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Securing Senior Support for Safety with François Barton
Jun 22, 2026
1h 05m 48s
Investigating Workplace Harassment with Dave Rebbitt
Jun 15, 2026
57m 57s
Why Aren’t We Learning from Safety Incidents? with Gill Kernick
Jun 8, 2026
52m 15s
Can AI and Human-Centered Safety Work Together? with Brent Sutton
Jun 1, 2026
53m 03s
Better Safety Conversations with Daniel Hummerdal
May 25, 2026
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| 6/22/26 | ![]() Securing Senior Support for Safety with François Barton | In this episode, Mary Conquest talks with François Barton, CEO of the Business Leaders Health and Safety Forum in New Zealand - someone who knows exactly how to speak ‘executive’ and how leaders view workplace safety.Effective safety management is very challenging when it simply doesn’t have the budget required to implement meaningful change.François thinks that HSE managers can build stronger executive support by aligning safety initiatives with the bigger business picture. He encourages you to get familiar with organizational complexity and direction of travel and focus communication on context rather than content.Sound judgment is preferable to a ‘passion for safety’ as François shares examples of how linking safety to the organization's objectives secured executive buy-in and created significant improvements.This uplifting interview gives EHS professionals practical strategies to influence decision-makers and secure much-needed support for effective safety management.Learn more about François’ work: Business Leaders Health & Safety Forum Recommended reading: Health and Safety Governance: A Good Practice GuideFrançois Barton on LinkedIn: Francois Barton | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 1h 05m 48s | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | ![]() Investigating Workplace Harassment with Dave Rebbitt | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Dave Rebbitt, one of Canada's most respected EHS professionals, who is also a safety consultant and best-selling author.Workplace harassment, bullying, violence, and toxic environments are now finally getting the attention they deserve. But are organizations managing harassment investigations effectively? And how can safety managers enhance this process??Dave decided to specialize in this area after recent legislation changes and discovering there was minimal practical guidance available to the safety profession.Drawing from his extensive research resulting in his book, Harassment and Workplace Violence Investigations, Dave explores the unique and complex challenges, the different types of complaints, best practices for interviewing, and methods to assess credibility. Throughout this thoughtful discussion, he highlights the importance of balance, curiosity, fairness and emotional intelligence to give EHS professionals practical strategies to conduct effective investigations and foster safer, more respectful workplaces.Dave’s best-selling book: Harassment and Workplace Violence Investigations: A Practical GuideLearn more about Dave’s work: Rarebit Consulting - Safety Expert, HarassmentDave Rebbitt on LinkedIn: Dave Rebbitt, MBA, CRSP, C. Tech, CD | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 57m 57s | ||||||
| 6/8/26 | ![]() Why Aren’t We Learning from Safety Incidents? with Gill Kernick | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Gill Kernick, a consultant in high-hazard industries and author of Catastrophe and Systemic Change - a book she wishes she never had to write.It analyzes the Grenfell Tower fire, where Gill had previously lived. On the 14th of June 2017, she watched it burn. Seven of her former close neighbors died, in addition to 65 other people. She promised to make their lives count, so dedicates her work to ensuring that we learn better.Gill challenges EHS professionals to move beyond compliance and technical fixes toward embracing complexity, diversity and fostering genuine organizational learning.Her deeply considered insights offer a powerful call to action for meaningful systemic change that can prevent future accidents and transform how the safety profession impacts organizations and society.Gill’s book: Catastrophe and Systemic Change: Learning from the Grenfell Tower Fire and Other Disasters - LPP - The London Publishing Partnership(Published on 18th June 2026, but is available for early ordering in the UK - and a small donation will be made to the Grenfell Foundation)Her blog about Grenfell.Grenfell Inquiry Reports: Publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase 2 report - GOV.UKDetails on the Archives of all evidence: Records of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry - The National ArchivesPost Normal Science:Menagerie of Postnormal Potentialities | Post Normal TimesKnowledge, power, and participation in the post-normal age - ScienceDirectCynefin Framework: About - Cynefin Framework - The Cynefin CoJose Torero (Link to a blog I wrote on this): ‘The real failure of Grenfell – complexity, ambiguity and competency.’ Prof. Torero Transcript – The Grenfell EnquirerThe play 'Grenfell in the Words of Survivors': Grenfell: in the words of survivors | National TheatreLinkedIn profile: Gill Kernick | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 52m 15s | ||||||
