Two Bald Guys Talking Safety

Simplifying Safety Cutting Through the Pile of Paperwork

In this episode of Two Bald Guys Talking Safety, we dive into the heaping pile of safety paperwork and explore ways to make it more manageable for everyone. Julian and Langdon share their experiences with lengthy forms and unwieldy processes, comparing safety management practices in both the UK and US. Listen now to learn how you can strike the right balance between simplicity and thoroughness to ensure safety procedures are followed and embraced by everyone in the workplace.

Contractor Management - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

In this episode, our favorite bald duo, Langdon and Julian, invite James MacPherson, host of "Rebranding Safety," for a lively discussion. The trio tackle the evolution of contractor management and contractor safety, bringing James' fresh insights to the table. But that's not all! They also dive into strategies for approaching leadership about revamping outdated safety practices, ultimately transforming the perception of safety and boosting staff engagement. Tune in for an enlightening conversat...

Breaking Down an Actual Incident...Now What Happens?

The Next Generation of Health & Safety Professionals: Setting Them Up for Success

Failing To Fail: How To Redefine Safety Failures

How do you define failure? In this episode, Julian and Langdon discuss how safety needs to broaden their thinking regarding safety failures to better understand what is going on in the organization.

Applying Marginal Gains To Achieve A Gold Medal in Safety...Part 2

In this episode, the bald guys are joined by three-time Olympic gold medalist for cycling, Ed Clancy. Julian, Langdon and Ed discuss how marginal gains helped the British Olympic team pursuit squad break world records. Not sure how the experience of a professional sporting team can be applied to the world of health and safety? Then, be sure to listen in to part 2 of this two-part series.

Applying Marginal Gains To Achieve A Gold Medal in Safety...Part 1

In this episode, the bald guys are joined by three-time Olympic gold medalist for cycling, Ed Clancy. Julian, Langdon and Ed discuss how marginal gains helped the British Olympic team pursuit squad break world records. Not sure how the experience of a professional sporting team can be applied to the world of health and safety? Then, be sure to listen in to part 1 of this two-part series.

What Comes First? Managing Workplace Incidents or Risk Mitigation?

In this episode, the bald guys continue their favorite trend of relating workplace safety to well-known analogies. This time...what comes first, the chicken or the egg? But within the world of health and safety, the analogy is more about where we focus our time - incident management or risk prevention? Listen to this episode to hear Julian and Langdon answer the question, "should risk be the first thing you talk about?"

Safety Trends Are Overdone! Top 5 Safety Tips To Actually Make a Difference in 2023

It's that time of year when every EHS-related business identifies its top safety trends for 2023. Over the last few years, we've seen the same trends fail to paint an accurate picture for how the health and safety industry is evolving. In this episode, Julian and Langdon take a different approach when looking ahead to 2023. Instead of discussing trends, we are talking about the top FIVE safety tips of 2023 to help you make a difference in the day-to-day safety of your organization's employees....

Looking for a DeLorean to Rescue Your EHS Data From the Past?

Can you change what happened yesterday? You can't unless you are Marty McFly and have a DeLorean at the ready. But, as an EHS professional, it is easy to have an obsession looking at lagging indicators to understand your EHS performance. Listen to this episode to hear Langdon and Julian discuss how you can step INTO THE FUTURE at your organization by focusing on their suggested leading indicators.

How To Get More Value From Your Health and Safety Data

Let's face it, you spend a lot of time collating EHS data from your health and safety processes. But are you gaining enough VALUE from that data to implement change and make improvements? It's no longer enough to focus on lagging indicators – it's time to shift toward USING predictive indicators to drive continuous improvement. Langdon and Julian as they reflect on the questions you should be asking about your EHS data and how you can start gaining real value that impacts business performance....

Is Your Action Management As Effective As A Chocolate Tea Pot?

Often when we talk about safety, the first thing people talk about is incident management which ends up becoming a blame game. Let's start to change the narrative of health and safety to be more positive. To create a more positive culture, your organization should want to proactively get better and be preventative. Listen into this episode to hear, Langdon and Julian share how action management can provide opportunities to be utilized in helping you and your organization get ahead of the game....

