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Allen visits the Faskally Safety Leadership Centre with Mark Patterson, Director of Safety, Health, and Environment at SSE, and Dermot Kerrigan, Director and Co-Founder of Active Training Team. They discuss how SSE has put over 9,000 employees and 2,000 contract partners through ATT’s innovative training program, which uses actors and realistic scenarios to create lasting behavioral change across the entire workforce chain, from executives to technicians. Reach out to SSE and ATT to learn more! Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly newsletter on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard’s StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on YouTube, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary’s “Engineering with Rosie” YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Welcome to Uptime Spotlight, shining Light on Wind. Energy’s brightest innovators. This is the Progress Powering tomorrow. Allen Hall: Mark and Turnt. Welcome to the show. Thank you.  Mark Patterson: Thank you.  Allen Hall: We’re in Scotland, present Scotland and per Scotland, which is a place most people probably haven’t ventured to in the United States, but it is quite lovely, although chilly and rainy. It’s Scotland. We’re in December. Uh, and we’re here to take a look at the SSE Training Center. And the remarkable things that active training team is doing here, because we had seen this in Boston in a smaller format, uh, about a year ago almost now.  Dermot Kerrigan: Just Yeah,  Allen Hall: yeah. Six months  Dermot Kerrigan: ago.  Allen Hall: Yeah. Yeah. It hasn’t been that long ago. Uh, but IC was on me to say, you gotta come over. You gotta come over. You gotta see the, the whole, uh, environment where we put you into the police room and some of the things we wanna talk about, uh, because it, [00:01:00] it does play different. And you’re right, it does play different. It is very impactful. And it, and maybe we should start off first of Mark, you’re the head of basically health and safety and environment for SSE here in Perth. This is a remarkable facility. It is unlike anything I have seen in the States by far. And SSE has made the commitment to do this sort of training for. Everybody in your employment and outside of your employment, even contractors.  Mark Patterson: We have been looking at some quite basic things in safety as everybody does. And there’s a fundamental thing we want to do is get everybody home safe. And uh, it’s easier said than done because you’ve gotta get it right for every single task, every single day. And that’s a massive challenge. And we have like 15,000. 15,000 people in SSE, we probably work with about 50,000 contract [00:02:00] partners and we’re heavily dependent, uh, on get our contract partners to get our activities done. And they’re crucial.  Speaker: Mm-hmm.  Mark Patterson: And in that it’s one community and we need to make sure everybody there gets home safe. And that’s what drove us to think about adding more rules isn’t gonna do it. Um, you need to give people that sense of a feeling, uh, when a really serious sense of cars and then equip them with tools to, to deal with it. So. We’ve all probably seen training that gives that sense of doom and dread when something goes badly wrong, but actually that needs to be. Coupled with something which is quite powerful, is what are the tools that help people have the conversations that gets everybody home safe. So kind of trying to do two things.  Allen Hall: Well, SSC is involved in a number of large projects. You have three offshore wind farms, about a more than a thousand turbines right now. Wind turbines onshore, offshore, and those offshore projects are not easy. There’s a lot of complexity to them.  Mark Patterson: Absolutely. So look, I I think [00:03:00] that’s, that’s something that. You’ve gotta partner with the right people. If you wanna be successful, you need to make it easy for people to do the right thing. Yeah, as best you possibly can. You need to partner with the right people, and you need to get people that you need to have a sense that you need to keep checking that as you’re growing your business. The chinks in your armor don’t grow too. But fundamentally there’s something else, which is a sense of community. When people come together to, to do a task, there is a sense of community and people work, put a lot of discretionary effort into to get, uh, big projects done. And in that, um, it’s a sense of community and you wanna make sure everybody there gets home safe to their friends and family. ’cause if we’re all being honest about it, you know, SSE is a brilliant company. What we do is absolutely worth doing. I love SC. But I love my family a fair amount more. And if you bought into that, you probably bought into the strategy that we’re trying to adopt in terms of safety. Uh, it’s really simple messaging. Um,  Allen Hall: yeah. That, that is very clear. Yeah. And it should be [00:04:00]well communicated outside of SSEI hope because it is a tremendous, uh, value to SSE to do that. And I’m sure the employees appreciate it because you have a culture of safety. What. Trigger that. How long ago was that trigger? Is this, this is not something you thought up yesterday for sure.  