| 6/1/26 | ![]() Can AI and Human-Centered Safety Work Together? with Brent Sutton | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Brent Sutton, a safety coach, author and practitioner with over 20 years’ experience, who focuses on worker engagement and operational learning in safety systems.With the rapid adoption of AI in the workplace, Brent explores how this technology will impact human-centred approaches to safety management.After assessing the evolution of Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) and evaluating some of its recent criticism, he argues that ethical AI tools are actually well-suited to help EHS professionals operationalize this philosophy.However, intent is key. Brent acknowledges that AI can just as easily be used to enforce more traditional approaches to safety due to its advanced monitoring and control capabilities.This delicate balance between operational learning and people blaming is the key theme: will AI be used in a sufficiently humanistic way to enhance HOP practices?Learn more about Brent’s work and test the AI safety tools: hopcopilot.comBrent Sutton on LinkedIn: Brent Sutton | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 53m 03s | ||||||
| 5/25/26 | ![]() Better Safety Conversations with Daniel Hummerdal | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Daniel Hummerdal, a psychologist who focuses on the role of humans in safety and organizational improvement.Drawing on insights from his new book, ‘An Invitation to Safety Conversations’, Daniel uncovers how dialogue closes the distance between leaders and workers, creating cultures where truth flows, partnerships develop, and safety performance improves.The interview offers fresh perspectives on safety leadership and the role of a safety professional, moving away from checklists, control and compliance towards curiosity, compassion and courage.Daniel shares his six types of conversations that uncover hidden risks, make sense of everyday work complexities, and help workplace safety become a collaborative effort.This episode invites EHS professionals to reconsider what safety work means and how they can learn and keep workers safe through more humanistic leadership.Learn more about Daniel’s book: An Invitiation to Safety ConversationsDaniel also recommends: Humble Inquiry by Edgar H. ScheinDaniel on LinkedIn: Daniel Hummerdal | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 58m 10s | ||||||
| 5/18/26 | ![]() A Fighter Pilot’s Guide to Safety with Brandon Williams | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Brandon Williams, a speaker, airline pilot and human factors professor with over two decades of experience leading teams in dynamic, complex and high-risk environments.He shares crucial safety lessons from his exhilarating career in aviation and introduces his Six Pillars of operational excellence as a framework for improving performance, strengthening decision-making and supporting learning in complex systems.The conversation explores how human factors are key to understanding incidents and why a just culture, supported by regular debriefing opportunities, will make workplaces safer.This episode provides EHS professionals with practical tools to make better decisions, advance human performance, and learn more effectively to drive not only safety, but organisational success.Learn more about Brandon’s work and services: Brandon Williams | Leadership Keynote Speaker Email Brandon: brandon@brandonwilliamsspeaker.comBrandon Williams on LinkedIn: 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 1h 01m 45s | ||||||
