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In this SafeStart story series, Danny retells a story heard at a leadership session from a man who witnessed a group of young people on the bed of a pickup truck smashing beer bottles on the road while he was driving behind them and details the incident that happened when he tried to alert the driver to get them to stop.

Host: Danny Smith 

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Have you ever wondered how a company can create a positive safety culture that not only ensures the well-being of its employees but also brings significant changes in its recordable incidents rate? Hear about Standard Aero's impressive journey of cultural transformation, resulting in a drop of recordables from 30-40 a year to as low as 2 recordables year-to-date at the time of recording.

Host: Tim Page-Bottorff
Guest: Max Allen

https://safetalk.buzzsprout.com/1032442/11286195-s8ep8-happiness-the-secret-to-organizational-performance?t=0

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Not many people are thinking about safety while they're on vacation—luckily for one traveler, they were on board a cruise ship with SafeStart Consultant Deric Ostrum. Hear him recall how he prevented an incident for someone else on a cruise ship and what you can learn from this near miss.

Host: Tim Page-Bottorff
Guest: Deric Ostrum

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The SafeStart Story Series continues with a bit of a twist—it starts by giving you the Critical Error Reduction Techniques (CERTs) along with a vivid off-the-job near-miss story before pausing for discussion and coming back to identify the states and errors involved. 

Host: Danny Smith
Guest: Cindy Wilson

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What if you could supercharge your ability as a safety professional by refining your soft skills? That's what we're dissecting in this episode of SafeTalk with SafeStart. We're laying out the red carpet for empathy, storytelling, and consistency, taking apart what these skills entail, their significance, and practical ways to fine-tune them. 

Host: Tim Page-Bottorff

https://safestart.com/guides/soft-skills/

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What do you need to know while dropping your child off at school? How should you navigate through the minefield of school zones? We'll guide you through these questions, referencing research from the National Safety Council, as we explore the unseen perils in school areas and around school buses. 

Host: Tim Page-Bottorff 

Remember a time when you barely made it to the school bus? Well, Tim shares a heart-wrenching story of a kid who barely survived a grave accident trying to catch a school bus. This episode of SafeTalk with SafeStart calls attention to the serious issue of school zone safety, underscoring the long-lasting effects of haste and inattention. 

Host: Tim Page-Bottorff

https://youtu.be/y5gpVZwtoV8

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Those seeking the key to a safer, more productive work environment know that it lies not just in your hands, but in those of the employees around you. In this insightful episode with Danny Smith, he delves into a powerful real-life example from a Japanese auto manufacturer that illustrates the transformative power of the individual learning loop on the organizational learning loop.

Host: Danny Smith

https://safetalk.buzzsprout.com/1032442/8198426-s3ep10-safestart-s-individual-organizational-learning-loops?t=0