Mark Patterson: No, look, this, the, the, what we’ve done in the immersive training center, um, really reinforces a lot of things that we’ve had in place for a while, and it, it takes it to the, the next level. So we’ve been working probably more than 10 years, but, uh, certainly the. Seven years we’ve been talking very much about our safety family, that’s the community and SSE with our contract partners and what we need to do. And part of that is really clear language about getting people home safe. Uh, a sense that you’ve, everybody in it that works with us has a safety license. And that license is, if it’s not safe, we don’t do it. It’s not a rural based thing. It’s how we roll. It’s part of the culture. We’d, we, uh, have a culture where, and certainly trying to instill for everybody a culture. Where [00:05:00] they’ve got that license. If, if they think something’s not right, we’ll stop the job and get it right. And even if they’re wrong, we’ll still listen to them because ultimately we need to work our way through, right? So we’ve been, we’ve thought hard about the language we wanted to use to reinforce that. So the importance of plan, scan and adapt. So planning our work well, thinking through what we need to do. Not just stopping there though, keeping scanning for what could go wrong. That sense that you can’t remember everything. So you need to have immediate corrective actions and that immediate sort of see it, sort of report it. If you see something that isn’t right, do something about it. And that sense of community caring for the community that you work with. And those are the essence of our, our language on safety and the immersive training. Uh, is not trying to shove that language down everybody’s throats again, particularly our contract partners, but it’s, it’s helping people see some really clear things. One is if a [00:06:00] really serious incident occurs at what, what it feels like here. And I’ve spent a lot of time in various industries and people are different when they’ve been on a site or involved when there’s been a really serious incident and you need to do something to. Get that sense of a feeling of what it feels like and actually make people feel slightly uncomfortable in the process. ’cause that’s part of it,  Allen Hall: right? Yes.  Mark Patterson: Because you know,  Allen Hall: you remember that.  Mark Patterson: You remember that. Yeah. We’ve had, you know, we’ve had people say, well, I felt very uncomfortable in that bit of the training. It was okay. But was, I felt very uncomfortable. And you know, we’ve talked about that a lot.  Allen Hall: Yeah.  Mark Patterson: We know you kinda should because if there’s something wrong with you, if you don’t feel uncomfortable about that. But what’s super powerful on the guys in at TT do brilliantly. Is have facilitators that allow you to have that conversation and understand what do you need to do differently? How do you influence somebody who’s more senior? How do you, how do you bring people with you so that they’re gonna [00:07:00] do what you want ’em to do after you’ve left the building? And. Just pointing the finger at people and shouting at them. Never does that. Right? Uh, rarely does that. You’ve gotta get that sense of how do you get people to have a common belief? And,  Allen Hall: and I think that’s important in the way that SSE addresses that, is that you’re not just addressing technicians, it’s the whole chain. It’s everybody is involved in this action. And you can break the link anywhere in there. I wanna get through the description of why that. Process went through ATTs head to go. We need to broaden the scope a little bit. We need to think about the full chain from the lowest entry worker just getting started to the career senior executive. Why chain them all together? Why put them in the same room together? Yeah. Why do you do that?  Dermot Kerrigan: Well, behavioral safety or behavioral base safety kind of got a bad rep because it was all about. If we could just [00:08:00] make those guys at the front line behave themselves,  Allen Hall: then everything’s fine,  Dermot Kerrigan: then everything’s fine.  Allen Hall: Yes.  Dermot Kerrigan: But actually that’s kind of a, the wrong way of thinking. It didn’t work. I, I think,  Allen Hall: yeah, it didn’t work.  Dermot Kerrigan: What the mess, the central message we’re trying to get across is that actually operational safety is not just the business of operational people. It’s everybody’s business.  Allen Hall: Right.  Dermot Kerrigan: You know? Um, and. Yeah, everybody has a role to p play in that, you know? Right. So site based teams, back office support functions, everybody has a role to play. And, you know, there’s a strand in, in this scenario where, uh, an incident takes place because people haven’t been issued with the right piece of equipment. Which is a lifting cage.  Allen Hall: Yes.  Dermot Kerrigan: And there’s a whole story about that, which goes through a procurement decision made somewhere where somebody hit a computer and a computer said no because they’d asked for too many lifting cages when they, somebody could have said, you’ve asked for five lifting cages, it’s takes you over the procurement cap. Would four do it? [00:09:00] Yes, that would be fine. That would be fine. Yeah. As it is, they come to a crucial piece of operation. This incr this, you know, this crucial piece of kit simply isn’t there. So in order to hit the deadline and try and make people happy, two ordinary guys, two technicians, put two and two together, make five, and, and one of them gets killed, you know? Yeah. So it’s, we’re, we’re trying to show that, that this isn’t just operational people. It’s everybody’s business.  