A sunk cost is the bias in many animals, humans and pigeons included, to continue with a course of action or commitment on the basis of costs already incurred. These costs might be time, money, energy, or even social capital (being seen to be committed). The more we perceive that we have invested, the more likely we will continue down the same path even in the face of contrary information, changing circumstances or diminishing chances of success.
Jan 27, 2020•24 min
Can we learn better about our operations? What if we learned, to learn better? My guest today is Andy White, a superbly intelligent, caring, and insightful safety professional. An engineer by training, he morphed into safety given what he learned about managing actual safety managing construction projects. Andy is a lifelong learner, in both the experiential sense and the academic sense. He has worked in Antarctica as safety advisor to the New Zealand contingent down there, he's worked in advent...
Jan 22, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Every episode of this podcast finishes with these same words: Until next time, what's the one thing you'll do to take positive, effective or rewarding action, to grow yourself, and drastically improve health and safety along the way? What does that action look like? Because there is a good action, and there is not so good action.
Jan 16, 2020•14 min
This one is a melting pot of ideas and perspectives. Learning about microlearning, learning from gifted kids, and all of this from a chemical engineering Ph.D.My guest today is Kirstine Hulse. She is a chemical engineer, who ended up in a really diverse range of roles including health and safety. And she is a leader in the field of gifted kids education. She is currently the General Manager of Health and Safety at Cavalier Bremworth, the carpet industry legends in New Zealand, and is a Director ...
Jan 13, 2020•1 hr
In that sense, I am not the flower flourishing but the gardener, carefully helping prepare soil, to sow new seeds of ideas and challenge, to water and fertilise the growth of others. But events can be a flash in the pan, superbly energising and flourishing in the moment, which often fades away quickly. I will be supercharging this hybrid combo approach to learning in 2020.
Dec 18, 2019•21 min
For how long did you and your partner date? How long before you and your partner made some significant decisions, like meeting each other's family, going on holiday together, getting a dog, sharing bank details, moving in together, or maybe (call me old fashioned), getting married? We are all in sales now. To sell is human. Maybe you might spend some of your reflection time in the holidays thinking about how you can improve your marketing and sales capability.
Dec 12, 2019•13 min
Here at Safety on Tap, we spend a lot of time looking forward to new ideas, innovation, and a future-focus. But, as you know, reflecting on our experiences, and making sense of that socially with each other, is one of the most powerful sources of learning right under our noses. Today, my guest reflects on a career of insights, to fuel your growth. I'm chatting with Russel Skilleter. Career health and safety professional, looking back on a few decades of experiences. I'll let him tell you the sto...
Dec 06, 2019•57 min
Here is our first taste, bringing the Safety Color Concept to an entire conference room, most of whom who have never heard it before, live from the South Australian Safety Symposium. It describes the nature causes problems and effects of Safety Cutter. Dave Provan and I started Collaborating a little while ago to bring the Safety Cutter problem and solutions to life, out of academia and into practice.
Nov 22, 2019•30 min
My guest today is Professor Andrew Sharman, President of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. Many of you listening will be IOSH members or might have done training which was delivered or accredited by IOSH. Andrew is the CEO of international culture and leadership consultancy RMS, with qualifications in health and safety law, industrial psychology and organisational behavior. Andrew is professor of leadership and safety culture at CEDEP, the European Centre for Executive Developme...
Oct 28, 2019•46 min
I literally just had a conversation with someone, who told me about a serious near-miss incident. An incident so close to deadly for one person it gave me shivers. Thankfully they weren't badly hurt. The trouble was, after that happened, someone else died. This is the story of the relationship between blame and learning.
Oct 24, 2019•15 min
My guest today is not backwards in coming forwards. Sue Bottrell is a unique kind of person in our space, one of the few who has experience spanning in-house safety roles, consulting, and on top of that is a lawyer practicing in OHS law. I think it's helpful for me to give you some background on why and how I say yes to conversations on this podcast. So my starting point, is not being super enthused about the law - it's not unimportant, it's just better placed on someone else's podcast not this ...
Oct 16, 2019•58 min
The voice you hear is not Andrew Barrett. This is a robot, an accessibility device which reads text for people with vision impairment. Some of you may have been fooled, and if you feel that way I'm sorry, it's all for a good reason. Most of you might have realised it wasn't me. But it was me, kind of. This is my words. I created this podcast, the idea, the flow, the linkage of ideas, the words, and audio features all while I was sitting in seat 8F flying to Auckland. How much of this podcast is ...
Oct 10, 2019•2 min
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents traces it's history back to a meeting in London, in 1916, the attendees of which resolved to create a Councilto tackle " the alarming increase in traffic accidents, and the direct connection therewith of the restricted street lighting which had been necessitated by the War conditions". My guest today is Dr. Karen McDonnell, the Head of RoSPA Scotland and the organisations Occupational Health and Safety Policy Advisor.
Oct 01, 2019•54 min
I frequently get questions from you, which I love because it turns you, a nameless faceless listener statistic into a real life human being, with a story and emotion and successes and challenges. I learn a lot from the reflection you stimulate when you ask questions, and I learn a lot from the kinds of questions you ask too. So here is a little experiment, for the first time bringing you the Q&A between a real listener, and I.
Sep 18, 2019•19 min•Ep. 121
Today I welcome back friend of the show and previous guest Michelle Oberg, to fill us in on some new ideas, her new but not so new role, and what new things we might consider if we want to innovate in safety. Michelle is the Safety Innovation Lead in the transport and infrastructure division of Downer, which employs over 50,000 people across Australia and New Zealand designing, building and sustaining a bunch of different infrastructure and facilities assets.
