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Alanna Ball reflects on how personal experiences influence workplace safety and decision-making.

In this episode of the Women in Safety podcast, Alanna Ball shares a personal and thoughtful reflection on how life outside of work can shape the way people show up within it. Drawing on recent experiences of grief, family responsibility, and health challenges, she explores how personal change can affect focus, energy, judgement, and the ability to respond well to risk. This episode brings a human lens to safety, reminding listeners that people do not arrive at work as blank slates. Alanna unpacks the impact of cognitive overload and emotional fatigue, and why these factors matter when organisations are introducing change, expecting compliance, or asking people to make important safety decisions in already demanding environments. ​ Episode Highlights How personal change can affect focus, confidence, and safety decision-making The impact of grief, family pressure, and health issues on cognitive load at work Why cognitive overload and decision fatigue can increase risk and reduce compliance The importance of recognising the human realities people carry into the workplace How empathy can strengthen change management and improve safety outcomes Why simplified systems and clearer…

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