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In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Dr. Laura Maguire, a research scientist at The Ohio State University, who started her career in industry, working in a variety of roles in high-risk, high-consequence domains.Why are safety professionals and academic researchers not working together more closely to enhance workplace safety?Using her experience from both sides of this divide, Laura shares her vision of greater collaboration between the safety profession and academia. She explains how partnering with a research lab brings field-based insight into the realities of everyday work, and how to ensure a study’s findings are relevant to the context where they will be applied.Laura explores the importance of human cognition when interpreting risk and calls for greater coordination across industries to make workplaces safer.This insightful conversation gives EHS professionals clear guidance on merging safety theory with practice to build resilience and develop adaptive decision-making.Find out more about Laura’s work: Resilience & Proactive Safety Initiative | Cognitive Systems Engineering Lab Laura recommends:The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error': Dekker, SidneyBehind Human Error: Amazon.com: Woods, David, Dekker, Sidney, Cook, Richard, Johannesen, Leila, Sarter, NadineJoint Cognitive Systems: Patterns in Cognitive Systems Engineering [By: Woods, David D.]Email Laura: [email protected]. Laura Maguire on LinkedIn: Laura Maguire, PhD | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.globalIf you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Gerben Bekooy - the Safety Jester - an author, keynote speaker, and consultant who specializes in organizational resilience, safety, and human performance.How can we move safety beyond a compliance and control-focused function that is always late to the table?Gerben believes that safety jesters are the answer!Discover how they provide a light-hearted independent voice that brings a reality check, provokes alternative thinking, bridges power dynamics, and drives deeper learning. A combination of curiosity, humility, trust, candor, and humor will help safety finally shape how work is designed and done.This entertaining conversation will seriously help EHS professionals enhance their role and influence, while safeguarding the reality and resilience in your organization.Find out more about the power of a Safety Jester: safetyjester.com – Your Safety JesterGerben’s consulting business: © emerge.nl – Consulting | Speaking | Publishing Access Gerben’s management books on Organisational Resilience: SNAFU Media – Against the current!Gerben recommends: The Wellbeing Imperative: How Thriving People Drive High Performance - Collins, IanGerben Bekooy on LinkedIn: Gerben Bekooy | LinkedInSafety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.globalIf you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Craig Marriott, a leading safety professional and author whose career spans consultancy and executive roles - so he understands both sides of the boardroom table.Why do leaders (and other areas of the business) often view safety as merely an obstacle to progress? How can the profession reverse this perception and gain recognition as a trusted asset?Craig identifies a number of unhelpful tendencies, including trying to reduce every risk, not appreciating the bigger picture and chasing the latest shiny solution.This uplifting conversation will help EHS professionals transition from technical expert to strategic leader by working better with operational teams, building more coherent messaging, and aligning safety strategy with business objectives.Find out more about Craig’s work (and subscribe to his blog): Safety Leadership for the Real WorldCraig’s book: Challenging the Safety QuoGood governance guide from the New Zealand Institute of Directors: Health and Safety: A good practice guide | IoD NZCraig recommends:Dave Snowden - The Cynefin CoHost Leadership CommunityCraig Marriott on LinkedIn: Craig Marriott | LinkedInSafety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.globalIf you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Jessie Singer, a journalist, keynote speaker, and author of a highly acclaimed book exploring ‘accidents’ including the tragic loss of a close friend.Jessie actually argues that there are no such things as accidents, and applies her considered reasoning specifically to workplace safety in this compassionate conversation.Why do safety investigations focus on individual actions and human error? Jessie considers this to be a fundamental oversight that is restricting learning and preventing harm prevention.Workers have the least power over workplace conditions - so the profession needs to explore the other end of the line. Jessie presents a compelling case for why safety managers must keep asking questions to uncover the real control over systems that enabled the outcome.Jessie’s ideas give EHS professionals a new perspective on keeping workers safe, revealing where power - and therefore harm prevention - really resides in workplace safety.Jessie’s book: There Are No Accidents a book by Jessie SingerRecommended by Jessie:Work-Accidents and the Law.: Amazon.com: Eastman, CrystalBooks - Sidney DekkerFind out more about Jessie’s work: Jessie SingerJessie Singer on LinkedIn:Jessie Singer | LinkedInSafety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.globalIf you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Rob Fisher, a globally recognized expert in operational excellence and process safety improvement. A sought-after executive mentor, speaker, and trainer, Rob is also a best-selling author and podcast host who shares his expertise with organizations around the world.Why does safety management often end up in a silo separated from mainstream business operations?Rob explains why building safety into work in conjunction with other functions will improve operational efficiency, reduce injuries, and strengthen organizational resilience. He explores safety’s relationship with operational excellence, and actually argues for less specific focus on making workplaces safer. As well as reframing safety in general, Rob shares his ideas for improving safety measurement, before highlighting the common challenges that desiloing can create.A key theme of this practical conversation is the need for better tools, and Rob introduces the Essential Leadership Cycle as a core framework and describes the 3 phases of deployment.This strategic conversation gives EHS professionals a more integrated and sustainable approach to keeping workers safe while enhancing organizational excellence.Find out more about Rob’s work: Fisher Improvement Technologies | Improve with FITFisher Improvement Technologies - YouTube FIT Online *If you join Fit Online and you find a paid course that would benefit you or one of your colleagues, send an email, and Rob will gift it to you!Contact emails: [email protected] or [email protected]’s book: Understanding Mental Models: Practically Applying Performance Modes, Systems 1&2, and GEMS: Fisher, RobRob’s podcast: Podcasts | Fisher Improvement TechnologiesRob also recommends:The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error': Dekker, SidneyPre-Accident Investigations: Conklin, ToddRob Fisher on LinkedIn: Rob Fisher | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.globalIf you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]