What’s going to happen in 2022 in the world of safety and risk? What do you need to be on the lookout for as the new year is now underway? Join Christian Harris and 29 other safety and risk professionals who’ve given their 2022 predictions in this week’s podcast episode. Who is a great prognosticator and can see the trends appearing before they are even visible on the horizon? Check out this week’s episode to find out. Giving their predictions from all over the world, in alphabetical order, are:...
Jan 29, 2022•45 min•Ep. 76
Want to know what’s going on with online safety? Particularly concerned about any children in your family? Then you’ll want to listen to this interview with Ken Corish, Online Safety Director of the South West Grid for Learning Trust and the UK Safer Internet Centre who joins Christian Harris on this week’s podcast episode. Some key highlights: ✅ The 4 C’s of how online risks are classified ✅ Exploring the latest emerging trends in online technology and their impact on risk, health and wellbeing...
Jan 22, 2022•26 min•Ep. 75
Martin Hall, Safety, Health & Environment Director at Morgan Sindall Construction joins Christian Harris on this week’s Safety And Risk Success Podcast to discuss SHE in construction and, specifically, how he and his team are seeking to balance success in Safety with as equal a focus as possible on Health and Environment: from "She" to "SHE". Learn from Martin’s 20+ years in construction safety to understand how the industry has become one of the leading proponents of safety and the part tha...
Jan 15, 2022•45 min•Ep. 74
Stefan Gershater, Global Director of Risk for Burberry, joins Christian Harris on this week’s Safety And Risk Success Podcast to encourage discussion around the definition of risk management. From OODA Loops to “stop defining risk as a list of 50 bad things that might happen” , this is a fascinating conversation, which we are sure will promote some debate. Stefan talks us through his background and the learnings along the way, from starting as a biochemist, to working in the military, to running...
Jan 08, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 73
Feeling safer is a powerful state, both at your place of work and – as Ian Collins explains on this episode of the podcast – in your personal relationships too. Ian runs a business called Safety Coach International, but, as he tells Christian Harris, since the pandemic he has pivoted into offering relationship coaching to men. In the episode we unpack the principles of how to show up as a great partner and use these as analogies for best practice in running a business too. After all, making your...
Jan 01, 2022•42 min•Ep. 72
Have you heard the story of Paul O’Neill, former-CEO of Alcoa…? He increased profit at his company by 7X, through safety. O'Neill took over as CEO in 1987, following some depressed performance under the previous management team But the new appointment nearly fell off the rails as soon as he opened his mouth... His opening line at a shareholder meeting: “I want to talk to you about worker safety” Not what investors were expecting, or used to hearing from CEOs But what happened? Over his tenure, h...
Dec 25, 2021•15 min•Ep. 71
Mel Blackmore is the managing director of Blackmores, the host of the ISO Show podcast and has been involved with the creation, development and implementation of British and International standards for over 17 years. She joins Christian Harris on this week’s Safety And Risk Success Podcast to discuss “all you need to know about ISO.” Key talking points: ✅ What trends have been driving the accreditation market? ✅ How does international co-operation work? ✅ When should a company seek to get accred...
Dec 18, 2021•42 min•Ep. 70
Ian Davies is a risk management leader in the pharmaceutical industry. He joins Christian Harris on this week’s episode to share his perspective on some big topics: from ESG and the climate emergency, to Covid, to the anti-vax problem (but don’t worry, we don’t touch on world peace!). Some highlights of the interview include: ✅ The two sides to the risk management coin: risks vs opportunities ✅ Comparing the Covid response to the climate emergency ✅ How to incentivise business leaders over the l...
Dec 11, 2021•36 min•Ep. 69
Dene Mitchell, Vicky McMinn and Matt Ramsey of Armour Risk Consulting join Christian Harris in this week’s Safety And Risk Success Podcast episode to discuss the health element of health and safety. Looking at the big trends in the last 18-24 months, there has been clear a focus on operational safety to ensure Covid security, but this is transitioning into getting health, particularly mental health, right. Key talking points: ✅ What have the guys seen in terms of responses to Covid from their cl...
Dec 04, 2021•44 min•Ep. 68
It’s Thanksgiving week, so what better time to discuss the year that was and to share what we’re proudest of and most thankful for? Some fellow members of the HSE People Panel join Christian Harris on this week’s podcast episode to do just that. Sharing their thoughts this week are: 🙏🏻 Darcie Jaremey, founder of ergonomicshelp.com and host of The Business of Ergonomics podcast 🙏🏻 Scott Crichton, principal health & safety consultant with Worknest 🙏🏻 Brendon Ireland, a food safety specia...
