SpheraNOW
85 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe SpheraNOW podcast tackles safety, sustainability and productivity issues wherever they may be. We bring in experts from Sphera and from around the globe to address some of the challenges people and companies are dealing with around the world.
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Episodes
Episode 82: The Journey of Moving to a Cloud-Based EHS and ESG System Podcast
November 28, 2023 15:03 - 30 minutes - 28 MBTo learn more, visit Sphera's website.
Episode 81: The Toolbox Talk
August 30, 2023 18:44 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBTo learn more, visit Sphera's website. For more content like this, check out Spark, Sphera's thought leadership website.
Episode 80: EPD Regulations: The Importance of Automation and Reliable Data
July 13, 2023 21:18 - 9 minutes - 8.33 MBTo learn more, visit Sphera's website. For more content like this, check out Spark, Sphera's thought leadership website.
Episode 79: Is It Safe to Enter the Water?
May 30, 2023 18:36 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBTo learn more, visit Sphera's website. For more content like this, check out Spark, Sphera's thought leadership website.
Episode 78: What to Know About Financed Emissions in the Current Risk Landscape
April 20, 2023 16:17 - 36 minutes - 33 MBTo learn more, visit Sphera's website. For more content like this, check out Spark, Sphera's thought leadership website.
Episode 77: Is the Equipment Safely Isolated and Ready for Human Intervention?
March 22, 2023 21:12 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBTo learn more, visit Sphera's website. For more content like this, check out Spark, Sphera's thought leadership website.
Episode 76: International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Celebrating Women in STEM
February 10, 2023 20:50 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBTo learn more, visit Sphera's website. For more content like this, check out Spark, Sphera's thought leadership website.
Episode 75: Understanding, Managing and Mitigating Supply Chain Risk
January 26, 2023 18:05 - 22 minutes - 21 MBTo learn more, visit Sphera's website. For more content like this, check out Spark, Sphera's thought leadership website.
Episode 74: What Companies Need to Know About Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
December 12, 2022 22:50 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBTo learn more, visit Sphera's website. For more content like this, check out Spark, Sphera's thought leadership website.
Episode 73: Operationalizing ESG: Trends and Challenges in PSM and ORM
November 28, 2022 17:46 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBTo learn more, visit Sphera's website. For more content like this, check out Spark, Sphera's thought leadership website.
Episode 72: The Future of Green Hydrogen
October 27, 2022 21:04 - 8 minutes - 7.83 MBTo learn more, visit Sphera's website. For more content like this, check out Spark, Sphera's thought leadership website.
Episode 71: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain: Tackling Scope 3 Emissions
September 22, 2022 22:04 - 17 minutes - 16 MBTo learn more, visit Sphera's website. For more content like this, check out Spark, Sphera's thought leadership website.
Episode 70: Andy’s Almanac on Accidents, Part 10: Best Practice Sharing and Knowledge Transfer
August 25, 2022 21:36 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBTo learn more, visit Sphera's website. For more content like this, check out Spark, Sphera's thought leadership website.
Episode 69: How to Avoid Greenwashing in Finance: Embracing ESG & Transparency
July 15, 2022 13:58 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBTo learn more, visit Sphera's website. For more content like this, check out Spark, Sphera's thought leadership website.
Episode 68: The SEC has spoken. Now, what does it mean for business? Part 3 of 3
June 15, 2022 19:29 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBJoin Sandy Smith and Philippe Guillard as they discuss the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and climate risk in the context of the SEC’s March 21st climate proposal. Don’t miss our earlier episode in this series covering Scope 3 emissions and climate risk, or our episode about Scope 1 and 2 emissions.
Episode 67: Andy’s Almanac on Accidents, Part Nine: Managing Hazardous Areas Successfully
June 07, 2022 19:20 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBAndy Bartlett returns to the SpheraNOW podcast to discuss hazardous area management and its implications for business with Alex Studd, one of Sphera’s product marketers. Listen to other episodes of “Andy’s Almanac on Accidents.”
Episode 66: The SEC has spoken. Now, what does it mean for business? Part 2 of 3
May 18, 2022 20:59 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBOn March 21st, the SEC released its Climate Disclosure Proposal, which if passed would require publicly traded companies to measure and report climate related risks and Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Tune in for a conversation with Sphera’s CEO Paul Marushka, and Philippe Guillard, vice president of Global Solutions and Operations, about what the SEC’s proposal means for business moving forward.
