Safety On Tap

Conflict is a common part of health and safety practice - it seems to be either a pain in the butt or a badge of honour. Is all conflict bad? How can conflict help us improve? What myths might we not realise we believe about conflict? Hear the answers in my discussion with conflict management expert Kate Russell in this episode. Get my handwritten reflection for this episode, your own reflection template for this very episode, and the full transcript at safetyontap.com/ep083

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Cognitive bias plays a part in everyone's lives (well, everyone with a brain). Find out what cognitive bias is, whether it is good or bad, and how to manage cognitive bias to improve performance, in your organisation, your team, and for yourself.   Get my handwritten reflections, your own reflection template for this very episode, the full transcript and more at safetyontap.com/ep081

Dr Rebecca Michalak, a professional chameleon who is curious about workplace monsters, knows more about the dark underside of the legal industry than almost anyone, and has a mission to change the way we think about psychological safety and creating great places to work. Get Bec's perspective on the 50 shades of psych safety and how you can start to influence positive change.   Get my handwritten reflection for this episode, your own reflection template for this very episode, and the full transcript at safetyontap.com/ep080

Amanda Jones shares with us insights about psychological safety through the lens of neuroscience, and her personal development journey which led to her conference presentation on this very topic. From neuro-porn, contagious stress, to impostor syndrome and embracing that which terrifies you, we've got a jam packed episode! Get my handwritten reflection for this episode, your own reflection template for this very episode, and the full transcript at safetyontap.com/ep078

Sally McMahon first said hello to me when she sent a message saying 'Loving listening to your podcast, love your people-centred approach'.  You'll figure out that we have that in common not least of which because her title at Fit for Work Australia is the Chief Health Evangelist.  Sally is also the creator and host of only podcast I know of in the world focused just on work health, safety and wellness, the Fit for Work Podcast.    But as you'll hear in the interview, Sal is far from a zealot - she knows her stuff, she gets into the business case straight up, there isn’t any fluff about it yet she has an infectious passion for better people and great workplaces.  Download the transcript, my handwritten notes and your own reflection template at safetyontap.com/ep078

Bob Edwards is best knows as the HOP Coach. He spends his time helping individuals and organisations to perform - whatever that means in their own context.  His best known method for this is probably learning teams, which we talk about during this chat. Download the transcript, my handwritten notes and your own reflection template at safetyontap.com/ep077

Naomi Kemp, who wears a few hats including a risk manager, expert advisor on enforceable undertakings, speaker and board member of the Safety Institute of Australia. Today we're talking about one stinky risk that many of us wouldn't think that much about, along with a much better smelling alternative to justice, challenging the way we often approach things going wrong.   Get my handwritten reflection for this episode, your own reflection template for this very episode, and the full transcript at safetyontap.com/ep076

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 transcript at safetyontap.com/ep075

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 for free!

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 project.   Get my free handwritten reflection and your own personal reflection template, along with the full transcript of this episode, at safetyontap.com/ep072

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 March in the Gold Coast on the topic of health and wellness and the all important question of how to decide what to focus on. The OHS Leaders Summit is the only event in Australia specifically designed for the Group Heads of health, safety and wellbeing. It offers a unique combination of standout speakers, industry thought leaders, networking and personalised meetings with the leading suppliers of products and services, meaning you can leverage the best of what's out there to help your health, safety and wellbeing programs succeed. Visit ohsleaders.com.au to find out more and get your seat - spots are limited.   Here's Na

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 - taking action. We know what we might be able to do. We are often motivated. But action doesn't follow. We are too busy, too distracted, too disjointed, or we simply don't know why it is that we have great POTENTIAL which doesn't turn into REALITY. I help people like you to take action to improve, to become more effective - I do this in a variety of ways like coaching, team facilitation and planning, and more. I am an action taker, and can help you to be too. If you want to improve your personal or team performance, I'd love to hear from you to see if we are a good fit and can make good stuff happen together - send

  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 the kind of support usually reserved for only the most senior managers. Anyway, he had been struggling with a few different things. Balancing the focus of these things was difficult for him.  Two of these activities required him to present quite new and challenging ideas, to quite different audiences.  It was quite a jumbled mess, but most troubling was that it was slowing him down, and clogging up his brain.  Not a good situation for a go-getting kind of professional.  So through our coaching we managed to disentangle these different priorities, get clear on the messages and audiences, and focus just on the next coup

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 requirements of the culture of the organisation and the desired outcomes. He offers fresh perspectives and exposes you to global trends and innovations. Dave brings a huge array of tools and I have seen him take people through a journey where even people who don’t consider themselves to be creative or innovative start making connections and generating new ways of thinking to start doing things differently for their business". Get the transcript & bonus download from safetyontap.com/ep066

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 organisation and thought "you've got it all wrong, that's a myth, it's just not right?" Listen in!