As we step into the new year, it's a great moment to reflect on what 2025 really revealed about safety and risk." After conversations with more than 50 leaders, practitioners, academics and innovators, clear patterns began to emerge. Different sectors, different challenges, yet the same messages kept surfacing. This episode pulls those signals together and turns a year of dialogue into a clear picture of where safety is heading, what's changing faster than most people realise, and where the biggest opportunities now sit for organisations and professionals who want to stay ahead.

Highlights from the episode

• Safety as a profit driver: friction removed, performance released
• The evolving safety professional: influence beats expertise
• AI in safety: from novelty to foundation
• Psychological safety: silence is the real risk
• Human reliability: systems must absorb mistakes
• Integrated risk: safety, security and resilience converge
• Measurement that matters: leading indicators over hindsight
• Safety and experience: trust is built in the first 30 seconds

One of the most consistent themes this year was how predictable and preventable slip risk really is when it's treated as a science, not guesswork. If that sparked a rethink, you can complete the free Slip Prevention Scorecard to see where risk is quietly building in your own environment. It takes around three and a half minutes and gives a clear, evidence-based snapshot of where to focus next.

Resources and actions:

• Slip Prevention Scorecard: https://slipsafety.co.uk/slip-prevention-scorecard/
• Sign up for a future Safety Roundtable: https://safetyroundtable.co.uk/
• Connect with Christian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-harris-slip-safety/