Mark Patterson: Well, that’s why we worked with you in this, because, um, we saw. Why you got it in terms of that chain? Um, so in, in the scenario, it’s very clear there’s a senior exec talking to the client and actually as SSE. We’re sometimes that client, we’ve got big principal contractors that are doing our big construction activities. We’ve got a lot in renewables and onshore and offshore wind obviously, but, and the transmission business and in thermal, so, uh, and distribution. So I’ll list all our businesses and including customer’s business, but we’ve got some big project activities where we’re the client sometime we’re the principal contractor [00:10:00] ourselves. And we need to recognize that in each chain, each link in that chain, there’s a risk that we say the wrong thing, put the wrong pressure on. And I think what’s really helpful is we have in the center that sort of philosophy here that we get everybody in together mixed up. Probably at least half of our board have done this. Our executive team have all done this. Um, people are committed to it at that level, and they’re here like everybody else sitting, waiting for this thing to start. Not being quite sure what they’re gonna go through in the day. Um, and it’s actually really important you’ve got a chief exec sitting with somebody who’s, um, a scaffolder. That’s really important. ’cause the scaffolder is probably the more likely person to get hurt rather than chief exec. So actually everybody seeing what it’s like and the pressures that are under at each level is really important.  Allen Hall: SSC is such a good example for the industry. I watched you from outside in America for a long time and you just watch the things that happened. [00:11:00] Here you go. Wow. Okay. SSC is organized. They know what they’re doing, they understand what the project is, they’re going about it. Mm-hmm. Nothing is perfect, but I, I think when we watch from the United States, we see, oh, there’s order to it. There’s a reason they’re doing these things. They’re, they’re measuring what is happening. And I think that’s one of the things about at t is the results. Have been remarkable, not just here, but in several different sites, because a TT touches a lot of massive infrastructure projects in the uk and the success rate has been tremendous. Remember? You wanna just briefly talk about that?  Dermot Kerrigan: Yeah. But we, we run a number of centers. We also run mobile programs, which you got from having seen us in the States. Um, but the first, uh, center that we, we, we opened was, was called. Epic, which stood for Employers Project Induction Center, and that was the Thames Tideway Tunnel Project, which is now more or less finished. It’s completed. And that was a 10 year project, 5 billion pounds. Allen Hall: Wow.  Dermot Kerrigan: Um, [00:12:00] and you know, unfortunately the fact is on, on that kind of project, you would normally expect to hurt a number of people, sometimes fatally. That would be the expectation.  Allen Hall: Right. It’s a complicated  Dermot Kerrigan: project, statistic underground. So, you know, we, and, and of course Tide, we are very, very. Very pleased that, uh, in that 10 year span, they didn’t even have one, uh, serious life-changing injury, uh, let alone a fatality. Um, so you know that that’s, and I’m I’m not saying that what ATTs work, uh, what we do is, is, is, is directly responsible for that, but certainly Epic, they would say Tideway was the cornerstone for the safety practices, very good safety practices that they, they put out. Uh, on that project, again, as a cultural piece to do with great facilities, great leadership on the part of the, of the, of the executive teams, et cetera, and stability. It was the same ex executive team throughout that whole project, which is quite unusual.  Allen Hall: No.  Dermot Kerrigan: Yeah. [00:13:00] Um, so yeah, it, it, it seems to work, you know, uh, always in safety that the, the, the, the tricky thing is trying to prove something works because it hasn’t happened. You know?  Allen Hall: Right, right. Uh, prove the negative. Dermot Kerrigan: Yeah. Um,  Allen Hall: but in safety, that’s what you want to have happen. You, you do know, not want an outcome.  Dermot Kerrigan: No, absolutely not.  Allen Hall: No reports, nothing.  Dermot Kerrigan: No. So, you know, you have to give credit to, to organizations. Organizations like SSE. Oh, absolutely. And projects like Tideway and Sted, uh, on their horn projects. Who, who have gone down this, frankly, very left field, uh, route. We we’re, you know, it is only in the last 10 years that we’ve been doing this kind of thing, and it hasn’t, I mean, you know, Tideway certainly is now showing some results. Sure. But, you know, it’s, it’s, it, it wasn’t by any means a proven way of, of, of dealing with safety. So  Mark Patterson: I don’t think you could ever prove it. Dermot Kerrigan: No.  