Nov 27, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 67
James Abbott is head of sale for Anvil Traction, a manufacturer of slip resistant safety footwear technology specialising in slip resistant safety boots and shoes. His passion for workplace safety is deep-rooted and comes from his father being involved in the industry, too. Some key points discussed in today’s podcast: ✅ Slip-resistance in footwear: why this is important, what are the key components ✅ Technology: the work that Anvil Traction is putting into what it calls Traction technology ✅ Th...
Nov 20, 2021•41 min•Ep. 66
I was delighted to be asked by Lockton, one of the world's ten largest insurance brokers, to join a panel discussion about slips, trips and falls risks. And, kindly, they have allowed me to share the recording on the podcast Here is what Lockton had to say about the event: Slip, trip and fall risks remain a pervasive issue for businesses across a variety of sectors, and these still account for a large proportion of employers’ liability and public liability claims. In the webinar, we learn how yo...
Nov 13, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 65
With COP26 taking place in Glasgow, your host, Christian Harris, was reminded about some thought leadership he wrote recently on the six key trends that businesses need to be aware of to best manage their risk – this includes the climate emergency. In this special episode, Christian runs through the Six Trends, explaining the context and giving his commentary and insights: A developing claims culture The hardening insurance market A more penal criminal H&S sentencing environment The climate ...
Nov 06, 2021•44 min•Ep. 64
Wes Sierk specialises in captive insurance. He’s the President of Risk Management Advisers Inc. If you’ve never heard of captives, dive in and learn about the benefits of taking this more hands-on approach to your risk management and financial risk transfer. As Wes’ Linkedin headline suggests: “Helping profitable business owners BEAT the insurance companies by BECOMING ONE. Reduce Premiums & Keep The Profit” Key parts of the interview between Wes and Christian Harris: ☑️ What is captive insu...
Oct 30, 2021•46 min•Ep. 63
Sarah-Jane Brown is an EHO and current leads Cornwall Council’s Covid Response Team. She joins Christian Harris on this week’s Safety And Risk Success Podcast episode. Two key topics are broached: Cornwall Council’s response to Covid: ✅ what Sarah-Jane has seen ✅ where companies have done well and where there has been room for improvement ✅ how a pragmatic approach to enforcement has been successful The death of Stanley May after he slipped and fell in a Co-Op store in Truro in 2015, which Sarah...
Oct 23, 2021•52 min•Ep. 62
Christian Hunt is the founder of Human Risk Limited and a specialist in behavioural science relating to compliance and ethics. He joins Christian Harris on this week’s Safety And Risk Success Podcast to ruminate on these themes. When things go wrong, there’s always a human component — causing the problem or making it worse. We think of people as assets, but they're also the single largest driver of risks. So how can we get the best out of our employees, while minimising the risks they pose? Some...
Oct 16, 2021•50 min•Ep. 61
Crystal Danbury heads up safety, risk and insurance for Sainsbury’s. She joins Christian Harris on this week’s podcast to share some key insights from her journey, including: ☑️ Crystal’s back story, which cannot fail to inspire ☑️ The importance of good leadership and what that looks like ☑️ Why talk about leadership and less about safety? ☑️ Crystal’s three key areas to focus upon ☑️ Lessons learned from recent roles on how to implement ☑️ From whom and what Crystal draws inspiration, personal...
Oct 09, 2021•38 min•Ep. 60
A bonus Sliptember version of the podcast this week. Christian was delighted to be asked by IOSH to do a Sliptember webinar for the South Midlands Branch. This is an audio copy of that webinar. Key points covered: ☑️ The SLP problem we face, with 3x big misconceptions leading to slips remaining a problem that isn’t confronted with the required effort and focus ☑️ The bridge from slip to grip ☑️ CHIMES – the six reasons slips happen ☑️ Pendulum slip testing and how, until you have this scientific...
Oct 02, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 59
Greg Woods is a partner at law firm CMS. He specialises in defending personal injury claims on behalf of insurers and large self-insured organisations. Greg joins Christian Harris on this week’s Safety And Risk Success Podcast to discuss defending slip and trip insurance claims as well as the claims landscape for Covid, including working from home risks and the future of long Covid claims. Key topics include: How can companies be in the best position to defend slip-and-fall claims? Where does Gr...
Sep 25, 2021•47 min•Ep. 58
James White and Werner du Plessis of Denis Rawlins join Christian Harris on this week’s Safety And Risk Success Podcast to discuss the critical importance of getting cleaning right. The chat, naturally given it’s Sliptember season, covers slip-and-fall safety, but also the other aspects of how effective cleaning keeps buildings at their best and safest. Other key points include: What are the issues caused by ineffective cleaning? How does Denis Rawlins seek to address these? Myth busting Covid c...