| 5/11/26 | ![]() A Balanced Approach To Safety with Trevor Farr | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Trevor Farr, a safety manager who only joined the profession 5 years ago - so brings a fresh perspective to the Safety Labs podcast.Trevor advocates a blended approach to safety management, combining human understanding with rules and regulations.Leaning on HOP principles, Trevor challenges traditional accident investigation methods, emphasizing their limitations and the need for a broader, more inclusive inquiry process. He encourages safety practitioners to move beyond blame to foster genuine care and authentic relationships within organizations.Throughout the conversation, Trevor reflects on the evolving nature of safety management, sharing guidance on navigating complex systems by embracing curiosity, collaboration, and a learning-based approach that values multiple perspectives, especially from frontline workers.This episode helps EHS professionals discover a more humanistic path to keeping workers safe.The LinkedIn post featured in the show: LaGuardia Fire Truck Plane Collision: Human Performance AnalysisBook recommended by Trevor: Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care: Lloyd, CliveTrevor Farr on LinkedIn: Trevor Farr, MEng, CSP | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 48m 10s | ||||||
| 5/4/26 | ![]() The Human (and Animal) Side of Safety with Domini Montgomery | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Domini Montgomery, who leads safety and risk management at St. Louis Zoo, offering a fascinating perspective grounded in biology, public health, and occupational safety.Domini shares compelling stories from managing safety where the needs of staff, animals, and the public intersect, including the pandemic’s contribution to raising awareness of the role of mental well-being in workplace safety.With a strong focus on trust, communication and collaboration, Domini explains how total worker health approaches foster engagement, innovation, and safer cultures. She offers valuable insights into integrating psychological safety and becoming a genuine changemaker in your organization.This episode provides EHS professionals with thoughtful strategies to enhance safety by embracing a human-centered approach that balances organizational mission with worker well-being. (And you’ll be glad you don’t have to consider animal-centered approaches as well!)Recommended resources for safety professionals:ASSP - American Society of Safety Professionals | ASSPBoard of Certified Safety Professionals | BCSPWomen in the Safety Profession Member Community | ASSP Domini Montgomery on LinkedIn: Domini Montgomery, MPH, ASP, CSP, CEAS | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 1h 01m 07s | ||||||
| 4/27/26 | ![]() Lessons From Retail Safety with Mark Gobert | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Mark Gobert, a seasoned retail safety expert with nearly 30 years of experience managing safety programs at major companies like Macy’s and Williams Sonoma.Mark reflects on how safety has evolved over his career and the specific challenges he faced in retail.He shares his innovative approach to translating the cost of injuries into business metrics that helped leadership appreciate the true costs and benefits of effective workplace safety.Throughout the conversation, Mark emphasizes the importance of listening to frontline workers, whose insights are crucial to effective safety solutions, and offers EHS professionals practical guidance on building credibility throughout your organization.Mark’s insights may come from his distinguished career in retail, but they offer universal wisdom for safety managers across all sectors.Mark Gobert on LinkedIn: Mark Gobert | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 42m 47s | ||||||
| 4/20/26 | ![]() Why Safety Isn’t a Profession with Dr. Robert Long | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Dr. Robert Long, founder of the social psychology of risk and an uncompromising voice in the world of safety.Drawing on over 50 years of experience across multiple careers, Rob delivers a forthright challenge to the safety industry’s status quo, even maintaining that it doesn’t deserve to be called a profession.“Nonsense” ideologies such as zero harm, and “meaningless” slogans like ‘blame fixes nothing’ are torn to shreds as Rob reveals safety’s ethical and educational deficiencies, and its lack of contextual awareness.He critiques the dominant technicist worldview - narrowly focused on engineering and regulation - and calls for a radical shift towards a person-centered, transdisciplinary approach embracing disciplines outside of safety’s comfort zone.This no-holes-barred interview will sound many alarm bells for safety ‘professionals’ who happily accept the current approaches to keeping workers safe.Find out more about Rob’s work:Human Dymensions - Dr Rob Long - Culture, Learning and RiskSocial Psychology of Risk (SPoR) – The Social Psychology of Risk, Safety and Leadership MaturityDr. Robert Long on LinkedIn: Robert Long | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 1h 03m 46s | ||||||
