In a two part conversation, Colin talks to flight safety expert, Adam Johns, who with over a decade of experience in commercial aviation industry, has marked himself out as one of the world’s foremost specialists in people safety.

In this second instalment, Colin and Adam discuss a more collective approach to problem solving, and why the aviation industry may be in need of a complete reboot when it comes to safety regulations.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Aviation is an industry classed as high risk, and therefore it comes with a more restrictive and severe set of regulations when it comes to safety. Accidents were more proliferate to begin with, so this is not surprising.
• Policy can longer be built around aviation, based upon the concerns and failings of the past hundred years of its history. It has now reached a point where it is a uniformly safe industry, and requires new thinking.
• Safety failings in aviation are made more dramatic by the way they are presented in the media. It has forced the industry’s safety to grow faster than any other.
• We learn how to prevent, and how to consider the needs of people, not just by focusing on what went wrong, but what goes right.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Regulations on the safety side were developed as a result of accidents'

‘Imagery and metaphor is incredibly powerful’

‘We’ve had to grow up fast’

’There is an opportunity here to take stock of safety in our business’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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

Adam Johns LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjohns730/

Adam Johns at Safety Differently - https://safetydifferently.com/contributors/

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).

In a two part conversation, Colin talks to flight safety expert, Adam Johns, who with over a decade of experience in commercial aviation industry, has marked himself out as one of the world’s foremost specialists in people safety.

In this first part, Adam talks about the effects of lockdown upon the aviation industry, how to ensure that skills are not eroded over time, and how appearing as a safety coach my prove far more effective to your workforce.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Lockdown has seen some airlines reduced to around 10% of their normal operations. It will take perhaps 3 to 4 years for the industry to fully recover.
• To prevent skill-erosion, it’s important that airlines endeavour to keep training their staff. Simulators are still used today, and are still effective.
• There is a large disconnect between the way we think things are being done, and the way they are actually being done. We need to give people credit, but also try to measure more effectively.
• By acting more in a coach/facilitator capacity, we grant autonomy and encourage others to improve safety and quality.

BEST MOMENTS

‘It’s aerospace engineering for people who didn’t want to do so much maths!’

‘Making sure that planes stay in the sky, but making sure that the people who work on them are safe as well’

’There might have to be a bit of a revolution in how pilot training takes place’

‘Our job is to bring new ideas into organisations'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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

Adam Johns LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjohns730/

Adam Johns at Safety Differently - https://safetydifferently.com/contributors/

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).

This week, Colin talks briefly about some of the things you should be considering as you return to work after the COVID lockdown, from people and commuting, to safety measures and remote working.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Working from home may well be a far more viable option for your business, going forward. Consider carefully, whether allowing your staff to work remotely is something you can permit from now on.
• Safety measures at work are necessary, but it’s also incumbent upon us all to show respect and care for those we work alongside. If we feel unwell, raise this concern and make sure you’re not putting others at risk.
• Consider the safety measure you’re putting into place. Remember that some measures may make others feel more at risk, so consider wholesale changes when it comes to guidelines.

BEST MOMENTS

’There’s a lot more trust now amongst the workforce’

‘It’s about people having their own personal commitment to the people they’re working with’

’This is a fantastic opportunity for people to have a but more pride in their workplace'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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

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).

Jeannette Linfoot is one of the UK’s most experienced and trusted mentors, property investors and consultants. With a business journey that’s taken her to the top of the corporate world, and now into independent ventures, there are few who know more about the ins and outs of business life.

Jeannette has joined Colin today for a candid discussion about the importance of health and safety in all business sectors, the impact of COVID-19 upon the travel industry, and the empowering ways in which we can increase diversity in the workplace.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Health and safety is a particularly core aspect of the travel industry. The burden of care is often upon those responsible for organising holidays, and even the tiniest elements of travel and accommodation must be accounted for.
• Trust, openness and honesty, are key to making sure our customers feel secure and comfortable. But it’s equally as important to nurture those values for our workforce.
• Coronavirus has demonstrated to the world that health and safety is of crucial importance to all aspects of our lives. Never has safety in the workplace been under more scrutiny.
• Increasing diversity of any kind is an incremental process, and must be steadfastly maintained, built upon the core value of ensuring that diverse role models are visible and respected. 

BEST MOMENTS

‘I’m fascinated by how you can bring the corporate aspect to the entrepreneurial world’

‘If you’re buying a business then you need to know what’s in it. You need to get under the bonnet’

‘Good health and safety is about communication and interaction’

‘It’s about making diversity and inclusion a real strategic priority'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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

Jeannette Linfoot Associates - https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com

Jeannette Linfoot LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeannettelinfoot/?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).

Conversations about health and safety are all very well, but it’s also crucial that we focus upon the very language we use. Even the most minor of inflections and choices of vocabulary can turn words into something far more powerful.

With this in mind, Colin today talks about why we should always endeavour to make conversations around safety as empowering and positive as possible.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Designations and descriptions are unfortunately often loaded with negative connotation. We must seek to alter perceptions where we can by changing the lexicon itself.
• We should be "enabling and learning", instead of "investigating and blaming”. We are, after all, always trying to make things better.
• Positive affirmations instead of negative overtones will help you to change the face of your business, and also the face of health and safety.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I want you start thinking differently about some of the basic words that you’re using’

’They’re really going to open up if you’re using that kind of terminology’

’These are opportunities to make the workplace better'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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

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).

