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E53: Weak Controls. Repeat Deaths. The Brady review into mining fatalities
Season 1 Episode 53
Imagine following a workplace fatality, that the weakest types of controls are implemented - administrative.
This episode unpacks some findings from …
10 months, 4 weeks ago
E52: Tapping into the semiotics of risk - workspace, headspace, groupspace
How can we move beyond simple workplace hazards towards tackling risk from psychological and cultural cues in the workplace?
Today we unpack Rob Long…
11 months ago
E51: The links between hazardous energy magnitude and injury severity
Season 1 Episode 51
What are the links between the magnitude of the energy within hazard exposures on subsequent injury severity and death?
Does more energy = higher chan…
11 months ago
E50: Ed Schein's Humble Inquiry - “The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling” (quickisode)
Season 1 Episode 50
This quickisode unpacks Ed Schein's concept of Humble Inquiry - said to be the "gentle art of asking instead of telling".
Source: Schein, E. H. (2013)…
11 months, 1 week ago
E49: CEO-speak and the road to major disasters
Season 1 Episode 49
What does the leadership language used by CEOs tell us about the priority and beliefs around safety and risk?
This episode unpacks a study exploring …
11 months, 1 week ago
E48: Blame fixes ... something ???
Season 1 Episode 48
Does blame really solve nothing...or does it have some redeeming features?
Source: van Mourik, O., Grohnert, T., & Gold, A. (2023). Mitigating work co…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
E47: Improving procedures via resilient skills - leveraging resilience engineering (quickisode)
Season 1 Episode 47
This quickisode explores how resilience engineering - particularly enhancing resilient skills - can improve procedures.
Source: Saurin, T. A., Wachs, …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
E46: The Stuff That Kills People and weaknesses in Critical Control Programs
Season 1 Episode 46
How do Critical Control programs succeed or fault and trip? And are CC observations calibrated to the actual things that kill or permanently injure p…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
E45: Unpacking Officer Due Diligence based on a Maritime NZ prosecution
Season 1 Episode 45
This episode unpacks findings from the recent Maritime NZ / Port of Auckland case, where a CEO was charged under due diligence offences.
It offers an …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
E44: Human-centred design - some terms from Don Norman (quickisode)
Season 1 Episode 44
This quickisode dives into some key human-centred design terms from the GOAT, Don Norman.
The source is: Norman, D. (2013). The design of everyday thi…
11 months, 3 weeks ago