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| 4/13/26 | ![]() Evaluating New View Safety with Mike Fears | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Mike Fears, who describes himself as a recovering academic and has more than 20 years of experience in occupational health and safety across multiple industries.This is a fascinating deep dive into New View Safety: its principles, how it developed, its originality and, most importantly, whether it improves safety outcomes.Mike evaluates the core tenets of this approach to help us uncover the validity of maxims such as ‘error is normal’, ‘blame fixes nothing’ and ‘workers should decide how work is done’. His research findings help us separate unrealistic assertions from useful applications. But context and nuance are always key!This episode gives safety professionals a balanced and measured perspective on New View Safety, encouraging thoughtful application of its ideas - rather than uncritical adoption or rejection.Learn more about Mike’s work: The Recovering AcademicRecommended reading:Fears, M. R. (2025). The promise and problems of the "New View" of Safety. Vegetation Manager Magazine, 24 October 2025;18-20. Fears M.R. (2024). 349 Pushing the right buttons: creating conditions for developing personal motivation towards safe behaviours. Injury Prevention; 30: A74.Fears M.R. (2024). 698 The promise and problems with the “new view” of safety: weaknesses, limitations, and suggestions for further research. Injury Prevention; 30: A145. Cooper, M. (2022). The emperor has no clothes: A critique of Safety-II. Safety Science, 152, 105047. Mike Fears on LinkedIn: Mike Fears – LinkedIn Profile 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 1h 01m 11s | ||||||
| 4/6/26 | ![]() A Passion for Safety Regulations with Brandy Zadoorian | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Brandy Zadoorian, a certified safety professional and CEO of Triangle Safety Consulting, who helps organizations build robust and sustainable safety programs through her expertise in regulatory compliance.Unusually, Brandy is a passionate supporter of workplace safety regulations and highlights OSHA’s key role in keeping workers safe in America. She addresses common misunderstandings about the agency’s purpose and approach before exploring the major citation trends.Brandy analyzes the effectiveness of fines as a compliance tool and stresses the importance of proactive safety training, especially for smaller businesses. In addition to robust regulations, she also emphasizes the critical need for thorough follow-up on corrective actions to protect your workforce and prevent repeat incidents.This compelling conversation will help EHS professionals work with regulatory agencies, build trust within your organizations, and improve safety programs before enforcement or penalties are necessary.Find out more about Brandy’s services and resources, including her OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 workbooks: Triangle Safety Consulting LLCThe book recommended by Brandy: Basics of Occupational Safety, The: Amazon.com: Goetsch, DavidBrandy Zadoorian on LinkedIn: Brandy Zadoorian, CSP, CSD, LMSS | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 53m 50s | ||||||
| 3/30/26 | ![]() Putting Safety Theory into Practice with Zoë Nation | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Zoë Nation, a human factors and safety expert with over 25 years of design and implementation experience across rail, oil and gas, logistics, mining, marine, manufacturing, and aviation industries.Zoë challenges safety professionals to be more curious, move beyond ‘tribalism’, and adopt more context- and research-driven approaches to safety management: “There isn’t one right answer!”She highlights the common pitfalls organizations face when implementing change and emphasizes the importance of understanding the unique maturity and culture of your organization.Drawing on her extensive experience, Zoë stresses the critical role of end-user engagement, reminding EHS professionals that frontline workers don’t care about safety camps or jargon - they just need solutions based on their work realities.Throughout the conversation, Zoë shares practical tools and insights to help EHS professionals learn from the workforce, influence decision-makers, avoid common blind spots, and create effective safety systems that resonate across all levels of the business.Safety resources/authors recommended by Zoë:The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error': Amazon.com: Dekker, SidneyBob's Guide to Operational Learning: How to Think Like a Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) Coach: Amazon.com: Edwards, Bob, Baker, AndreaHumble Inquiry, 3rd edition: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling (Humble Leadership): Amazon.com: Schein, Edgar H., Schein, Peter ASafetyInsights.org – Home of safety & risk research summariesGlobal Safety Innovation SummitZoë Nation on LinkedIn: Zoë Nation | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 53m 44s | ||||||
