Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin

Kathy Seabrook — Founder & CEO of Global Solutions Inc. and a standards architect on ISO 45001 and ANSI Z10 — joins Mousa to make the case that safety has always been the people side of sustainability. She walks through "impact valuation": putting the value workers create onto the P&L using data finance already understands. It's a conversation about money that keeps coming back to people as a great business decision. In this episode: • Why the harm-reduction argument has run its cour...

Dan Hobbs did not set out to build a safety company. He and his co-founder Ciarán O’Mara started with a question: why do so many workplace fatalities get called freak accidents, when the CCTV footage usually shows the same behaviour patterns happening every day on the same site? Four years later, Protex AI plugs into existing CCTV infrastructure at Fortune 500 sites in 36 countries to surface unsafe behaviours before they become incidents. Computer vision. Privacy-preserving. Not a dashboard,...

In this episode, Mousa sits down with Arijit Paul, a seasoned HSE leader with over 25 years of experience in the energy industry. Currently serving as the Director of Practices at SLB, Arijit shares his insights into energy transition, sustainability, and digital transformation. From life on the front lines of oilfield operations to shaping a global culture of safety and innovation, Arijit discusses how his experiences have shaped his passion for human performance principles and their role in...

It’s been one whole year of Safety Heroes, and what better way to celebrate than to welcome our first-ever guest back to the studio to reflect on a year of inspiring safety conversations? In this week’s episode, Mousa is joined by Malcolm Staves, Global VP of Health and Safety at L’Oreal, to look back and analyze the key themes that have emerged from the dozens of conversations we’ve had over the past year. From the power of honest, face-to-face conversations with frontline teams to th...

In this week’s episode, Dr. I. David Daniels shares his journey from a young firefighter to becoming a leading expert in occupational health and safety, with a deep focus on psychological well-being. Dr. Daniels opens up about his early years in the fire rescue service, detailing the thrilling, varied, and sometimes tragic experiences he encountered over 30 years on the frontline, where he witnessed life-threatening hazards, the loss of colleagues, and the often-overlooked emotional toll on f...

In this episode, Mousa Yassin interviews Simone Santos, the Global Head of HSE for Enercon, a leading company in renewable energy solutions. Simone elaborates on her career journey, starting from her background in environmental engineering and the pivotal moment when she transitioned into HSE. She discusses the challenges and complexities she faced while managing safety in construction projects, especially when working with a wide range of subcontractors from different cultures and back...

In this week’s episode, Marieta Yordanova, Asahi's International Group Health and Safety Director, shares her invaluable insights gained over 24 years in the industry. Marieta underscores the fundamental human right to safety at work and emphasises the importance of transparency and collaboration between organisations to enhance safety standards. Her journey from food engineering to a leadership role in health and safety reveals her passion for systematic processes and people-centred approach...