Safety on Tap

In such a radically transforming world, conventional sources of insight hold diminishing value. To find our authentic edge, we must look to and be willing to learn from those who are already fluent in qualitative thinking, deep empathy and relentless reinvention. The Artists.    Listen to Mykel Dixon tell us how, and get my handwritten reflection for this episode, your one template, and the full t...

Darren Hill is a behavioural scientist, whose mission in life is to make a difference to the difference makers.  Listen in as we dig into the question, whether behaviour change is a dirty word in health and safety. Download your free transcript and my hand-written reflection, plus your own reflection template, to help you take action from this episode - visit safetyontap.com/ep074 to grab those fo...

Listen in as I share my word for 2018, abundance. Why I chose it, and how I'm going to use it to help me have a great year!    Download your free transcript and worksheet to help you take action from this episode - visit safetyontap.com/ep073 to grab those for free!

Louise Howard leads health and safety at one of Sydney's largest infrastructure projects right now - a new metro line extending into Sydney's North West.  She'll tell you more about that in a minute.  Louise is an action-researcher, which means learning through research, generally inside the place you work.  She's curious about the relationship between leadership and safety performance on this pro...

Many of you will know Patrick Hudson from his work on safety culture.  We chat today about that, and I get to poke and prod his model, including the uses and abuses you need to be aware of when you are thinking about safety culture.  Find out more, and get my handwritten reflection notes, your own reflection template, and the transcript of this episode at safetyontap.com/ep071

  Today I'm joined by Natalie Boehm , the Health and Wellness Manager at Snowy Hydro, Australia's largest hydro-electricity generator, supplying almost 40% of Australia's renewable electricity. With operations spanning three states and some pretty remote areas, Snowy is a pretty unique kind of business. Nat will be speaking at the 2018 OHS Leaders Summit which is being held on the 7th and 8th Marc...

Today I'm joined by previous guest and friend of the podcast Dave Provan . You know, you are pretty amazing. I know this based on one fact alone, and that is that you are listening because you are invested in your own development, your own growth. One of the biggest challenges to improvement that I observe in my work and general conversation with health and safety professionals is seemingly simple...

  Today I'm joined by Genevieve Hawkins from Coles.  This episode is made possible by Safety on Tap Connected - what you might call a drastic innovation to your usual professional development. I had a note from a member of Safety on Tap Connected the other day, after I helped him with a bit of a breakthrough.  Part of SoTC membership is members get coaching from me, which gives members access to t...

My guest Emma Blee spends her working hours at Australia Post, Australia's national postal service.  In her role as Head of Enterprise Safety, Emma is the architect of her organisation's mental health strategy.  Learn more about the importance of strategy, and key tips for your own in this episode.   Get the transcript & bonus reflection download from safetyontap.com/ep067

My guest today is Dave Wild, a futurist, innovator and strategist.  Dave believes we can all have a part in creating a bright future.  Dave speaks, coaches and innovates himself in areas such as the future of work, going beyond digital, artificial intelligence, and more.  But don't take it from me, one of his clients said "What I love most about Dave is his flexibility in adapting to the requireme...

My guest Carsten Busch is a German born, Dutch raised, Norwegian working and English speaking curiosity - a while ago he released a book called Safety Myth 101 - Musings on Myths, Misunderstandings and More.  Now apart from his unashamed use of alliteration, it caught my attention because I had  never heard of anything like it before - how many time have we had an interaction with someone in our o...

In today's episode I'll share how to harness your reason for being, your ikigai.  I regularly hear that health and safety professionals feel stressed, anxious, frustrated and burned out because their job feels like such a grind.  Some feel unfulfilled, some just unsure about their career and job decisions.    I find that when things aren't working as well as they could in my life, especially when...

This is Safety on Tap! I'm your host Andrew Barrett, and since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way.  Welcome to you, you're in the right place.  If this is your first time listening in, thanks for joining us and well done for trying something different to improve! Today I'm joined by Dr Sarah Colley from Pockets...