Talking About Risks

Safety and risk performance reviews play a key role in continuous improvement. Whilst not limited and not in any particular order, when it’s time for a safety and risk performance review within your Organisation, here are 10 aspects that you can take into consideration. This is an audio extract from my video on the YouTube Channel "RedRisks".

Done all that hard work on risk assessment…it’s time to successfully communicate the results, but how? In this short audio extract from the video on my YouTube Channel "RedRisks", let me introduce you to heat maps and also how they can be used to communicate risks visually.

Management of Change (MoC) is an important practice (or process) to ensure that environmental, health, safety, risks and hazards are properly controlled when an organisation makes changes to their facilities, operations, or personnel (more commonly known as Management of Organisational Change, MoOC). This is an audio extract from my video on the YouTube Channel "RedRisks".

In these "Leadership Talks: In Conversation with..." series of audio extracts from my videos on the YouTube Channel "RedRisks", I discuss with high profile leaders and get their thoughts and views regarding leadership. The conversations are free flowing and will touch several areas including Risk & Safety Management, Career Development and general advice that my guests are willing to share openly.

ALARP stands for “As Low As Reasonably Practicable” and is often used within Risk and Safety Management circles. But what exactly is it…? This is an audio extract from the video on my YouTube Channel "RedRisks".

The popularity and demand for vlogs (videos) on YouTube, Vimeo etc has grown exponentially over the last few years, especially during the COVID 19 “lockdown” period. If you are thinking about vlogging your technical prowess or business and want some tips, in this short audio extract from my video, I will cover the basis and some of my lessons learned.

SIMOPS is an abbreviation for “SIMultaneous OPerations”, but why is it important to review risks due to SIMOPS related activities?

This is a follow up to my previous videos and podcasts on Why Blogs, Vlogs and Podcasts. In this audio extract from my video, I am going to share with you the basics of podcasting and also a platform called “Anchor”, which you can use to not only create podcasts but also send to the various podcast platforms like Apple, Google, Spotify etc. Podcasting has come a long way in popularity and also ease of use.

This is an audio extract from a live event recording for the Risk and Safety Professionals (RASP) Forum. The RASP Forum is on LinkedIn and anyone can join (if you are on LinkedIn)...come on join us and share some of the fun!

In a previous podcast, I discussed the differences between Blogging, Vlogging and Podcasting and how they can contribute towards building your digital profile and brand. In this audio extract from my video, I focus on the basics of blogging. I will share with you some challenges that are all too common and also some top tips based upon my experiences and lessons learned.

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) describes Process Safety Management (PSM) as: “The application of management principles and systems to the identification, understanding and control of process hazards in order to prevent process related injuries and accidents”. In this audio extract from my video, I provide an introduction to PSM and the CCPS Risk Based Process Safety (RBPS) framework. This video is an updated version of a previous videos and includes a quiz.

I suspect many of you know what Blogs, Vlogs and Podcasts are? I regularly get asked questions like: Should I do them? Am I missing out? In this short audio extract from my video, I want to share with you my thoughts, experiences, lessons learned and “know how” on how to set about leveraging on these marketing potentials.

This is the audio extract from a video on my YouTube Channel "RedRisks". Currently advising Corporate Clients, Ed was a member of an Elite US fighting force involved in high level threat environments and counter terrorism activities. It's difficult to talk in detail about Ed's background because it's highly confidential. Suffice to say, Ed has "hands on" experience in dealing with incredibly challenging environments, pushing human resilience to the limit. This is why Ed is the ideal person to share with us his knowledge and experience on How to Improve "Human Resilience" and step up to Human 2.0

This is an audio extract from my video on the YT Channel. In this short video, I respond to a question raised by Khadija related to one of my previous videos and focuses on how to go about finding sources for jobs and assessing them relative to your requirements within Occupational Health and Safety (OHS).

This is the audio extract of the live event recording with Profs. Scott Geller, Dominic Cooper and Tim Marsh. Our focus was Leadership and what are the magic ingredients. I thoroughly enjoyed this and what a fantastic audience for making it very enlightening

In this audio extract from my video, I discuss the Hierarchy of Control using a worked example. I apply the "ERICP" principles and elaborate on how we can apply mitigation for risk reduction.