Mark Patterson: And actually there’s, there’s something [00:14:00]fundamentally of. It, it kind of puts a stamp on the culture that you want, either you talked about the projects in SSE, we’ve, we’ve done it for all of our operational activities, so we’ve had about 9,000 people through it for SSE and so far about 2000 contract partners. Um, we’re absolutely shifting our focus now. We’ve got probably 80% of our operational teams have been through this in each one of our businesses, and, uh, we. We probably are kind of closing the gaps at the moment, so I was in Ireland with. I here guys last week, um, doing a, a mobile session because logistically it was kind of hard to come to Perth or to one of the other centers, but we’re, we’re gradually getting up to that 80%, uh, for SSE colleagues and our focus is shifting a bit more to contract partners and making sure they get through. And look, they are super positive about this. Some of them have done that themselves and worked with a TT in the past, so they’re. Really keen to, to use the center that we have [00:15:00] here in Perth, uh, for their activities. So when, when they’re working with us, we kind of work together to, to make that happen. Um, but they can book that separately with you guys. Yeah. Uh, in, in the, uh, Fastly Center too.  Allen Hall: I think we should describe the room that we’re in right now and why this was built. This is one of three different scenes that, that each of the. Students will go through to put some realism to the scenario and the scenario, uh, a worker gets killed. This is that worker’s home? Dermot Kerrigan: Yeah. So each of the spaces that we have here that, that they denote antecedents or consequences, and this is very much consequences. Um, so the, the, the participants will be shown in here, uh, as they go around the center, uh, and there’s a scene that takes place where they meet the grown up daughter of the young fella who’s been right, who’s been, who’s been tragically killed. Uh, and she basically asks him, uh, asks [00:16:00] them what happened. And kind of crucially this as a subtext, why didn’t you do something about it?  Allen Hall: Mm-hmm.  Dermot Kerrigan: Because you were there,  Allen Hall: you saw it, why it was played out in front of you. You saw, you  Dermot Kerrigan: saw what happened. You saw this guy who was obviously fast asleep in the canteen. He was exhausted. Probably not fit for work. Um, and yet being instructed to go back out there and finish the job, um, with all the tragic consequences that happen,  Allen Hall: right?  Dermot Kerrigan: But it’s important to say, as Mark says, that. It’s not all doom and gloom. The first part of the day is all about showing them consequences. Allen Hall: Sure. It’s  Dermot Kerrigan: saying it’s a,  Allen Hall: it’s a Greek tragedy  Dermot Kerrigan: in  Allen Hall: some  Dermot Kerrigan: ways, but then saying this doesn’t have to happen. If you just very subtly influence other people’s behavior, it’s  Allen Hall: slight  Dermot Kerrigan: by thinking about how you behave and sure adapting your behavior accordingly, you can completely change the outcome. Uh, so long as I can figure out where you are coming from and where that behavior is coming from, I might be able to influence it,  Allen Hall: right. Dermot Kerrigan: And if I can, then I can stop that [00:17:00] hap from happening. And sure enough, at the end of the day, um, the last scene is that the, the, the daughter that we see in here growing up and then going back into this tragic, uh, ending, uh. She’s with her dad, then it turned out he was the one behind the camera all along. So he’s 45 years old, she’s just passed the driving test and nobody got her 21 years ago. You know,  Mark Patterson: I think there, there is, there’s a journey that you’ve gotta take people through to get to believe that. And kind of part of that journey is as, as we look around this room, um, no matter who it is, and we’ve talked to a lot of people, they’ll be looking at things in this room and think, well, yeah, I’ve got a cup like that. And yes. Yeah. When my kids were, we, we had. That play toy for the kids. Yes. So there is something that immediately hooks people and children hook  Allen Hall: people.  Mark Patterson: Absolutely. And  Allen Hall: yes,  Mark Patterson: they get to see that and understand that this is, this is, this is, could be a real thing. And also in the work site, uh, view, there’s kind of a work site, there’s a kind of a boardroom type thing [00:18:00] and you can actually see, yeah, that’s what it kind of feels like. The work sites a little bit. You know, there’s scuffs in the, on the line, on the floor because that’s what happens in work sites and there’s a sense of realism for all of this, uh, is really important.  Allen Hall: The realism is all the way down to the outfits that everybody’s worn, so they’re not clean safety gear. It’s. Dirty, worn safety gear, which is what it should be. ’cause if you’re working, that’s what it should look like. And it feels immediately real that the, the whole stage is set in a, in the canteen, I’ll call it, I don’t know, what do you call the welfare area? Yeah. Okay.  Dermot Kerrigan: Yeah.  Allen Hall: Okay. Uh, wanna use the right language here. But, uh, in the states we call it a, a break room. Uh, so you’re sitting in the break room just minding your own business and boom. An actor walks in, in full safety gear, uh, speaking Scottish very quickly, foreign American. But it’s real.  