Safer Than Your Average Podcast

Sam is one of the 'new school' of safety practitioners focusing on all things Human Performance or HOP.  A great conversation and one of the Pods I have enjoyed recording.  We will have much more content coming soon!

We are delighted to present Karen J. Hewitt; Trainer of Change Leaders Culture Change and Change Communications specialist, especially for Health and Safety. Designer of high-performing, confident and engaging cultures for mission-critical issues such as Health & Safety, Wellbeing and Diversity & Inclusion. Engagement and Change program design and delivery Expert in NLP and the customised applications of its many tools and techniques to Leadership and Change within the corporate environment, and particularly in the context of Health, Safety and Wellbeing. Experienced facilitator, coach and trainer of coaches and facilitators.

A wee bonus for all those who listen on Spotify, Google and iTunes early release!

We are excited to return to Episode 42 with Ben, he is one of the most down to earth and approachable Global Safety Directors we have interviewed. His passion for all things Safety and Health have led him to have an expansive career with some of the largest construction organisations in the world at a senior level. Ben provides some great insights for new and emerging professionals, and also mid level management looking to progress into a senior level role (as often requested by the viewers and listeners of STYA). We hope you enjoy!

Recorded back in February 2021 this is the latest instalment of Safer Than Your Average featuring an interview with Blair by the IOSH President Jimmy Quinn.

Malcolm is an Environmental, Health & Safety professional with a passion for driving sustainable high performance culture change across all levels within an organization. He strongly believes that health & safety does not stop at the company gate and sharing and networking to save lives anywhere and everywhere is a must. An advocate of the hummingbird theory approach to developing culture change. #bethehummingbird

Keith Hole is a specialist in international accreditation and the implementation of behavioural management techniques in health and safety. He is a serving member of Council for the global safety body, The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. A Fellow of IOSH and the IIRSM. He is also the a past Vice Chairman of the IOSH Construction Group supporting close to 50,000 members worldwide.

An independent consultant and thought leader, supporting business in UK, Europe and Middle East to deliver lean health, safety and wellbeing to all.

His cross-industry experience as both a Consultant, Client and Contractor gives him unique knowledge in the working environment helping to promote leading positive behaviours, drive positive safety and wellbeing and realise business efficiencies.

He also loves a bit of social media as The Safety Man @safetytweety. You have been warned!

The one we have been waiting for Ross Brown Managing Director of iScaff and most viewed promo post this year. Ross tells us about his amazing career journey from Apprentice Mechanic to Managing Director of a iScaff, with a tour through the Middle East in between. Ross talks about what makes iScaff different to most other scaffolding companies in the industry and the challenges of building and growing a business.

Daisy is a fully qualified and experienced freelance health & safety and food safety trainer. My ethos as a trainer is to be different by using a much more relaxed, interactive approach which does away with the 'death by powerpoint' scenario! #laughandlearn Trained and experienced in all areas of health and safety having delivered training in a variety of industries including the Oil & Gas industry (middle east and UK); factories; offices; care sector and hospitality. I have worked in both catering and food manufacturing and have delivered training and carried out independent internal inspections in both of these fields.  HABC Level 1 to Level 4 Award in Health and Safety  HABC Level 1 to Level 4 Award in Food Safety  Level 2 Award in COSHH  Level 1 - 3 Award in HACCP  Level 2 Award in Fire Safety Principles  IOSH Working Safely  IOSH Managing Safely  NEBOSH General Certificate I have also written and delivered various bespoke courses such as Laboratory Safety, Infection Control and Asbestos Awareness. I deliver regular self-penned courses in the Oil & Gas industry aimed at supervisors, line managers and senior managers in all areas of this field.

Martin discusses his amazing career journey from RAF Policeman to Health and Safety Director of Multiplex in Europe working on some fantastic projects along the way. Some great career advice in this episode.

Rosa Antonia Carrillo, MSOD is a leadership and culture expert with an emphasis in environment safety and health. Her 2020 book, The Relationship Factor in Safety Leadership, published by Routledge has been called required reading to understand the foundations of "safety culture" by Edgar Schein. Her ground breaking articles on relationship centered leadership, safety culture, mindful conversations, trust and open communication have gained the attention of of leaders world-wide. In recognition of her contributions, the Safety Institute of Australia invited her as the Wigglesworth Memorial Lecturer in 2015. She is president of Carrillo & Associates, Inc. a provider for employee engagement, leadership development, and coaching services for leaders of companies that want to achieve high performance in EHS while delivering business results. The C&A team delivers engaging leadership development workshops to executives, managers, supervisors and employees to help them transform into leaders who build collaborative, trusting, and motivating work environments. At the same time, given the unique challenges of operating a high- hazard facility, the training focuses on managing and enhancing employee performance as well as effective decision-making. Ms. Carrillo holds a Masters of Science in Organizational Development and is former adjunct faculty for the Presidential Key Executive MBA program at Pepperdine University.