Safety on Tap
231 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Safety on Tap podcast is for leaders (yes, that's you!) wanting to grow themselves and drastically improve health and safety along the way. We bring you free-flowing ideas, perspectives and stories from interviews with only the most interesting people - to help you take positive, effective and rewarding action. Nice!
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Ep219: Aligned goals, broader approach - Organisational psychology, with Diya Dey
April 16, 2024 14:35 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBHave you ever had an idea, or heard an idea, thinking it was brilliant, only to realise that the idea is not that new, and didn't come from where you thought it did? Welcome to the discipline of organisational psychology. Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. Since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way. Welcome to you, you're in the right place. If this is your first time listening in, tha...
Ep218: An answer for everything with Andrew Barrett
March 18, 2024 02:15 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBFull show notes: www.safetyontap.com/ep218 You seem to have answers for everything, he said to me. He was 100% right and 100% wrong at the same time. This is a podcast about how that can be, and how you can engage with better answers. Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. Since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way. Welcome to you, you're in the right place. If this is your first time liste...
Ep217: Some nuances to safety professional practice with Tim Lie
March 14, 2024 04:11 - 50 minutes - 46 MBFull show notes: www.safetyontap.com/ep217 What does it sound like, to have permission to not focus on certain things in health and safety? What one concept are we missing from risk management that makes a massive difference? Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. Since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way. Welcome to you, you're in the right place. If this is your first time listening in, th...
Ep216 Resonance and understanding, with Andrew Barrett
March 04, 2024 03:24 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBFull show notes: www.safetyontap.com/ep216 Radio, television, and the content we consume have changed enormously since I was a kid. This is a podcast about the physics, and the metaphor of this change and how we can change too, but only if we want to remain resonant. Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. Since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way. Welcome to you, you're in the right place....
Ep215: The intersection of systems innovation, creative design & systems thinking, with Satyan Chari
January 08, 2024 15:31 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBFull show notes: www.safetyontap.com/ep215 Are the ideas of science at odds with a humanist approach? Can we solve all the big problems with big data and analytics? Can you really succeed with tools and practices and not understand the philosophy behind them? Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. Since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way. Welcome to you, you're in the right place. If this is ...
Ep214: Making 2024 Your Best Year Yet
December 15, 2023 13:27 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBFull show notes: www.safetyontap.com/ep214 Two quick questions for you: first, did you get what you got in 2023 by design, or did your year kind of happen to you by accident? Second question, what's going to change for you in 2024? I have gifts for you inside, keep listening! Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. Since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way. Welcome to you, you're in the right ...
Ep213: Human Factors, Error, Blame & Systems Thinking, with A/Prof Gemma Read
December 08, 2023 06:02 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBWe are now realising that just focussing on preventing bad stuff is a pretty limited view of health and safety, and that many of our approaches are limited in the application and the quality of their outputs. So how would we broaden out focus to study and improve normal work? It turns out there are theories, models, and people who've doing this for 80 years. Allow me to introduce Human Factors, Ergonomics, and Systems Thinking. Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. Since you're...
Ep212: Three ways of getting things done, with Andrew Barrett
October 27, 2023 05:20 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBFull show notes: www.safetyontap.com/ep212 Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. If we want to improve our performance in ANY area of our life, work or otherwise, there are ONLY three ways to do it, three kinds of how before we decide what to do. For most of us, the decisions we make every day, many times a day, about which of the three ways to take, is invisible. Until now. Since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve healt...
Ep211: Disagree better, with Andrew Barrett
October 16, 2023 05:37 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBFull show notes: www.safetyontap.com/ep211 I don't agree. And here's why. We should hear this a lot more in health and safety practice. The need to say these words, and the way it sounds when we say it, is more important to our effectiveness than you can imagine. Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. Since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way. Welcome to you, you're in the right place. I...
Ep210: Health and safety probably is a wicked problem, with Craig Ashhurst
October 04, 2023 05:50 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBFull show notes: www.safetyontap.com/ep209 I have some questions for you. As you hear these, just nod your head or shake it if you agree or disagree. Does it ever feel like you can't give a good clear definition of what health and safety is? That the work is never ending? That it's tricky to definitively describe what we are trying to do? That it's difficult to predict what will happen? That we can't make firm promises about our systems or controls or interventions? That what works in on...