Pete Rushmer is the founder of Flagship, a specialist training and consulting business with a particular focus on external transport management and compliance. He is also the host of the A Half Dozen Things Podcast, focusing on frank business conversations. 

In this week’s show, Pete joins Colin to talk about his outlook on safety, the value of teams, and the meaning behind his Half A Dozen Things mantra! 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• There is a school of thought that says if we focus on the half dozen things we can do well, and always do our best at them, then it can bring about wealth and happiness. 
• We can only achieve true greatness in business if we take the ideas and goals we formulate, and allow others to help us realise them. 
• Zero target safety is not a measure that Pete is keen for anyone to implement, as it negatively influences the culture of a company, who may begin to hide accidents or concerns rather than report them. 
• The most important part of any effective first aid training course is not the materials used to teach, but the ability to carry out practical activities when the training is required. 

BEST MOMENTS

‘I’ve spent a long time trying to see how I can excel’ 

‘If you want to be really successful, you’ve got to get the right people to help you shape the future’ 

‘We do want to know what’s going on, because then we can put the processes in place to manage them’ 

‘As a training company we are presented with challenges' 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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

Pete Rushmer Twitter - https://twitter.com/peteflagship 

Pete Rushmer LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterrushmer/?originalSubdomain=uk 

A Half Dozen Things Podcast - https://ahalfdozenthings.podbean.com 

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). 

The lockdown has provided much disruption, but also a wonderful opportunity for reflection. In this week’s show, Colin discusses the importance of structure and routine, and how forward planning can be beneficial in bringing back balance to our lives.  

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The lockdown has thrown many routines into chaos, but with the end in sight, structure in our personal and working lives may help to guide us back to sense of normality.
• Structure in our lives, and concentrated bursts of focussed work, can make us more efficient, and far more effective.
• Structure also allows us to realise what is, and what isn’t important in our lives. It provides clarity about the importance of time well spent, and who we spend it with.

BEST MOMENTS

‘We need to think about a better way of moving forward’

‘I’ve had to get some real structure to my diary’

‘We work so that we can spend more quality time with the people we care about'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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

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).

In the second of a two-part conversation, Colin talks to Simon Bown, formerly in charge of health and safety at Luton airport, and now overseeing safety at Keolis Amey Docklands light railway. It’s an insightful, thought-provoking conversation that’ll inspire and empower all health and safety practitioners. 

In part two, Simon and Colin discuss the metrics that Simon uses in order to measure success, why aiming for “Zero” in some cases is desirable, and the ideal future of health and safety in the workplace.  

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Target Zero and Zero Harm systems are slightly unrealistic, but the zero approach should be pursued in terms of loss-of-life or serious maiming of the workforce. In these cases, zero is, of course, the aim. 
• One of the most troubling aspects that Simon has noticed, is that in terms of mental health, workers sometimes feel unsupported. Changing this perception is a case of altering a company’s culture. 
• Traditional safety practices have led us successfully to this point in time. It now takes creative thinking to help move safety on even further. 
• The aim for the future should be to make specific safety measures almost invisible, in that they become the intrinsic way of working, and do not requires an extra level of jurisdiction or supervision. 

BEST MOMENTS

’No business should kill or seriously maim someone’ 

‘If you made an honest mistake, do you feel like the business would support you?’ 

‘It’s about leaders, leadership, and how people are leading organisations’ 

‘What are the craziest things you need to do in order to be successful?' 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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

Simon Bown LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-bown-a6225a36/?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). 

In the first of a two-part conversation, Colin talks to Simon Bown, formerly in charge of health and safety at Luton airport, and now overseeing safety at Keolis Amey Docklands light railway. It’s an insightful, thought-provoking conversation that’ll inspire and empower all health and safety practitioners.

In part one, Simon discusses the principles of good health and safety in business and the importance of disruptive thinking in the health and safety sector.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Over the past few years, many influential thought leaders have sought to disrupt the traditional way of thinking, and dare to be different in terms of approach.
• There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for health and safety. Solutions that work in one environment will not necessarily work in another. It takes creative thinking and passionate people.
• By broadening the conversation around safety, we achieve a far greater understanding of what good safety looks like, not just in each sector, but as an expansive discipline.
• A good business is one that has the ability to hear bad news, and who takes responsibility for making changes without according blame or dwelling on the negatives.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I never say never now’

‘You have to be curious, because you explore and learn different things’

‘You can’t off-the-shelf this stuff’

‘Everyone perceives risk differently'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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

Simon Bown LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-bown-a6225a36/?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).

It’s impossible not to consider the impact and effects of COVID upon our society. But we should also take time to reflect upon the positive ways in which this downtime has given us the opportunity to pause and observe.

This week, Colin reflects upon the ways in which the experience has affected him and his business personally.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Working remotely has become the norm, but it’s also allowed many businesses to streamline operations and channel their efficiency.
• Remote operations will never completely take the place of face-to-face business, but it has demonstrated that a blend of remote work and on-site work, can be just as effective as operations pre-COVID.
• If we can make sure that consistency and frequency are key foundations of our business, then we’ll be successful going forward.

BEST MOMENTS

’This has given people the opportunity to sit back and reflect’

’Work with more frequency and you’ll find that you’ll soon be making some big differences'

‘We’re now getting a blended approach to how we work'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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

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).