Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPAPod 603 - Procedures: The Double-Edged Sword of Safety
Episode 968
In this episode Todd Conklin explores the paradox of procedures: they keep work stable but also limit flexibility. He explains how procedures can be …
17 hours ago
PAPod 602 - From Brazil with Safety: Gilval and the New View Revolution
Episode 967
Todd Conklin talks with Gilval Menezes about Brazil’s growing movement to adopt the New View of safety: translating resources into Portuguese, buildi…
1 week ago
PAPod 601 - Rethinking Safety: AI, Pre-Jobs, and the Power of Listening
Episode 966
Todd chats with Ron Gantt about the future of safety — from AI-driven pre-task tools to the limits of rote checklists — and why listening to frontlin…
2 weeks ago
PAPod 600 - The Future of Safety: Learning Teams, Storytelling, and Not-Knowing
Episode 965
In this part two conversation, Todd Conklin and Bob Edwards explore what the future holds for operational learning and safety. They discuss learning …
3 weeks ago
PAPod 599 - Learn Like Bob: How Pediatric Teams Saved 30,000 Babies
Episode 964
Todd Conklin and Bob Edwards discuss Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS), a grassroots movement of learning teams that used operational learning to dr…
4 weeks ago
PAPod 598 - What If Risk Never Leaves? Exploring Transportable Hazards
Episode 963
In this episode, Todd Conklin questions whether risk can ever truly be removed or if it simply moves around. He distinguishes between hazards and ris…
1 month ago
PAPod 597 - From the way, way, way, way, back machine...Pain as a Predictor: Martha Acosta on Finding the Signals Before Failure
Episode 962
Todd Conklin interviews Martha Acosta, a pioneer in human performance and instructional design, about using organizational "pain points" and paradoxe…
1 month, 1 week ago
PAPod 596 - Incremental Safety Practices: Reductive vs. Inductive Safety
Episode 961
Todd Conklin reviews Erik Hollnagel’s new book "Incremental Safety Practices" and explains the core idea that safety efforts fall into two approaches…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
PAPod 595 - Beyond Checklists: How Conversations Transform Safety Culture
Episode 960
Host Todd Conklin talks with Daniel Hummerdahl about his new book, An Invitation to Safety Conversation, exploring how everyday safety talks can move…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
PAPod 594 - Bridging Cultures: Safety, Migrant Workers, and the Heart of Agribusiness
Episode 959
Coming into this episode, Todd Conklin welcomes Al Thomson to discuss safety in the primary sector, focusing on migrant Pacific workers and a human-c…
2 months ago