Ep209: Meet them where they are at with Andrew Barrett
September 22, 2023 03:39 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBFull show notes: www.safetyontap.com/ep209 We are in the business of change. But we aren't always great at it. This is a podcast about babies and blindness, carrots and elephants, and the necessary tension between where we want to go, and where we are right now. I don't think we will ever be able to rest on our laurels, even if we become the most influential and effective safety professionals in history. Even if all the hazards are identified, all the controls are known and in place,...
EP208: Is your professional practice unethical? with Simon Cassin
September 18, 2023 05:22 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBEp208: Is your professional practice unethical? Full show notes: safetyontap.com/ep208 Is your professional practice unethical? Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. Since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way. Welcome to you, you're in the right place. If this is your first time listening in, thanks for joining us and well done for trying something different to improve! And of ...
Ep207: On the Hook & The Cost of Free with Andrew Barrett
September 07, 2023 04:27 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBEp207: On the Hook & the Cost of Free, with Andrew Barrett Full show notes: www.safetyontap.com/ep207 Today, you can access the entire collection of information used to create university-level health and safety programs, for free. Today, you could sign-up for an MBA, and in a year from now have an MBA, for free. If you haven't done either of these things, and you probably haven't, there's a reason. For the people who have taken that first step, almost all of them drop out and walk...
Ep206: Change and Change Managers, with Gilbert Kruidenier
August 31, 2023 04:26 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBEp206: Change and Change Managers, with Gilbert Kruidenier Full Show Notes: https://safetyontap.com/ep206 Change! It's the only thing that stays the same in health and safety. Today's guest is a professional change manager, though the label doesn't entirely capture what he does and how he does it. Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. Since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way...
Ep205: Platinum, Covid, and how ideas spread, with Andrew Barrett
August 24, 2023 05:44 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBEp205: Platinum, Covid, and how ideas spread, with Andrew Barrett Full Show Notes: https://safetyontap.com/ep205 I noticed when they started saying 'Welcome back Mr Barrett' when I boarded the plane. But I really took notice, when they stopped saying it. This is a podcast about ideas, and stories, and our opportunity to pay more attention to how they affect our work as health and safety professionals. Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. Since you're listening...
Ep204: 99% = 0%, with Andrew Barrett
June 01, 2023 03:43 - 10 minutes - 9.86 MBSometimes, 99% is as good as 0%. And it's really quite useful to know when that's the case. Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. Since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way. Welcome to you, you're in the right place. If this is your first time listening in, thanks for joining us and well done for trying something different to improve! And of course welcome back to all of you wonderful regular...
Ep203: Stop talking about health and safety, with Rob Kirkwood
March 30, 2023 08:22 - 40 minutes - 37 MB<> Why on earth would you remove the words health and safety, in order to improve health and safety? Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. Since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way. Welcome to you, you're in the right place. If this is your first time listening in, thanks for joining us and well done for trying something different to improve! And of course welcome back to all of you...
Ep202 When You're Gone, with Andrew Barrett
March 10, 2023 00:07 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB<> I've taken a bit of a break from creating new podcast episodes, and as I come back to you with this episode, I started reflecting on what happens when you're gone. Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. Since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way. Welcome to you, you're in the right place. If this is your first time listening in, thanks for joining us and well done for trying somet...
Ep201 Ron Gantt
June 16, 2022 03:01 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MB"Being in search of a beautiful question can lead to a new sense of purpose and direction. A beautiful question is one that challenges assumptions, considers new possibilities, and serves as a catalyst for action and change. Crafting and engaging with such beautiful questions is like an art. Like other art forms, it takes practice, and requires learning from practice. When practiced well, artful inquiry can lead to transformative learning and innovative change". Southern, N. (2015) Fr...
Ep200: Live Listener Event
June 08, 2022 07:36 - 1 hour - 155 MBHey it's Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap! On the 13th of May 2022 I had the extraordinary experience of spending a few hours in a virtual event with Safety on Tap listeners from around the world to celebrate 200 episodes of the Safety on Tap podcast. This is a podcast, but its more than that, it's a community, and I wanted to celebrate with you. We spent weeks getting your feedback on favourite episodes, most impactful lessons, questions for guests coming back and combing throu...
Ep199-5: Half an episode and my gift to you for our 200th
May 06, 2022 02:15 - 3 minutes - 5.33 MBhis is a cheeky episode, halfway between episode 199 and episode 200, with two really short messages for you - an invitation and a request. First, I want you to be a part of episode 200! In exactly the same way that phones are only as good as having people to talk to, a team is only a team because of who is part of it, and roads only exist because cars needed something to drive on, a podcast is only a podcast because of you, the listener! I should say listeners, plural, si...
