Episodes

  • Safety Reflections #11 -- Safety as religion?
    Aug 25 2021

    Safety has taken on religious connotations in a lot of circles. Safety saves? Have faith? Just believe? Everything from Christianity, except the big two: grace and forgiveness.

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    3 mins
  • Safety Reflections #10 Safety Porn???
    Jul 8 2021

    Is "safety porn" valuable to the profession? This episode was recorded a few weeks ago before life got busy, but it's still relevant!

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    2 mins
  • Safety Reflections #09: Thoughts on Safety Conversations, Humility, and Listening
    Apr 12 2021

    Brent Charlton reflects on how small businesses might just have the right idea about having safety conversations. Maybe we can learn something from not TELLING people what they are doing wrong, and work with humility to LISTEN more.

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    2 mins
  • Safety Reflections #08: How About a Little Compassion and Concern?
    Apr 12 2021

    Brent Charlton reflects on how safety professionals like to post pictures and videos of workers doing things unsafely AND comment on how "stupid" or what "idiots" they are for doing such things.

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    3 mins
  • Safety Reflections #07: Cardinal Rules and Checklists
    Mar 2 2021

    Brent Charlton reflects on the rigidity of cardinal rules and checklists, and how they can get in the way of real safety.

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    3 mins
  • Safety Reflections #06: "All Safety Professionals are Weak..."
    Feb 23 2021

    Brent Charlton discusses a post that he saw while scrolling LinkedIn that say "All safety professionals are weak..." and makes some suggestions about dealing with issues and not lumping everyone together.

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    2 mins
  • Safety Reflections #05: The Mythical Safety Culture
    Feb 15 2021

    In this Safety Reflection, Brent talks about the in-fighting on social media about the methods for correcting the "mythical safety culture".

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    2 mins
  • Safety Reflections #04: One Size DOES NOT Fit All
    Feb 1 2021

    Brent Charlton reflects on the in-fighting in the safety profession about which approach or ideas are "the best".

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    2 mins