If Workplace Safety Incident Investigations Were Left To Magnum, P I

The Two Bald Guys are back to continue their discussion on the incident management lifecycle. In previous episodes, we've covered the importance of incident management and how to spot hazards. Now, we dive into the most crucial part of incident management....incident investigations. Julian and Langdon are breaking down the myth that the sole focus of incident investigations should be on corrective actions. Listen in to hear examples of a good investigation process and how you can use investigati...

Dukes of Hazard (Spotting)

Most health and safety professionals have a very methodical approach to their incident management processes. However, when it comes to hazard spotting, they don’t put enough focus on hazard spotting, they don’t have a structure in place to continuously improve their hazard spotting process. Typically they just launch hazard spotting then move on. In this podcast, Julian and Langdon talk about hazard spotting and how it is the first level of the incident management lifecycle. Be sure to listen to...

Why is Incident Management Important for EHS Professionals?

If incident management is such a crucial, simple task, why do we complicate the process and still lack the reporting and insights from our incidents to truly understand what’s happening within our organizations? In this episode, Julian and Langdon look at what an incident management process should look like. They discuss common barriers to reporting and how to overcome those challenges. If you have low engagement or are looking to refine your incident management processes, then you won't want to...

How to Make Safety Engagement Mean Something To Your Frontline Workers

If you ask your frontline workers, “why does health and safety matter?” the answer is almost always going to be that it’s a business priority. Or, even worse, they may not have an answer. But why is that? In this episode, Julian and Langdon discuss what engagement means for the frontline. They share four practical tips on how to create and improve employee engagement. Safety Directors, this isn't one you're going to want to miss!

Getting Your Senior Leadership Involved With EHS

How often have you heard that safety is an organization’s number one priority? In this episode, Julian and Langdon discuss why it’s time to start calling out the BS with your senior leadership. They share how to challenge your senior leadership to be as invested in health and safety as the safety team and make safety operations the business's number one priority.

Don’t Assume Training Means Learning

Good EHS training and good EHS learning are NOT the same. In this episode, Julian and Langdon define what in-the-flow learning actually consists of and how critical it is for frontline workers. They share advice on how to avoid the pitfalls when it comes to EHS training and how to embed a learning program that will work.

Using Wordle to Define What is 'Good' EHS

In this episode, Langdon and Julian sit down and explain how health and safety professionals can use the same concept as Wordle to help put checks in place to achieve ‘good’ EHS. Great EHS is something many organizations aspire to achieve, but many struggle to get the basics of 'good' right. During their chat, you’ll hear how connecting with everybody at your workplace will help build a ‘good’ EHS program in the long term.

Safety 2022 in the Windy City

Two Bald Guys Talking Safety is back! In our newest episode, Langdon Dement introduces his new cohost, Julian Taylor, as they discuss their top highlights from attending ASSP’s Safety 2022 conference in Chicago. Be sure to listen in to hear what you may have missed from Safety 2022.

New Year, New Safety Goals?

Are you setting your organization's 2022 health and safety goals? Then join Langdon and Paul as they continue their discussion from episode 4...Listen in as your favorite two bald guys continue their chat on if getting down to zero should be the goal for health and safety professionals..

If you're not zero, are you failing?

Is zero realistic when it comes to health and safety? In this episode, Paul & Langdon challenge the aspiration of getting to zero. Listen in as they discuss if getting to zero is a realistic goal for health and safety professionals. Be sure to subscribe as we continue this conversation in our soon-to-be-released episode 5.

The Lone Wolf: The 'Myth' of the Solo Safety Professional

We all know a lot of solo safety professionals out there and we are very aware that this is not a recent trend. In this episode, Paul & Langdon dive into the challenges of being the solo safety professional at your organization.

The Grassroots of Safety: Employee Engagement

In this episode, Langdon and Paul outline how to achieve employee engagement with your frontline workers.