| 3/23/26 | ![]() Understanding Disasters to Enhance Workplace Safety with Edward Tenner | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Edward Tenner, a renowned author and lecturer at Princeton University, whose work explores the intersections of history, technology, and safety.Edward draws on his seminar “Understanding Disasters,” examining major events like the Titanic, the World Trade Centre, Fukushima and Covid to expose how hidden risks can break safety systems.He highlights how overlooked factors such as ‘gray rhinos’ and ‘mode errors’ have contributed to serious failures, demonstrating the unintended consequences of well-meaning safety measures.Through examples of expert decisions and system designs that didn’t work as intended, he encourages safety managers to vigilantly scan the horizon for subtle signals of weaknesses..This episode offers EHS professionals practical insights and historical lessons that help you identify emerging hazards to make workplaces safer.Find out more about Edward’s work, books and essays: Edward Tenner - WelcomeYou can read Edward’s latest essay here: Are We Getting Dumber? - Milken Institute ReviewOther books recommended by Edward:Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America: Petroski, HenryNormal Accidents – Living with High Risk Technologies: Perrow, CharlesEdward Tenner on LinkedIn: Edward Tenner | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 56m 13s | ||||||
| 3/16/26 | ![]() Embracing Neurodiversity in Workplace Safety with Sarah Ischer | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Sarah Ischer, CIH, CSP, the Senior Director of Expertise at the What Works Institute, who recently published a ground-breaking report investigating neurodiversity in the workplace.Roughly 1 in 5 people are neurodivergent, meaning their brains process information, perceive hazards, or communicate differently. Yet many traditional safety programs still assume a single way of thinking.Sarah explores why neurodiversity isn’t given the same focus in the workplace as it now receives in the education system and highlights how this negatively impacts the well-being of your workers.She provides EHS professionals with practical and affordable tactics to improve workplaces for neurodiverse - and neurotypical - workers, giving you a new lens to enhance safety systems at your organization.Find out more about Sarah’s work: What Works InstituteThe full report into neurodiversity at work: Neurodiversity in EHSSarah Ischer on LinkedIn: Sarah Ischer, CIH, CSP | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 43m 01s | ||||||
| 3/10/26 | ![]() Expert Views on Safety 100th Episode Special | In this special 100th episode, we look back at the conversations that have shaped Safety Labs by Safety Products Global over the past 99 shows.The series has consistently explored the major challenges facing today’s EHS professionals, providing a platform for expert guests to share candid perspectives on the realities of workplace safety.Inevitably, certain subjects have consistently shaped the conversations and sparked wider debate on LinkedIn - so you’ll find lots of firmly-held views on hot topics including safety theories, metrics, and blame; frank assessments of the role of EHS professionals, psychological safety and Heinrich; and emphatic statements on safety porn, Zero Harm, and safety culture.Expect rallying calls to action, powerful messages, and hard-hitting insights. And some of the language is as strong as the opinions.Thanks for being part of the Safety Labs journey, and we hope you enjoy this celebration of its success - here’s to the next 100 episodes!Featured guests (in order of appearance):Sam Goodman (Episode 27): Making Safety Suck LessFred Sherratt (Episode 84): The Ever-Changing World of Construction SafetyDavid Provan (Episode 58): What Is the Role of a Safety Professional?Tim D’Ath (Episode 61): A Human-Centric Approach to Safety ManagementBrye Sargent (Episode 11): Who is Ultimately Accountable for Safety?Tony Muschara (Episode 70): The Critical Steps in Workplace SafetyScott Gesinger (Episode 24): The Past, Present and Future of SafetyLeslie Rex Stockel (Episode 91): Making Sense of Evolving Safety ApproachesStephen Harvey (Episode 38): Why Safety Needs More Fun and ConnectionTodd Loushine (Episode 96): Redefining Safety SuccessGary Namie (Episode 41): How Bullying Impacts Workplace SafetyTim Marsh (Episode 01): How Can You Make a Case for Empowering Safety Culture?Stephanie Benay (Episode 42): Women in SafetyI. David Daniels (Episode 30): Workplace Safety is for EveryoneCrista Vesel (Episode 94): The Power of Words in Workplace SafetyDr Tristan Casey (Episode 40): What Does Safety Culture