Sep 18, 2021•49 min•Ep. 57
Amber Joesph oversees Tribology risk management for one of the world’s largest insurers, Liberty Mutual, so she’s the perfect guest for Christian Harris to invite onto the podcast during Sliptember to get an insurance company’s perspective on the slips-and-falls problem. As Amber shares from Liberty Mutual’s Workplace Safety Index, slips-and-falls cause $13bn of costs each year in the USA. Amber shares Christian’s passion for the subject, so they delve into topics such as: Running through the st...
Sep 11, 2021•47 min•Ep. 56
This is our first Sliptember 2021 podcast episode where Richard McNamara, MD of Total Slip Solutions, joins Christian Harris to chew the fat on slips-and-falls from an Irish perspective. The two also discuss the slip safety industry, particularly some of the less scrupulous practices that take place that businesses should be wary of. Highlights include: - Richard’s background of how he came to be involved in this niche area - Setting the scene of the problem in Ireland e.g. size, claims payouts,...
Sep 04, 2021•58 min•Ep. 55
What risk type are you? And why should you care? Geoff Trickey, Founder & CEO at Psychological Consultancy Ltd, joins Christian Harris on this week’s episode of the Safety And Risk Success Podcast to discuss the Risk Type Compass. This is an online diagnostic tool, developed by Geoff and his team, which calculates your risk type. It assesses the people side of risk and how this impacts our individual approaches to decision making. Risk dispositions impact individuals' decision making, interp...
Aug 28, 2021•55 min•Ep. 54
Graham Ford joins Christian Harris this week to talk about the importance of embedding safety into the design of buildings. Graham runs his own practice, Graham Ford +Architects, and has worked on several well-known buildings, from the Copper Box at London 2012, to the Roundhouse Theatre in Camden, to the Serpentine Boat House in Hyde Park. Some highlights: · Graham’s SPECS principles (Simplicity, Precision, Efficiency, Collaboration, Sustainability) – the method he and his team go through when ...
Aug 21, 2021•44 min•Ep. 53
Scott is a consultant with Ellis Whittam, a leading Employment Law, HR and Health & Safety consultancy. He’s also a member, alongside Christian, of the HSE People Panel – sharing insights and expertise to help make the world a safer place. Scott and Christian discuss: · The support Scott and his colleagues gave to schools and other organisations throughout the pandemic · Lean Six Sigma and how applicable that is to health & safety · Attitudes to safety and how these are changing over tim...
Aug 14, 2021•52 min•Ep. 52
Keeping building capacity under control has never been more critical. But how do you know what a safe capacity for your building is in a Covid world? What about if you manage a large real estate portfolio and need to consider how to rationalise that given new capacity constraints and flexible working habits? Enter Adil Ayi and Marwan el Marabet of Omnia. As their tag line says: “Get back to work with science”. With their scientific backgrounds, they’ve turned their minds to solving these problem...
Aug 07, 2021•46 min•Ep. 51
Anton is a burns survivor who’s become a passionate advocate for getting safety leadership right, ensuring psychological safety and, as he puts it: “To make safety safe: Safe to talk about, Safe to engage in and Safe to report about.” He joins Christian Harris on this week’s podcast to discuss those topics and more, including: ☑️ Sharing their respective accident histories and how this drives them both on to promote proactivity in safety and risk ☑️ How should the word “lucky” be applied to peop...
Jul 31, 2021•39 min•Ep. 50
Author of Third Generation Safety: The Missing Piece, host of the Safety Frontiers Podcast, and MD of HabitSafe, Cristian Sylvestre joins Christian Harris this week to discuss neuroscience and the power of habits when it comes to safety performance. Some highlights: What is wrong with “compliance”? “What you repeat, you get to keep” You can’t change a business’ safety performance through its culture; culture is a reinforcer Rushing, frustration, fatigue or complacency are present in 95% of workp...
Jul 24, 2021•47 min•Ep. 49
With England moving to the end of legal Covid restrictions on Monday 19th July 2021, what does this mean for people and businesses? What risks must we still be aware of and seek to mitigate? Conversely, what opportunities does unlocking present? A group of #HSEPeoplePanel members (Rebecca Lambert, Jonathan Dempsey, Tom Baines and Brendon Ireland) join Christian Harris on today’s podcast to discuss this issue. What are your thoughts on the risks and opportunities, did you agree? Join the debate o...
Jul 17, 2021•55 min•Ep. 48
Jonathan Hayes – ably assisted by his important colleague, home from school during this recording, who drops in a couple of times to join us – shares insights from his career on this week’s episode of the Safety and Risk Success Podcast with Christian Harris. From how we got into the field of environmental health, with a little help from a teacher, to starting his career as an EHO, to progressing on the corporate ladder to now being a board member of a prominent national brand, Jonathan shares t...
Jul 10, 2021•45 min•Ep. 47