Ep199 All Your Finance Needs (not), with Andrew Barrett
April 20, 2022 14:47 - 5 minutes - 7.2 MBI know her personally, we were part of a business group a few years ago. Having gotten far more focussed and proactive with my overall financial goals and position in recent years, I asked this Financial Planner to come over and help us plan our finances. We prepared a lot, laid it all out - mortgage situation, credit, assets, a business, a family trust, a farming partnership, superannuation (401k), insurances, cash position, investments.....it was all there. I wanted the Financial...
Ep198: Thinking and rethinking work, people, and mental health, with Antony Malmo
April 12, 2022 03:11 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBMy guest today is Antony Malmo. Antony is a self described Wellbeing Smuggler, Jargon Cutter, Systems Wrangler, and C-suite Whisperer. He's a director at Allos Australia, an organisation that approaches workplace mental health systemically; from EAP support and Psych Health and Safety, to Leadership & Strategy. He studied ecosystem science and psychology at University, and then abandoned both those career paths to spend almost a decade working with businesses in Colombia (South Americ...
Ep197 Mental Models
March 31, 2022 03:18 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MBSo what's the beliefs, assumptions, and images we have that make sense of our thoughts and behaviour here? Is it that war is bad? That military aggression is unacceptable? Maybe, but it doesn't explain our blindness to so many other things equally as objectionable and far more prolonged. No, we have different kinds of assumptions and beliefs and images about how the world works, and when those get violated. And we often don't even know about them ourselves. We'll call these mental...
Ep196: EBM or Solutioneering? With Prof Rob Briner
March 23, 2022 04:53 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBWhat if you could better guide your organisation on what's most important, and be more confident about the results you can deliver? That's what today's guest is asking of all of us, assuming that’s the kind of professional we want to be. My guest today is Professor Rob Briner, and he has had a bee in his bonnet about what people like us do, in part because of what people like Rob do. He'll explain more in a minute. Rob is Professor of Organisational Psychology at Queen Mary University...
Ep195 Tune-in to feedback, with Andrew Barrett
February 25, 2022 04:01 - 4 minutes - 6.86 MBWhat words do you know people use to describe you, or your team? Not words you'd like them to say, but words they have actually said and you've heard directly or second hand?
Ep194 You must be in defence of.....with Andrew Barrett
February 17, 2022 03:16 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MBGandhi did it with walking and without food. Michael Pollan did it with food and a book. Al Gore did it with a film. Dave Grohl did it with Youtube in 2020, and Dave Provan did it with words in 2018. Each of them, in defence of something important. And so must you. The word defence usually conjures up three different things for people. Either, synonyms to do with the armed forces, war, and conflict, OR, playing defence in a sporting sense where there is an attacking side (again,...
Ep193 Large-scale Safety II in practice @ American Airlines, with Bog Glavan & Nick Peterson
February 14, 2022 06:49 - 59 minutes - 82.3 MBThere is an enormous amount of talk about new safety approaches, in theory, compared to implementation in practice. But implementation does exist, it does show promise, and it can be done at scale. My guests today are First Officer Bogomir Glavan and First Officer Nicholas Peterson from American Airlines Learning and Improvement Team. This team is hyper-generous, part of their DNA is to write papers, do presentations, and speak at conferences to share their work, in the hope that it d...
Ep192 The purpose of strategy
January 27, 2022 10:58 - 12 minutes - 16.8 MBAll forward-thinking leaders are interested in strategy. But what, exactly, is the purpose of strategy? This is the first podcast out for 2022 so for new-release listeners, happy new year! This year I'm getting far more focussed and intentional to bring you insights from the coaching work I do with health and safety professionals, and I'll tell you why that’s like gold: it's bloody lonely doing our work. It doesn’t matter whether you are the frontline safety supervisor or the head of s...
Ep191 Being salesy, with Andrew Barrett
December 15, 2021 05:31 - 11 minutes - 16.3 MBLet's talk about Linkedin, humanity, and being salesy. I am connected with tens of thousands of people, in some direct way. Whether that's someone who was seen me speak, been in a workshop, listened to my podcast, or connected on social media. All of those are one-degree of separation, there is a direct link between me and them, between me and you.