Mean?James Junkin (Episode 37): Thoughts From a Safety OutlawBob Edwards (Episode 53): Managing Complexity in Workplace SafetyKym Bancroft (Episode 05): The End-to-End Process of Safety Culture ChangeStephen Scott (Episode 28): Embracing New Approaches to Workplace SafetyClive Lloyd (Episode 44): The Key Component of Workplace Safety: TrustGreg Smith (Episode 80): The Safety Profession’s Disconnect Between Process and PurposeElisa Lynch (Episode 14): Is New View Safety More Effective Than Traditional Approaches?Logan F. Martin (Episode 22): The Safety Profession: Where are We and Where Do We Go From Here?Josh Bryant (Episode 26): Using Multiple Safety Theories to Implement Critical Risk ManagementNippin Anand (Episode 99): Is Safety Learning the Right LessonsLori Guasta (Episode 95): Getting Back to Safety BasicsMikel Bowman (Episode 51): Leading From the Middle To Enhance Workplace SafetySafety 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 54m 47s | ||||||
| 3/2/26 | ![]() Is Safety Learning the Right Lessons with Nippin Anand | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Nippin Anand, an event investigation expert who founded a consultancy specialising in human-centred approaches to learning.Using the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster, Nippin examines how investigations often produce explanations that satisfy the need for closure but fail to reflect the complexity of events and help organizations actually learn.Drawing on social psychology, mythology and anthropology, Nippin challenges many “safety myths” including normal work, zero harm and the role of blame in the workplace. He encourages the safety profession to uncover deeper insights through surfacing the unconscious, using our three minds and focusing on intelligent cues in accident investigations.A key theme is that real learning lies in the tension, and Nippin argues for transdisciplinary thinking in safety, moving beyond root cause and corrective action towards context, meaning, individuality and uncertainty. This interview offers EHS professionals a more reflective approach to safety learning.Find out more about Nippin’s work: About Nippin - Nippin AnandNippins’s book: Are We Learning from Accidents?Nippin’s consultancy (including knowledge space): Home - Novellus SolutionsRecommended resources about the iCue (intelligent cues) process:The iCue engagement program™iCue engagement processDr. Robert Long’s excellent work: Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR)Nippin Anand on LinkedIn: Nippin Anand | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 1h 06m 53s | ||||||
| 2/23/26 | ![]() A Regulator’s Perspective on Improving Safety with Doug Parker | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Doug Parker, former US Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, whose illustrious career has spanned labor law, federal and state oversight, worker advocacy, policy leadership and consultancy.Doug explains why regulators are often seen only through the lens of enforcement and what that view misses. Drawing on his time leading OSHA, he describes the broader role of guidance, dialogue and worker voice in improving safety outcomes.The conversation explores how trust shapes the relationship between regulators and organizations, why engagement matters and how fear of enforcement can limit learning and transparency. Doug also reflects on the constraints regulators operate under and what that means in practice.This episode gives EHS professionals a rare regulatory perspective on how to engage more constructively with oversight bodies and use regulation as a lever to support meaningful, lasting safety improvement.Find out more about OSHA: Home | Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationCalifornia State OSHA resources and templates: Cal/OSHA - Division of Occupational Safety and Health - Home PageWorker-focused global resources Doug recommends: Hesperian Health Guides | Knowledge for Action - Action for HealthDoug Parker on LinkedIn: Doug Parker | LinkedInContact Doug directly: dougparker1@gmail.comSafety 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 53m 27s | ||||||