COVID 19 has impacted the livelihood of so many friends and colleagues. This is the audio from my latest video offering some tips to help and support those on the move or seeking a new job. Hope it offers some useful tips and guidance.

In these “Leadership Talks: In Conversation with…” series of videos, I discuss with high profile leaders and get their thoughts and views regarding leadership. The conversations are free flowing and will touch several areas including Risk & Safety Management, Career Development and general advice that my guests are willing to share openly.

The audio extract is from my video of the live event recorded on the 3rd June 2020. It’s a short video focusing on Risk Identification.

Not only is it important to select Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that are fit for purpose, easy to manage and sustainable but it’s also a good idea to have Leading and Lagging Indicators. But why....?

I was asked recently my best advice on how to focus and improve on safety performance. This question got my brain cells working overtime and I came up with 3 aspects that have helped and I want to share them with you. Of course, I suspect that you also have your own...why not share them and drop in the comments below or feedback via the website.

We will sometime in the near future be heading back to work, however, the normal that we once knew will need to be adjusted for the “new normal”. But what are the risks? How can we set about reviewing Risk and Safety Management Post COVID-19? In this short audio (from my video on YouTube), I want to share my thoughts with you on an approach that you can apply/ consider as you head towards “Open for Business”.

This is the audio from a Live Event and the video is on our YouTube Channel "RedRisks". I knew that this was going to a "hot" topic for debate and it was certainly fully charged with energy and passion. These live events with Tim, Dom and Scott just keeps getting better and yet again, we had 60+ attendees. Another super turnout and digital engagement. Whatever your views are on BBS (i.e, for, against or neutral), watch this video. At least enjoy the fireworks now and then. If we don't ask tricky questions or propose thoughts for discussions, these shows become just another in a long line of discussions for the digital library.

This is a narrative on the results from an opinion survey I carried out in April (last 2 weeks), wherein I asked via social media for feedback on 5 specific questions. Pleased to say that 327 people took part and the results, whilst might not be a surprise, is worth listening to.

HAZard OPerability (HAZOP) studies play a critical risk identification and assessment role towards workplace and process safety. But what makes a HAZOP successful? In this short audio, I want to share with you my thoughts, experience and lessons learnt. There is also a special guest appearance...

On the 15th April (2020), we put this Live Event together to get 3 World Class Experts in a discussion regarding "COVID-19" Psychological Challenges and Potential Solutions....SOMETHING AMAZING HAPPENED....WE FELT A SENSE OF PURPOSE & ALIGNMENT...listen to this audio (or watch the video on my YouTube Channel "RedRisks") till the end and check out the closing discussions. You will definitely want to take part in the next one.

This is the audio extract from a live stream event related to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and some tips that I can offer based upon my experience and lessons learnt.

In this audio extract from the video on my YouTube Channel (RedRisks), let's praise so many of our unsung heroes out there who carry out maintenance work...safety really does matter when it comes to maintenance,.

If like me, you set objectives, goals or targets but don’t always get a 100% success rate for performance improvement…there could be a good reason for that. Apart from reasons where Key Performance Indicators (or Leading and Lagging Indicators) play a key role, in this short audio extract, I would like to share with you my lessons learnt and hopefully they might help you fine tune your approach so that you can achieve your aspirations.

In his sequel to the book "What Went Wrong", the late & great Trevor Kletz revisited the subject under the title "Still Going Wrong". This is a favourite book from my collection and I often take a look back at my career and experience with a focus on "Why Are Things Still Going Wrong". I nearly always arrive at the same conclusion and that is related to the 4C's...BUT, WHAT ARE THEY?

In this Audio, I want to share my view on that expression that I guess we are all familiar with "Zero Accidents". Is it realistic or just a pipe dream.

I often get asked "where do I start in risk and safety management?" In the first instance, it's really all about asking the right questions, but what are they? Let me share with you some of my top tips in this short audio extract from my video.

I started podcasting way back in 2016. Unfortunately, for various reasons, I fell off the radar. But now...I am back. Following on from the success of my YouTube Channel "RedRisks", I want share with you not only audio extracts from the videos online but also my thoughts, experiences, lessons learnt and general advice regarding Risk and Safety Management. In case you cannot watch the videos, these audio versions will allow me to keep you updated on fresh content that I will be producing weekly. I am really looking forward to the new ventures.