Sep 03, 2019•52 min
Close your eyes for a minute, assuming you are not jogging or walking down a busy street. If you are, maybe stop, because this is the #1 question you need to answer to drastically improve your performance. I'm going to ask this question, and you need to immediately grab the answer which comes to your mind - don’t think about this, this is not a thinking question. For show notes please visit: www.safetyontap.com/119
Aug 20, 2019•17 min
I've got some exciting news for you, but I know you come for the interviews. So I won't hold that up, stick around after the conversation and I'll tell you what I'm so excited about. Today I catch up with a previous guest, Wade Needham, helping him scratch his own itch. That'll make more sense in the first few minutes, and no, there was no actual scratching we did this all over zoom.
Jul 31, 2019•52 min
Regular listeners will know I took a short hiatus from the podcast after episode 116, only a few weeks ago, to spend more time writing. This writing was in the form of emails, to my email subscribers, as a form of reflection after the Safeguard Conference I spoke at in NZ a few weeks ago. I've had a surprising number of people ask me over this time, what is it like writing vs podcasting. Writing vs podcasting. I am a regular podcaster, and I paused that to do writing. Writing vs podcasting....
Jul 22, 2019•14 min
I'm guessing you're listening to this podcast because you like to learn by listening, and it fits in with your busy schedule. You are a listener . I also know that listening to a podcast, especially some of my episodes, presents a time challenge. My intent is to offer value, which takes time to do. Rushing is a 21st century challenge, so everyone is under pressure to get more, do more, deliver more in less time and with less money.
Jun 17, 2019•9 min
Dialogue is one of the most powerful, and abundant sources of learning available to us as humans (especially professionals). Technology, in particular social media, helps us get more connected, and should enable us to have better learning dialogue. But it rarely does. Social media constrains dialogue, limited by the text medium, short length, and relative anonymity behind a keyboard. (And trolls). Learning focused dialogue on social media, especially when people disagree, too easily disintegrate...
May 29, 2019•11 min
Today's guest Sarah Cuscadden will be sharing her journey of understanding and shaping the health and safety experience in her company, in a half-day masterclass at the 2019 Safetyscape convention, part of the new events offering from the Safety Institute of Australia on from the 21st to 23rd of May in Sydney. The #SAFETYSCAPE Convention brings together a range of industry partners committed to health and safety to assemble as the largest gathering of Health & Safety professionals across a p...
May 20, 2019•2 min
This episode is brought to you by the Safety Institute of Australia's Safetyscape Convention. Martyn will be sharing his insights about regulation, change, and the future in a panel discussion I will be hosting at the 2019 Safetyscape convention, part of the new events offering from the Safety Institute of Australia on from the 21st to 23rd of May in Sydney. The #SAFETYSCAPE Convention brings together a range of industry partners committed to health and safety to assemble as the largest gatherin...
May 10, 2019•46 min
My guest today is Cameron Cox, a Director of Safety for Sydney's enormous metro and rail construction projects. Cameron is an expert, and his expertise is what he shares today.Cameron will be sharing his personal and professional expertise, taking us through his journey inside the Sydney Metro project at the 2019 Safetyscape convention, part of the new events offering from the Safety Institute of Australia on from the 21st to 23rd of May in Sydney.
May 03, 20190
This episode is brought to you by the Safety Institute of Australia's Safetyscape Convention. Stephen will be sharing his insights into supporting at-risk worker groups at the 2019 Safetyscape convention, part of the new events offering from the Safety Institute of Australia on from the 21st to 23rd of May in Sydney. The #SAFETYSCAPE Convention brings together a range of industry partners committed to health and safety to assemble as the largest gathering of Health & Safety professionals acr...
May 02, 2019•47 min
This episode was really far more left field as an idea which when I suggested it to my guest today, he jumped at my guest is Ron Gantt, who some of you will know as the editor of the safetydifferently.com blog. This all started with a post, which Ron put on LinkedIn. This is what the Post said. He said, what makes having a meaningful constructive conversation between people who disagree with one another hard on this website....
Apr 15, 2019•1 hr 2 min
2018 was a tough year for me as I faced a lot of challenges ahead but I approached the challenged differently and I want to share it to you today, a quote from Theodore Roosevelt popped up in my social feeds which is been timing on the day when I needed it and I've adapted it, it's called "The Man in the Arena"
Apr 08, 2019•9 min
Today I'm chatting with Daniel Hummerdal, the relatively recently appointed, and first, Chief Advisor of Health and Safety Innovation at Worksafe New Zealand, the countries sole government regulator for work health and safety. My curiosity was really the driver for this conversation - the organisation, the role, that it's new, that it's about innovation, and Daniel's reputation for challenging the status quo to search for more effective ways to improve health and safety -
Apr 01, 2019•2 min
Today you'll hear my conversation with Carmen. Carmen's challenge is really significant - she is working every day in the suicide prevention and support space and wants to help a very specific group of people, who have 'lived experience' with suicide and back in the workforce. Carmen asked me for some help, I really did wonder whether I was the right person And that's where the value came from. Carmen was stuck, and after this conversation, became unstuck.
Mar 25, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Today, for the first time, I have two guests on! Double the value. We discuss the limitation of retributive approaches, the popular but unachievable ideas behind restorative approaches, and the benefits of underpinning our work with transformative thinking and approaches. What's it all about, and what are the alternatives? Check them out, here's Campbell and John:
Mar 18, 2019•1 hr 12 min
I'm shaking things up again this episode, another kooky idea of mine. I love getting out and about amongst people, whether that be in workshops, team sessions, coaching or conferences. When it comes to conferences, I'm getting more and more, umm, insistent about my views about what a good event looks, sounds and feels like. What I mean, is that there is no shortage of information out there. Regular listeners will have heard me say that many times. So paying lots of money to sit in a room, to lis...
Mar 04, 2019•39 min
