PAPod 594 - Bridging Cultures: Safety, Migrant Workers, and the Heart of Agribusiness
About this episode
Todd Conklin discusses safety in agriculture with Al Thomson, focusing on migrant workers and cultural understanding.
Coming into this episode, Todd Conklin welcomes Al Thomson to discuss safety in the primary sector, focusing on migrant Pacific workers and a human-centered approach. Al shares how Monarch Platform blends pastoral care, cultural understanding, and contemporary safety (HOP) to support a diverse workforce across New Zealand’s agriculture and horticulture industries. The conversation covers cultural differences in risk perception, village success planning, measuring workforce capacity with role-specific “bingo” competencies, and the importance of humility, vulnerability, and leadership in creating meaningful safety outcomes.
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