Ep190: How to reshape your safety metrics & ditch the broken ones, with Dr Tristan Casey
November 12, 2021 04:56 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBJerry Muller wrote a phenomenal book called the Tyranny of Metrics, which he opens by saying "the title is not meant to convey the message that metrics are intrinsically tyrannical, but rather that they are frequently used in ways that are dysfunctional and oppressive". And that, by friends, is a fitting way to begin this awesome dialogue about safety indicators and metrics. Let's begin.
Ep189 How to improve engagement, with Andrew Barrett
November 02, 2021 03:31 - 11 minutes - 16.1 MB"Help me get people engaged". "No one is engaged with health and safety". "Engagement around here is pretty low". Requests like this and their variations are some of the most common things people come to me for help with. Health and safety have an engagement problem, but it's not limited to that. Gallup says only 36% of workers in the US are engaged at work. And no one agrees on how we define engagement in any case. What do we do?
Ep188: An org-wide case study moving to Safety II, with Kym Bancroft.
October 07, 2021 12:43 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBKym Bancroft is an organisational psychologist turned health and safety executive, who was the head of Health and Safety at Urban Utilities. Urban Utilities is a water and sewage utility supplying 1.4 million people with clean water and flushing toilets in South-East Queensland in Australia. With thousands of employees and contractors, a high risk work environment and network to build, operate and maintain, Kym led the health and safety transformation at Urban Utilities between 2017 and 20...
Ep187: Go Disrupt Yourself (live from Safeguard 2019), with Andrew Barrett
September 30, 2021 02:59 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MBThis is my live keynote speech delivered at the Safeguard 2019 Conference. The theme of the conference was Dare to Disrupt. That was an idea which I respectfully disagreed with and explained why in the opening keynote when I encouraged the audience, and you, to go disrupt yourself.
Ep186: If kids can, So can you: Innovation and Entrepreneurialism in Practice, with Liz Jackson, Global Capabilities Lead, Sydney Catholic Schools.
September 22, 2021 08:32 - 41 minutes - 57.5 MBI don't think this interview needs much introduction, except to say one thing: if you are inclined to turn off because the words innovation or entrepreneurialism seem too fluffy or not relevant to you, stick with this: you'll be surprised like I was. Here's today's guest, Liz Jackson:
Ep185 Props for the performance, with Andrew Barrett
September 10, 2021 00:06 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBI, like you, have been spending a lot of time in the same workplace for a while now, my home office. And yet despite the amount of time I spend here, it was only recently that something struck me when I saw things that had been there the whole time but hadn't recognised for what they are. My space, and probably yours, are filled with theatre props - the things which bring our professional performance to life.
Ep184: Behavioural economics, nudge, sludge, and more, with Rory Gallagher, Managing Director, The Behavioural Insights Team
September 06, 2021 06:00 - 54 minutes - 74.2 MBRory Gallagher is the Asia Pacific Director of the Behavioural Insights Team, and a founding member of it's parent organisation within the British Government. This work as always fascinated me, ever since I read the book Nudge, based on Nobel Prize winning work by Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler. Have you ever thought, 'well that person's response or behaviour or inion surprised me, because it didn't seem logical or rational?'. That curiosity is at the heart of this idea that heaps of ...
Ep183: Made Visible, with Andrew Barrett
August 25, 2021 10:25 - 14 minutes - 19.2 MBIt's hard to focus on things that we can't see, that aren't visible to us. It doesn't mean they aren't there, it's just that they aren't visible to us. Having empathy for others, and appreciating that they have a perspective and experience which is 100% valid for them, can be a difficult thing to comprehend, let alone practice.
Ep182: ISO standards and new views of safety: slaying different kinds of sacred cows, with Jeremy Scrivens
August 18, 2021 12:19 - 50 minutes - 69.1 MBWhat's the risk when we use an ISO standard approach to health and safety? That we miss the point entirely. Decades of experience have revealed what happens when standards compliance and its activities become the goal, instead of the goals of actual health and actual safety the ISO standard was meant to enable. Oh, and by the way, we're going to blow the idea of new views of safety out of the water too. Today's partner in conversation Jeremy Scrivens sort of defies description, and defi...
AIHS Election - Christine Edwards
August 08, 2021 09:51 - 14 minutes - 20.3 MBIn addition to our regular podcasts, this is a little series that brings you the candidates for the 2021 Australian Institute of Health and Safety Board elections. Why am I doing these? Take a listen and I'll explain. We've given each candidate only 10 minutes to convince you they are worthy to serve members of the AIHS. To get more info, including detailed profiles of all election candidates, visit aihs.org.au If you have a question or a comment for a candidate, post a comment down be...