Episode 65: The SEC has spoken. Now, what does it mean for business? Part 1 of 3
April 27, 2022 12:19 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBSphera's chief product officer, Mike Zamis, who's responsible for the strategy and development of Sphera's next-generation ESG solutions, talks about Scope 3 emissions and the climate risk aspects of the SEC’s March 21st climate disclosure proposal.
Episode 64: Top 10 Operational Risks for 2022
March 31, 2022 13:28 - 25 minutes - 14.8 MBBusiness conditions and the regulatory environment have a major impact on your business. Make sure you’re up to speed by listening to Sphera Solution Consultants Andy Bartlett and Abhilash Menon and Solution Executive Tim Floyd as they recap our popular blog on the Top 10 Operational Risks of 2022.
Episode 63: A Deep Dive Into Exploration
January 31, 2022 15:59 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBDiva Amon, a marine biologist who went 3,300 feet below the surface in a submersible with Will Smith in 'Welcome to Earth,' joins the podcast to talk about sustainability and the experience.
Episode 62: Andy's Almanac on Accidents, Part Eight
January 19, 2022 14:58 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBTo err is human, but to err working in a hazardous industry could be downright dangerous. Andy Bartlett explains the human factors part of the Operational Risk Management equation.
Episode 61: ESG, the Circular Economy and Opportunities Missed
January 07, 2022 10:30 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBSphera’s James Pearson joins the SpheraNOW podcast to discuss Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), the circular economy and missed opportunities.
Episode 60: COP26: Chances and Challenges
December 02, 2021 15:42 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBSphera's Sandy Smith offers his thoughts about his experience from one of the most important climate change events to date.
Episode 59: The IPCC Report's a 'Code Red'? Well, Enough Said
October 12, 2021 06:45 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBHannes Partl, Sphera's director of sustainability consulting, gives his take on the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report as well as the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).
Episode 58: Andy's Almanac on Accidents, Part Seven
August 17, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBAndy Bartlett is back to discuss Swiss cheese in the Digital Age, and ways current software and technology could have helped prevent one of the most well-known refinery incidents in history.
Episode 57: A Wildfire Wunderkind? High School Student Arul Mathur Seeks to Protect Properties
August 09, 2021 14:38 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBArul Mathur is a high school senior who lives in California. Unlike most students his age, he has invented a Fire Activated Canister Extinguisher (FACE) device designed to help put out wildfires near properties.
Episode 56: Sharks and Climate Change: A Podcast You Can Sink Your Teeth Into
June 08, 2021 11:29 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBOcearch scientist Bob Hueter joins the podcast to discuss how changing temperatures are affecting these creatures that have swum in the oceans for 400 million years.
Episode 55: Headed Into 'Uncharted' Territory
May 27, 2021 19:22 - 23 minutes - 22 MBJon Kroll, the executive producer of Gordon Ramsay's National Geographic show "Uncharted," dishes on how the show focuses on safety and sustainability for the season three premiere. He also hilariously delivers a vicarious "idiot sandwich" reference on Ramsay's behalf.
Episode 54: Well, Can You Recycle This?
May 10, 2021 08:47 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBJennie Romer, a U.S.-based sustainability expert and the author of "Can I Recycle This?" discusses everything from so-called "wish-cycling" to recycling "tanglers" to whether you can recycle a pizza box and much more in this special edition of the SpheraNOW podcast.
Episode 53: Andy's Almanac on Accidents, Part Six
April 28, 2021 15:05 - 21 minutes - 20 MBFor World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Andy Bartlett discusses a persistent problem that has led to countless incidents: shift handovers.
Episode 52: Andy's Almanac on Accidents, Part Five
March 12, 2021 09:45 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBIn this edition of 'Andy's Almanac,' Andy Bartlett, Sphera’s solution consultant for Operational Risk Management, discusses the so-called 'Swiss cheese' model and how it could apply to helping companies plan for natural disasters. Listen to parts one, two, three and four.
Episode 51: Turnarounds and Communication in the COVID-19 Era
March 05, 2021 11:12 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBProcess Safety expert Andy Brazier shares lessons from Trevor Kletz and how companies have managed Safety during the pandemic. Oh, and we discuss Cashmere goats.
Episode 50: COVID-19's Still a Complex Legal Conundrum
February 16, 2021 13:21 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBWorkplace legal expert Jon Hyman returns to the SpheraNOW podcast to discuss how employers handled the COVID-19 situation in 2020, whether employers should make vaccines mandatory and more.
