On this episode of the Insights Podcast, Julian our CEO, talks with Joseph Taylor, a successful and talented filmmaker based in Indonesia.

Frith O'Hagan our COO, joins Tom Jordan our Senior Risk Analyst, to discuss the impacts Covid-19 had on the way GFS conducted business, and how the production industry adapted to continue functioning during this new found challenge.

In this episode of GFS Insights, our risk analysts Tom Jordan and Matt McAteer, discuss the processes behind the Medical Response Plans that GFS develop for productions as well as the usefulness, implementation and benefits of these plans.

Julian our CEO and Ronnie Dunnett a GFS Security Consultant, discuss how different geo-political environments can affect productions, and the mental wellbeing of crew working in hostile zones.

Our Senior Security Analyst, Ryan Walsh, discusses the processes behind the Risk vs Reward function that GFS uses to help productions assess and narrow down suitable geographical locations for filming.

Tom, our senior risk analyst and Wayne, head of health and safety, discuss risk assessment for production. They cover the processes GFS employ when creating a risk assessment and the layered benefits offered to a production as a result.

Julian our CEO and Wayne, head of health and safety, discuss competency in the workplace, the opportunities it can bring, and what it means for boths employers and employees.

GFS Risk consultant Catherine Lansford shares her experiences working as a Covid-19 health and safety officer on productions, including what works well and how even the best laid plans can go wrong (spoiler alert: it involves individual crew members not complying with protocols). This open and honest discussion will be of interest to anyone working on productions or considering a Covid-19 health and safety role.

On our final episode of this three-part series we ask special guest Dr. Broach: How can people prove their vaccination status, particularly when traveling overseas? What if entry to another country requires someone to get vaccinated with a different vaccine than they've already had? And how can people prepare for different local variants while traveling? Dr. Broach is an emergency physician practicing in Massachusetts and is extensively involved with the pandemic response.

What can be done to protect people who are allergic to the Covid-19 vaccine? What Covid-19 treatments are legitimate? And what precautions should people taking immune suppressing medications consider when getting vaccinated? On this week's episode of GFS Insight we're joined by special guest Dr. John Broach who will help to answer these commonly asked questions. Dr. Broach is an emergency physician practicing in Massachusetts and is extensively involved with the pandemic response.