

Today's Guest: This time for Sliptember, I'm investigating the problems with bundling slips, trips, and falls together, exploring why it's dangerous and why it needs to stop. I go into depth about why we categorize slips, trips, and falls together even though they're greatly different risks, and explain what we can do to overcome this issue. I also talk about the difference between slips and trips...

Today's Guest: Continuing our Sliptember theme, I'm doing a deep dive into the 6 reasons why people slip, often referred to as CHIMES. I go into depth about each risk factor, Contamination, Heel, Individual, Maintenance, Environment, and Surface, and explain how businesses can reduce their slips and falls risk. I also explain the cost of slips and falls, why slips and falls are such a big problem,...

Today's Guest: It's the beginning of Sliptember, the time of year that I spend focusing on my niche of slips and falls, and this time I'm bringing it to our safety roundtable sessions. Today, I talk about the common misconceptions around slips and falls, the human and financial costs associated with them, and the steps you can take to reduce your building's slip risk. We also discuss the six reaso...

Today's Guest:  Garry Honey is a consultant, author and business coach who advises boards and leadership teams on risk perception to ensure better collective judgement. Garry joins me to discuss the different meanings of risk, how people view risk differently, and what boards need to know about risk.  We talk about the different factors that cause people to misidentify risk, what risk blindness is...

Today's Guest: Here's another of our safety roundtable sessions where we discuss people's perceptions of safety and how safety has changed in recent years.  We talk about different areas of safety that can be improved on, how the UK's safety performance compares to other European countries, and why the UK is often seen as a leader in health and safety.  We also discuss how teamwork affects safety...

Today's Guest: Today, I'm sharing a recording of one of our safety roundtable webinars where we discussed how to overcome the risk vs priority gap in safety.  We talk about which risks cost organisations the most, the areas safety professionals prioritise the most and how these can be misaligned with each other.  We also discuss how different industries affect perceptions around safety, why board...