| 2/16/26 | ![]() Bootstrapping Workplace Safety with Shawn Connick | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Shawn Connick, a safety consultant with decades of experience across construction and energy.Shawn reflects on why safety professionals are surrounded by ideas yet often struggle to turn them into practice. Drawing on his own experience, he shares his success operationalizing new workplace safety approaches with (all too familiar) resource constraints.Discover how to effectively implement learning teams, ensuring safety is aligned with production and quality, insights emerge before workers get hurt, and your organization improves in all these areas together.Shawn emphasizes the importance of building ‘safety fluency’, helping leaders understand that organizational change is the key to creating safer workplaces. This episode gives EHS professionals invaluable guidance on making new safety approaches work in practice - and on a limited budget.Find out more about Shawn’s consultancy work: Shawn Connick Construct StrategiesBooks recommended by Shawn:- Sidney Dekker’s: The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'- Todd Conklin’s: The 5 Principles of Human Performance- Bob Edwards and Andrea Baker’s: Bob's Guide to Operational Learning- Edgar Shein’s: Humble InquiryPodcasts recommended by Shawn:PreAccident Investigation Podcast | Todd ConklinA HOP Podcast (With No Name)Podcasts - FreakonomicsShawn Connick on LinkedIn: Shawn Connick, CSP | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 38m 12s | ||||||
| 2/9/26 | ![]() Redefining Safety Success with Dr. Todd Loushine | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Dr. Todd Loushine, an Associate Professor, EHS professional, scientist and Data Analytics enthusiast who has extensively researched how we track safety.Todd challenges the profession’s reliance on familiar aspirations and indicators, questioning whether established goals and metrics actually enhance workplace safety.In this stimulating interview, he explores the current balance between compliance and people, and shares his extensive critical analysis of the data we rely on to measure performance. Other big-picture questions, such as safety’s role and alignment within an organization, also come under the spotlight.Todd pushes EHS professionals to raise ambitions for safety. He urges you to think more deeply and critically about metrics, while broadening your perspective beyond hazards to a more empathetic approach.Resources recommended by Todd:Home - Safety On The Edge ConferenceSafetyInsights.org – Home of safety & risk research summariesDr. Todd Loushine on LinkedIn:Todd William Loushine, PhD, PE, CSP, CIH | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 59m 00s | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | ![]() Getting Back to Safety Basics with Lori Guasta | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Lori Guasta, a safety leader whose career spans frontline practice, academia and consultancy.Lori reflects on the profession’s obsession with the next shiny object, even though the fundamentals that support safe work have been understood for decades. She explains that chasing the latest silver bullet will actually distract organizations from doing safety well.Leadership development and cultural change are key themes throughout this inspiring conversation; however, Lori’s experience allows her to cover many important areas, including generational change and women’s role in workplace safety.Lori encourages EHS professionals to step back from the noise, reconnect with proven principles and focus on what genuinely supports people to work safely. This episode offers practical guidance to get back to basics and ignore the temptation to search for safety shortcuts.Explore the life’s work of Edgar Schein: Edgar H. Schein: books, biographyLori Guasta on LinkedIn: Lori Guasta, Ph.D. | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 48m 40s | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | ![]() The Power of Words in Workplace Safety with Crista Vesel | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Crista Vesel, an academic, author and safety communication specialist whose work focuses on how language influences learning and decision-making in safety-critical environments.Crista explores why safety professionals often rely on familiar approaches even though they fail to produce meaningful learning. She explains how language used around incidents can steer inquiry in particular directions, narrowing what is explored and what gets left out.Drawing on her pioneering work on learning reviews, Crista explains how certain language patterns can unintentionally shut down inquiry, reinforce blame and limit understanding. She contrasts this with approaches that support open and collaborative dialogue to give organizations deeper understanding of workplace safety.This conversation offers EHS professionals practical insight into using language more deliberately, strengthening insights after events and creating cultures where workers share and organisations learn.The Masters of Engineering program where Crista teaches: Graduate | Advanced Safety Engineering and ManagementHer (open access) thesis on agentive language: Language Bias in Accident InvestigationCrista and Ivan’s book: Human & Organization PotentialFind out more about their work: Dynamic Inquiry | All change starts with a questionKenneth Gergen’s book recommended by Crista: An Invitation to Social ConstructionCrista Vesel on LinkedIn: Crista Vesel, MSc | LinkedInIvan Pupulidy on LinkedIn: Ivan Pupulidy, PhD | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 1h 01m 42s | ||||||
