Safety Labs by Safety Products Global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Dr. Bettina Palazzo, a business ethics expert who is the founder of the consultancy: Palazzo Ethics Advisory. Bettina applies her extensive academic and practical knowledge of ethics to workplace safety. She helps EHS professionals unpick the psychological dynamics that lead to unethical behavior and explains why workplace safety decision-making is not al...

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Mark Alston, a risk management and safety expert who is the founder of Investigations Differently consultancy. Mark helps HSE professionals understand why safety investigations can be too narrowly focused and only result in blame rather than benefits. Fortunately, he shares helpful advice on how you can implement better investigations in your workplace. M...

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Chris Clearfield, a coaching consultant, speaker, and co-author of “Meltdown: Why our systems fail and what we can do about it”. Chris studies disasters, and his research into systems failure provides many valuable lessons for EHS professionals who rely on systems every day to maintain safety. He explains how understanding system complexity and coupling (...

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Elisa Lynch, an HSE manager in the construction industry and frequent guest on safety podcasts, who has strong opinions and uses strong language. Elisa’s early career in EHS was very Traditional Safety oriented - sometimes referred to as Safety-1 or Command and Control Safety. However, more recently she’s directly experienced New View Safety, also known a...

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Andrea Baker, a human and organizational performance (HOP) expert and consultant, and former safety professional who has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Andrea advocates a paradigm shift in our approach to HSE. She recognizes safety as an emergent property of the larger industrial system and explains that g...

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Dr Martha Grajdek, an industrial organizational (IO) psychologist, researcher, executive coach, speaker and author who’s been advising on stress management and leadership for over two decades. Combining science with a holistic approach, Martha explains what IO psychology is and how it can help HSE professionals improve health and safety in the workplace....

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Brye Sargent, a professional workplace safety coach and trainer with over 20 years of safety management experience across multiple industries. Brye believes that EHS professionals are undervalued in the workplace and should receive far more support implementing safety programs from frontline supervisors and managers. Furthermore, because safety impacts al...

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with David Sarkus, safety speaker, consultant, coach and author, who has been recognized by ISHN as one of the top 50 leaders in his field. David first started exploring the role of community in safety management during the 1990s, and this subject has been a primary focus of his career, research and writing ever since. Based on the simple principle that develo...

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Jim Loud, a safety management consultant, sought-after speaker, and respected author with over 40 years of experience in the EHS industry. Jim has seen many changes during his illustrious career in HSE. However, despite progressive new approaches to workplace safety, it is clear that silos still persist. This causes organizational inefficiencies, adds unn...

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Dr Nektarios Karanikas, Associate Professor in Health, Safety & Environment at Queensland University of Technology. Dr Karanikas truly understands the importance and complexity of safety management systems because this subject was the focus of his doctorate research. Therefore, he is a leading authority for all safety professionals looking to maximize...

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Tanya Hewitt, a safety regulations and health population expert who is passionate about safety science and human and organizational performance. Tanya gives safety professional’s a bird’s-eye view of organizational models and assesses the role that HSE currently plays in these business structures. She strongly believes that old models based on command and...

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Jerry Smith, an HSE expert with over 20 years of experience in workplace safety across a wide range of industries. Jerry outlines why strong people skills are essential for modern HSE professionals, and shares his wisdom on inevitable challenges, such as overcoming leadership apathy towards safety and having difficult safety conversations with employees....

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Kym Bancroft, an organizational psychologist turned leading health and safety executive. Kym walks EHS professionals through each stage of safety transformation to help them ensure they start in the right place, get the required buy-in, implement initiatives effectively and monitor the most important metrics. Never afraid to challenge traditional approach...

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Christian Hunt, a behavioral scientist with focus on safety. Christian takes a deep dive into understanding human risk and how this concept helps EHS professionals become even more effective.  He reveals how humans tend to be hidden risk magnets in the workplace and shares insights into the impact of action and inaction on safety. With a sharp focus on th...

In this episode, Mary Conquest talks with Joel Neily. Joel’s background in safety management is unconventional and highlights strategies for building rapport with employees. Trust, integrity, and balanced communication are key to Joel being a respected and approachable EHS expert.  As one of the few safety experts who chose against studying at university, Joel expands on the advantages and disadva...

In this episode, Mary Conquest talks with Chris Smith. Chris discusses the role of safety in an organization, elements of safety culture, leadership, trust, and effective communication in safety, amongst other topics. Chris Smith is the author of ‘Intrinsic Stability: How Organic Leadership Breeds Excellence’ and an experienced EHS Manager and Certified Safety Professional (CSP) with a pure passio...

In our first episode, Mary Conquest talks with professor Tim Marsh, a leading expert in behavioral safety and occupational psychology. Tim Marsh discusses mental health, elements of safety culture, making a business case for management, situational awareness, effective communication in safety, and other topics. Tim Marsh was one of the team leaders of the original UK research into behavioral safet...

Episode 0. The goal of this episode is to give you some context and tell you what to expect from this podcast. We’ve been working with safety managers for years, and we’ve learned that soft skills are core skills: they’re at the center of every successful safety implementation or initiative. We want to be a resource for safety professionals who recognize the need to continuously improve their huma...