Ep. 138: How can we improve the conversations we have around injury reporting?
Injury rates tell an incomplete story. David Provan and Drew Rae explore how adding an injury severity metric transforms safety performance...
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Ep. 137: Are we lying about our safety performance?
Returning after a summer break, David Provan and Drew Rae ask an uncomfortable question: are we lying about our safety performance? They exa...
Ep 136: What is the symbolic purpose of injury rates?
In this episode, David Provan and Drew Rae examine a 2025 paper published in the Journal of Safety Research — "Signs of safety: An investiga...
Ep. 135: Is speaking up always a good thing for safety?
Drawing on Edmondson's extensive psychological safety research, the episode provides practical guidance for safety leaders seeking to improv...
Ep. 134: Does caring about psychosocial safety mean we have to stop telling jokes at work?
The conversation explores how humor serves psychological purposes beyond entertainment, often functioning to establish power hierarchies and...
Ep. 133: How do policies and metrics shape the outcome of investigations?
The discussion explores three critical constraint categories: structural elements like mandatory timelines, organizational factors including...
Ep. 132: How much should we worry about the invasiveness of team support AI?
The findings reveal that invasiveness drives negative reactions more than the stated purpose of monitoring, with participants showing skepti...
Ep. 131: How can we make automated systems team players?
The discussion centers on two key design principles: observability, which ensures humans can understand what automated systems are doing and...
Ep. 130: What are the problems with Just Culture models?
You'll hear about BP's attempt to create a fairer process using eight new questions that focus more on system factors like management influe...
Ep. 129: How can we use swapping as a strategy for decluttering?
You’ll hear six key principles for effective behavioral substitution, drawing parallels between healthcare and safety contexts. They discuss...
Ep. 128: What are the attributes of an effective supervisor?
The discussion challenges traditional views of supervision by emphasizing the importance of psychological safety and predictable relationshi...
Ep. 127: Should safety education focus on hard skills
Drawing on insights from business leaders and contemporary educational theory, we propose that effective safety professionals require both t...
Ep. 126: Is it time to stop talking about safety culture?
In this discussion, we dissect various models of safety culture, scrutinizing how organizations perceive, measure, and manage these concepts...
Ep. 125: Does ChatGPT provide good safety advice?
From discussing mobile phone use while driving to the challenges of giving advice to older adults at risk of falls, this episode covers Chat...
Ep. 124 Is safety a key value driver for business?
We challenge the notion that high injury rates are punished by market forces, as we dig into this article that posits the opposite: that saf...
Ep. 123: Is risk a science or a feeling?
From the perceived control in everyday activities like driving, to the dread associated with nuclear accidents, we discuss how emotional res...
Ep. 122: What makes a good presentation?
The discussion provides an in-depth examination of the principles of multimedia, modality, and redundancy, all of which are crucial for opti...
Ep. 121 Is safety good for business?
We examine whether a safe work environment truly enhances productivity and engagement or if it stifles business efficiency. Historical incid...
Ep. 120: What does the literature say about safety professionals?
David and Drew share insights into Dr. Provan’s PhD research journey, exploring the scarce guidance and fragmented views within academic res...
Ep. 119: Should we ask about contributors rather than causes?
Today’s paper, “Multiple Systemic Contributors versus Root Cause: Learning from a NASA Near Miss” by Katherine E. Walker et al, examines an...