In the second of a three-part series, Colin talks to David Gold, the founder of Gold-Knecht Associates, and Stuart Hughes, the head of safety for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Grand Prix.

Stuart and David have authored a paper on COVID and the impact it has had upon the safety profession, the participants involved and how the process worked, as well as some of the details of the findings.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The study was undertaken with the highest level in mind, including members of the Institutional Occupational Safety society - council members or presidential members.
• Whenever focus groups are created, it is vital that one dominant voice isn't formulated, that varying members are brought in to reflect a broad opinion base.
• It is only now that governing bodies are asking businesses to treat COVID as any other hazard instead of singling it out as a special concern.

BEST MOMENTS

'We had the right target to make this thing work'

'We decided to do this at a fairly high level'

'In our mind, they were leaders of occupational safety and health'

'Part of what we've put into the discussion piece is a challenge to the profession'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Interesting Health & Safety Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/vn/podcast/the-interesting-health-safety-podcast/id1467771449        

Project Mollitiam - https://www.projectmollitiam.com      

David Gold LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/goldknecht/?originalSubdomain=ch

Stuart Highes LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-hughes-75743551/?originalSubdomain=uk

ABOUT THE HOST

Colin Nottage

‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.’

This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into industry. Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions.

He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes that are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem-solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation.

Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses.

Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive.

He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought-after health and safety speaker and trainer. He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).