Episode 49: GHS Around the World
February 10, 2021 10:21 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBChanges to the Globally Harmonized System for chemical classifications occur regularly. Sphera's Carrie Decatur discusses some of the most recent ones and explains how unharmonized GHS can often be.
Episode 48: Andy's Almanac on Accidents, Part Four
February 09, 2021 08:16 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBOriginally slated to be a three-part series, Andy's Almanac has been extended. Andy Bartlett, Sphera’s solution consultant for Operational Risk Management, details lessons learned from incidents he has seen during his 40-plus-year career. Listen to parts one, two and three.
Episode 47: The Process Safety Management Fundamentals
February 02, 2021 10:22 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBSimon Jones, Sphera's director of solution consulting for Operational Risk Management, discusses the 10 key areas that companies need to address to achieve Operational Excellence in their process safety initiatives.
Episode 46: Andy’s Almanac on Accidents, Part Three
January 04, 2021 09:05 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBIn this three-part series, Andy Bartlett, Sphera’s solution consultant for Operational Risk Management, details lessons learned from incidents he has seen during his 40-plus-year career.
Episode 45: Andy’s Almanac on Accidents, Part Two
December 11, 2020 08:33 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBIn this three-part series, Andy Bartlett, Sphera’s solution consultant for Operational Risk Management, details lessons learned from incidents he has seen during his 40-plus-year career.
Episode 44: Combating Phishing, Deepfakes and Other Cyberattacks
November 23, 2020 09:00 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MBSphera's Ron Palermo provides his tips on helping companies improve their cybersecurity while staying in compliance.
Episode 43: The Great Barrier Brief: Diving Into Dynamic Risk Pathways
November 06, 2020 08:55 - 19 minutes - 18.4 MBAccenture's James Brown talks about the emergence of new safeguard health monitoring software, and paddles through the murky waters of so-called dark data where organizations, drowning in data, can't easily access the information they need to improve their safety processes.
Episode 42: What Makes ConocoPhillips' Safety Program Go
October 27, 2020 13:04 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBMark Hutcherson, Conoco's director of operations excellence talks about the path to developing a Digital Transformation strategy and psychological safety among other topics.
Episode 41: This Podcast Is About Control, Total Control
October 08, 2020 08:20 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBSphera's Francis Trudeau and Laura Patrick explain why it's so important to have total control of chemical management and product compliance throughout the supply chain.
Episode 40: Andy's Almanac on Accidents, Part One
October 01, 2020 09:08 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this three-part series, Andy Bartlett, Sphera's solution consultant for Operational Risk Management, details lessons learned from incidents he has seen during his 40-plus-year career.
Episode 39: Plenty of Potential Product-related Pitfalls
August 20, 2020 13:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBJames Tehrani talks with Sarah Henderson, a Sphera HMMS expert, about what safety questions workers should ask as they return to work and the importance of Safety Data Sheets.
Epidsode 38: Returning to Operations Takes Hierarchy of Controls
August 13, 2020 12:50 - 35 minutes - 33.2 MBJames Tehrani talks with Narenderpal Marwaha, Sphera's principal solution architect, about safe strategies to return to operations safely.
Episode 37: The 14 Elements Explained
August 10, 2020 07:06 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBProcess Safety Management has many different components. James Tehrani discusses the elements with Andy Bartlett, Sphera's solution consultant for Operational Risk Management.
Episode 36: Accelerating Digital Resilience
July 24, 2020 19:46 - 28 minutes - 26.9 MBUnplanned events like COVID-19 show the importance of digital resilience. James Tehrani talks with Scott Lehmann, Sphera VP of ORM product management, to learn more.
Episode 35: The Unforeseen Challenges of Remote Risk Assessments
July 14, 2020 20:20 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBCompanies are grappling with how to do remote risk assessment because of COVID-19. James Tehrani talks with John Crosman, a Sphera process safety expert, about the challenges.
Episode 34: The Bully in the Business
July 06, 2020 14:04 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBIn this edition of SpheraNOW podcast, James Tehrani, Spark's editor-in-chief talks with Edward Stern, an expert on workplace anti-bullying policies.
Episode 33: Meet the Spherions: Marc Dillon
May 29, 2020 14:21 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBIn this edition of the SpheraNOW podcast, James Tehrani, Spark's editor-in-chief speaks with Marc Dillon, Sphera's senior product manager about his 20-year career in risk mitigation, his role in protecting sea turtles ... and how he got married while scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef. Yes, we mean it happened underwater.