| 1/19/26 | ![]() Broadening Your Approach to Workplace Safety with Dr. Simon Goncharenko | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Dr. Simon Goncharenko, a respected thought leader and author on a mission to make safety management theory more accessible. He examines why many organizations continue to rely on specific philosophies, frameworks and metrics to manage safety, even as serious injuries and fatalities remain stubbornly high. He questions what established measures, such as TRIR, tell us and where they can distract attention from more meaningful risk.Known for challenging narrow thinking in safety management, Simon revisits key concepts, including behavior-based safety and safety culture, highlighting the crucial gaps between theory and practice. Throughout the interview, Simon returns to a central theme: safety is not a single-solution challenge. He encourages EHS professionals to broaden their approach, push boundaries and resist over-reliance on specific ideas. Safety is a journey, not a destination.Simon’s safety management books:Save Lives: Pushing Boundaries in Human FactorsOperationalizing Twenty-First Century SafetyFind out more about Simon’s work: Save Lives Global – Safety ConsultingDr. Simon Goncharenko on LinkedIn: Dr. Simon G. | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 1h 01m 34s | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | ![]() The Dangers of Safety Incentives with Diane Chadwick-Jones | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Diane Chadwick-Jones, a former BP safety leader and long-time researcher whose work has shaped how organizations think about safety incentives.Diane explains why linking pay and bonuses to injury rates often creates unintended consequences, including suppressed reporting and reduced learning. Drawing on years of internal and external research, she shows how incentives can reinforce belief systems that feel right but undermine safety in practice.She shares how BP and other high-hazard organizations have moved away from injury-based bonuses, what replaced them and why peer recognition, transparency and supportive leadership matter more than annual rewards.This conversation offers EHS professionals practical insight into influencing senior leaders, changing belief systems over time and building conditions where people feel safe to speak up about problems before they escalate.Diane’s published research on safety incentives: Rewarding safety performance: Improving safety or maintaining beliefs?Find out more about Diane’s work: Diane Chadwick-Jones / Safety Leadership / Human PerformanceEnergy Institute videos Diane recommends:The modern view of incident causationHuman performance - what does it mean?Walk through a task to prevent incidentsSafety leadership in the fieldDiane Chadwick-Jones on LinkedIn: Diane Chadwick-Jones | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 52m 44s | ||||||
| 1/5/26 | ![]() Making Sense of Evolving Safety Approaches with Leslie Rex Stockel | In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Leslie Rex Stockel, Associate Professor of Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology at Oklahoma State University and a long-time leader in safety education.Drawing on decades of experience and teaching, Leslie reflects on how safety ideas evolved from Taylor and Heinrich to behavior-based safety and human performance. And assesses the impact of approaches like safety third.She questions whether leaders are patient enough to give new approaches a chance and warns against the profession’s tendency to chase silver bullets rather than focusing on sustained incremental improvement.Leslie explores the growing imbalance between cultural and technical safety, warning that strong people skills cannot compensate for weak technical foundations.Throughout the conversation, she offers candid, practical advice for EHS professionals to assess their own gaps, strengthen both sides of their practice and focus on what truly keeps people safe at work.Find out more about Leslie’s work: Leslie Stockel | About | Oklahoma State UniversityOSHA’s website: Home | Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationASSP website: ASSP - American Society of Safety ProfessionalsLeslie Rex Stockel on LinkedIn: Leslie Rex Stockel, PhD, CSP, SMP, FASSP | 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 safetylabs@safetyproducts.global | 1h 00m 52s | ||||||
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