The Safety of Work

Do you know the science behind what works and doesn’t work when it comes to keeping people safe in your organisation? Each week join Dr Drew Rae and Dr David Provan from the Safety Science Innovation Lab at Griffith University as they break down the latest safety research and provide you with practical management tips.

Ep. 129: How can we use swapping as a strategy for decluttering?
Feb 23, 2025 – 00:39:00
Ep. 128: What are the attributes of an effective supervisor?
Feb 16, 2025 – 00:56:36
Ep. 127: Should safety education focus on hard skills
Feb 9, 2025 – 00:44:20
Ep. 126: Is it time to stop talking about safety culture?
Jan 26, 2025 – 00:45:11
Ep. 125: Does ChatGPT provide good safety advice?
Nov 10, 2024 – 00:59:43
Ep. 124 Is safety a key value driver for business?
Sep 1, 2024 – 00:44:41
Ep. 123: Is risk a science or a feeling?
Aug 3, 2024 – 00:59:21
Ep. 122: What makes a good presentation?
Jul 21, 2024 – 00:42:55
Ep. 121 Is safety good for business?
Jul 7, 2024 – 00:45:45
Ep. 120: What does the literature say about safety professionals?
May 26, 2024 – 01:00:52
Ep. 119: Should we ask about contributors rather than causes?
Apr 28, 2024 – 00:45:19
Ep. 118 How should we account for technological accidents?
Apr 14, 2024 – 00:49:50
Ep. 117: Can digital twins help improve the safety of work?
Mar 31, 2024 – 00:38:49
Ep 116. Do audits improve the safety of work?
Mar 17, 2024 – 00:36:52
Ep. 115: Why are subcontractors at higher risk?
Mar 3, 2024 – 00:35:12
Ep. 114 How do we manage safety for work from home workers?
Dec 17, 2023 – 00:40:16
Ep. 113 When are seemingly impossible goals good for performance?
Dec 10, 2023 – 00:58:25
Ep 112 How biased are incident investigators?
Sep 10, 2023 – 00:52:55
Ep. 111 Are management walkarounds effective?
Aug 6, 2023 – 00:36:06
Ep. 110 Can personality tests predict safety performance?
Jul 23, 2023 – 00:41:04
Ep. 109 Do safety performance indicators mean the same thing to different stakeholders?
Apr 30, 2023 – 00:58:34
Ep. 108 Could a 4 day work week improve employee well-being?
Apr 9, 2023 – 00:55:11
Ep. 107 What research is needed to implement the Safework Australia WHS strategy?
Mar 12, 2023 – 00:46:58
Ep. 106 Is it possible to teach critical thinking?
Feb 19, 2023 – 00:54:47
Ep. 105 How can organisations learn faster?
Feb 5, 2023 – 00:44:27
Ep. 104 How can we get better at using measurement?
Jan 22, 2023 – 00:46:09
Ep. 103 Should we be happy when our people speak out about safety?
Dec 4, 2022 – 01:01:13
Ep. 102 What's the right strategy when we can't manage safety as well as we'd like to?
Nov 15, 2022 – 00:41:36
Ep. 101 When should incidents cause us to question risk assessments?
Oct 30, 2022 – 01:01:18
Ep. 100 Can major accidents be prevented?
Oct 9, 2022 – 01:02:54
Ep.99 When is dropping tools the right thing to do for safety?
Sep 18, 2022 – 00:48:09
Ep.98 What can we learn from the Harwood experiments?
Sep 4, 2022 – 00:59:28
Episode 97: Should we link safety performance to bonus pay?
Aug 21, 2022 – 00:52:36
Episode 96: Why should we be cautious about too much clarity?
Jul 31, 2022 – 01:01:27
Ep.95 Do Take-5 risk assessments contribute to safe work?
Apr 24, 2022 – 00:56:27
Ep.94 What makes a quality leadership engagement for safety?
Apr 17, 2022 – 00:49:02
Ep.93 Do the benefits of Lifesaving rules outweigh the negative consequences?
Mar 30, 2022 – 00:52:30
Ep.92 How do different career paths affect the roles and training needs of safety practitioners?
Mar 13, 2022 – 00:52:06
Ep.91 How can we tell when safety research is C.R.A.A.P?
Feb 27, 2022 – 00:49:13
Ep.90 Does formal safety management displace operational knowledge?
Feb 13, 2022 – 00:47:32
Ep.89 When is the process more important than the outcome?
Jan 30, 2022 – 00:59:26
Ep.88 Why do organisations sometimes make bad decisions?
Jan 16, 2022 – 00:52:09
Ep.87 What exactly is Systems Thinking?
Jan 2, 2022 – 00:55:34
Ep.86 Do we have adequate models of accident causation?
Dec 19, 2021 – 01:00:04
Ep.85 Why does safety get harder as systems get safer?
Nov 28, 2021 – 00:55:20
Ep.84 How do orgasnisations balance reliable performance and spontaneous innovation?
Oct 31, 2021 – 00:44:11
Ep.83 Does the language used in investigations influence the recommendations?
Oct 17, 2021 – 00:37:34
Ep.82 Why do we audit so much?
Sep 26, 2021 – 00:57:09
Ep.81 How does simulation training develop Safety II capabilities?
Sep 12, 2021 – 00:53:10
Ep.80 What is safety clutter?
Aug 29, 2021 – 01:00:50

Recent Reviews

rdtuartcih

Good questions well researched, sometimes answered

This podcast is an important role model for all safety professionals - it considers the strengths and weaknesses of the safety literature and sometimes is able to develop useful advice based on it.
SafetyShawn

The best!

Instantly my favorite workplace safety and health podcast!