AIHS Election - Peter Zmuda
August 08, 2021 09:49 - 13 minutes - 19 MBIn addition to our regular podcasts, this is a little series that brings you the candidates for the 2021 Australian Institute of Health and Safety Board elections. Why am I doing these? Take a listen and I'll explain. We've given each candidate only 10 minutes to convince you they are worthy to serve members of the AIHS. To get more info, including detailed profiles of all election candidates, visit aihs.org.au If you have a question or a comment for a candidate, post a comment down be...
AIHS Election - Sam Jackson
August 08, 2021 09:48 - 13 minutes - 18.7 MBIn addition to our regular podcasts, this is a little series that brings you the candidates for the 2021 Australian Institute of Health and Safety Board elections. Why am I doing these? Take a listen and I'll explain. We've given each candidate only 10 minutes to convince you they are worthy to serve members of the AIHS. To get more info, including detailed profiles of all election candidates, visit aihs.org.au If you have a question or a comment for a candidate, post a comment down be...
AIHS Election - Madeleine Page
August 08, 2021 09:47 - 15 minutes - 20.8 MBIn addition to our regular podcasts, this is a little series that brings you the candidates for the 2021 Australian Institute of Health and Safety Board elections. Why am I doing these? Take a listen and I'll explain. We've given each candidate only 10 minutes to convince you they are worthy to serve members of the AIHS. To get more info, including detailed profiles of all election candidates, visit aihs.org.au If you have a question or a comment for a candidate, post a comment down be...
AIHS Election - Louise Howard
August 08, 2021 09:46 - 10 minutes - 14.3 MBIn addition to our regular podcasts, this is a little series that brings you the candidates for the 2021 Australian Institute of Health and Safety Board elections. Why am I doing these? Take a listen and I'll explain. We've given each candidate only 10 minutes to convince you they are worthy to serve members of the AIHS. To get more info, including detailed profiles of all election candidates, visit aihs.org.au If you have a question or a comment for a candidate, post a comment down be...
AIHS Election - Jane Bourke
August 08, 2021 09:43 - 13 minutes - 18.9 MBIn addition to our regular podcasts, this is a little series that brings you the candidates for the 2021 Australian Institute of Health and Safety Board elections. Why am I doing these? Take a listen and I'll explain. We've given each candidate only 10 minutes to convince you they are worthy to serve members of the AIHS. To get more info, including detailed profiles of all election candidates, visit aihs.org.au If you have a question or a comment for a candidate, post a comment down bel...
AIHS Election - Denis Bellerose
August 08, 2021 09:38 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MBIn addition to our regular podcasts, this is a little series that brings you the candidates for the 2021 Australian Institute of Health and Safety Board elections. Why am I doing these? Take a listen and I'll explain. We've given each candidate only 10 minutes to convince you they are worthy to serve members of the AIHS. To get more info, including detailed profiles of all election candidates, visit aihs.org.au If you have a question or a comment for a candidate, post a comment down bel...
Ep181 Tried it before, didn't work. With Andrew Barrett
August 04, 2021 05:39 - 6 minutes - 8.81 MB"Tried it before, and it didn't work" These are the words that we have all said to dismiss something out of hand, to reject a very broad or general idea or approach or suggestion . We can choose our words better, which means everyone learns more and is more informed about our experience.
Ep180: Listener Reflections: Brenton Harrison on unhelpful extremes
July 08, 2021 07:48 - 42 minutes - 58 MBBrenton Harrison shared some thoughts publicly about the extremes of new views and traditional views of safety. Here's Brenton sharing his thoughts with you.
Ep179 What I learned after rejecting philosophy, with Andrew Barrett
June 29, 2021 14:36 - 15 minutes - 21.9 MBDoes philosophy really have a place in work health and safety? Here’s what I discovered. My earlier rejection of philosophy taught me how important philosophy actually is a conscious way of living and a competent approach to professional practice. I might be wrong, but one thing philosophy does teach us, is that it’s worth getting curious about. I certainly have become a better professional because of it.
Ep178: An integral perspective on leadership, with Jo Doyle
June 09, 2021 04:06 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBMy guest today is the ever-humble Jo Doyle. Jo comes highly recommended to me, she has been on my potential guest list for years now. With many years experience in strategic organisational change and executive coaching, Covid created the impetus for Jo to gravitate back to her sweet spot and passion of being in Service of Well-being. She creates space for others to self-reflect, grow in awareness, and tap into their innate capability for healing towards freedom.