Disclaimer: Profanity used throughout this episode Amy is the Founder of The Safe Tribe, a membership community for safety professionals, giving them a safe space to share ideas and gain confidence within the industry. With James, Amy talks about the reputation that the safety profession still has, safety being a scapegoat, the reasons we should focus on core skills, and why she wanted to set up The Safe Tribe, all of this along with discussing her experiences as an employee as well as a consultant. Thank you so much, Amy, for joining us. Enjoy... CONNECT WITH AMY https://www.linkedin.com/in ..read more

Disclaimer - Profanity used throughout this video The survey results are in...... Thanks to everyone that completed our "Safety Professional - are you ok?" survey. The results were thought provoking, and in light of Blue Monday just passed (15th Jan) we share some of our thoughts here. We discuss the state of mental health surrounding the safety profession, how our sleep is affected, the challenges that exist relative to workload, loneliness and isolation, uncertainty, and prioritising our own ambitions. We give our thought on the notion that "good is expected", as well as the importance and ..read more

Thank you to Chris who joins us for a second time on Rebranding Safety. Chris is an award-winning author and co-founder of Clearfield Group, guiding leaders through change and complexity. We catch up on the last 2 years and the landscape of complexity since his book 'Meltdown', co-authored by Andras Tilcsik, was released in 2018. We discuss leadership and 'the power of not knowing', implementing a culture and how it changes over time, being open and real about the levels of engagement and participation you're willing or able to take on, and the power of story telling. Enjoy, my fellow risk ner ..read more

Disclaimer - Profanity used throughout this podcast. As safety professionals, we find it abhorrent that a person can lose their life at work, but as a society, do we accept that it’s OK for a person to die at work in the name of progress - either economically, socially, technologically? We give our thoughts on this harrowing subject, citing figures from ILO and HSE reports. We discuss modern slavery, forever chemicals, as well as the issues surrounding SSIP schemes. And, as a profession, who is advocating for us when it comes to the larger, societal safety issues and the significant long term ..read more

Absolutely buzzing to introduce our new Senior Partner, Peter, who you'll all know from his quarterly co-host segment last year and his extensive networking in and around safety. James and Peter have know each other for a couple of years now, and in this episode, they discuss everything they're excited about for the future of Risk Fluent. Enjoy... Do you need help with this stuff? Email me: james@riskfluentltd.com Check out our website: www.riskfluentltd.com - For all of our technical safety and training, transformational/cultural/HOP services and media services. Check out our app, Risk Ass ..read more

Check out the latest at Rebranding Safety, what's coming up, our new content structure and a massive thank you to all of our viewers and listeners for getting us to where we are now! Enjoy... Do you need help with this stuff? Email me: james@riskfluentltd.com Check out our website: www.riskfluentltd.com - For all of our technical safety and training, transformational/cultural/HOP services. Check out our app, Risk Assessor Pro, digitalising your Risk Assessments, Method Statements, Incident Reports, Audits, Checklists and more: www.riskassessor.net Connect with me!  LinkedIn @jmacphers ..read more

Steven is a safety and mental well-being speaker, as well as owner, MD and life coach at SkLifeCoachUK. Today he joins James, sharing the story of the accident he had at work and how it has affected his life and contributed to what he does today. They discuss the issues surrounding the reporting of the incident, emergency preparedness, mental health including PTSD, RAMS, CDM regs, competence and communication. Thanks so much, Steve, for chatting to James and sharing your story. Enjoy... Connect with Steven: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-kirby-2019/ www.sklifecoachuk.com Do you need help ..read more

We're back with a banger! The wonderful Sunit Atwal, QHSE Manager at CBRE (GWS) EMEA, joins James for a chat about confidence, social anxieties, imposter syndrome, dressing for the part and how important networking is for building a successful career. Thanks Sunit for this awesome conversation. Enjoy. Connect with Sunit https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunit-atwal-a8164099/ Need help with this stuff? Email me: james@riskfluentltd.com Check out our website: www.riskfluentltd.com - For all of our technical safety and training, transformational/cultural/HOP services and media services. Connect wit ..read more

Tom joins us for this final instalment of our psychological safety series. We get into real detail about Work as Done vs Work as Imagined, interpersonal relationships, social contracts and who the experts are when it comes to the hazards of work. We also answer some of your questions – is feeling safe to speak up the only measure of psychological safety? And, how can we encourage psychological safety between those from similar backgrounds and also between those from different backgrounds at the same time? Thanks so much to Tom for joining us for this series over the last few months – it’s been ..read more

A little update on what work we've been doing over the last few months. Risk Fluent have been doing a lot of transformational work with Safety Teams recently so I touch on that, my thoughts on the LinkedIn space right now, changes to the fire regulations and how that seems to be affecting demand, the challenges with Professional Indemnity insurance within the fire industry, influencer marketing and what safety work we should actually be doing. Enjoy. Do you need help with this stuff? Email me: james@riskfluentltd.com Check out our website: www.riskfluentltd.com - For all of our technical saf ..read more