Mark Patterson: I think  Allen Hall: it feels real because you, you, I’ve been in those situations, I’ve seen that that break the,  Mark Patterson: the language is real and, uh, [00:19:00] perhaps not all, uh, completely podcast suitable. Um, but when you look at it, the feedback we’ve got from, from people who are closer to the tools and at all levels, in fact is, yeah. This feels real. It’s a credible scenario and uh, you get people who. I do not want to be in a safety training for an entire day. Um, and they’re saying arms folded at the start of the day and within a very short period of time, they are absolutely watching what the heck’s going on here. Yes. To understand what’s happening, what’s going on. I don’t understand. And actually it’s exactly as you say, those subtle things that you, not just giving people that experience, but the subtle things you can nudge people on to. There’s some great examples of how do you nudge people, how do you give feedback? And we had some real examples where people have come back to us and said even things to do with their home life. We were down in London one day, um, and I was sitting in on the training and one of the guys said, God, you’ve just taught me something about how I can give feedback to people in a really impactful [00:20:00] way. So you, so you explain the behavior you see, which is just the truth of what the behavior is. This is what I saw you do, this is what happened, but actually the impact that that has. How that individual feels about it. And the example that they used was, it was something to do with their son and how their son was behaving and interacting. And he said, do you know what? I’ve struggled to get my son to toe the line to, to look after his mom in the right way. I’m gonna stop on the way home and I’m gonna have a conversation with him. And I think if I. Keep yourself cool and calm and go through those steps. I think I can have a completely different conversation. And that was a great example. Nothing to do with work, but it made a big difference to that guy. But all those work conversations where you could just subtly change your tone. Wind yourself back, stay cool and calm and do something slightly different. And I think that those, those things absolutely make a difference,  Allen Hall: which is hard to do in the moment. I think that’s what the a TT training does make you think of the re the first reaction, [00:21:00] which is the impulsive reaction. We gotta get this job done. This has gotta be done. Now I don’t have the right safety gear. We’ll, we’ll just do it anyway to, alright, slow. Just take a breather for a second. Think about what the consequences of this is. And is it worth it at the end of the day? Is it worth it? And I think that’s the, the reaction you want to draw out of people. But it’s hard to do that in a video presentation or  Dermot Kerrigan: Yeah.  Allen Hall: Those things just  Dermot Kerrigan: don’t need to practice.  Allen Hall: Yeah. It doesn’t stick in your brain.  Dermot Kerrigan: You need to give it a go And to see, right. To see how to see it happen. And, and the actors are very good. They’re good if they, you know. What, whatever you give them, they will react to.  Mark Patterson: They do. That’s one of the really powerful things. You’ve got the incident itself, then you’ve got the UNP of what happened, and then you’ve got specific, uh, tools and techniques and what’s really good is. Even people who are not wildly enthusiastic at the start of the day of getting, being interactive in, in, in a session, they do throw themselves into it ’cause they recognize they’ve been through [00:22:00] something. It’s a common sense of community in the room.  Dermot Kerrigan: Right.  Mark Patterson: And they have a bit of fun with it. And it is fun. Yeah. You know, people say they enjoy the day. Um, they, they, they recognize that it’s challenged them a little bit and they kinda like that, but they also get the opportunity to test themselves. And that testing is really important in terms of, sure. Well, how do you challenge somebody you don’t know and you just walking past and you see something? How do you have that conversation in a way that just gets to that adult To adult communication? Yeah. And actually gets the results that you need. And being high handed about it and saying, well, those are the rules, or, I’m really important, just do it. That doesn’t give us a sustained improvement.  Dermot Kerrigan: PE people are frightened of failure, you know? Sure. They’re frightened of getting things wrong, so give ’em a space where they, where actually just fall flat in your face. Come back up again and try again. You know, give it a go. And, because no one’s, this is a safe space, you know, unlike in the real world,  Allen Hall: right?  Dermot Kerrigan: This is as near to the real world as you want to get. It’s pretty real. It’s safe, you know, uh, it’s that Samuel Beckett thing, you know, fail again, [00:23:00] fail better,  Allen Hall: right?  Mark Patterson: But there’s, there’s a really good thing actually because people, when they practice that they realize. Yeah, it’s not straightforward going up and having a conversation with somebody about something they’re doing that could be done better. And actually that helps in a way because it probably makes people a little bit more generous when somebody challenges them on how they’re approaching something. Even if somebody challenges you in a bit of a cat handed way, um, then you can just probably take a breath and think this. This, this guy’s probably just trying to have a conversation with me,  Allen Hall: right. Mark Patterson: So that I get home to my family.  Allen Hall: Right.  Mark Patterson: It’s hard to get annoyed when you get that mindset. Mindset  Allen Hall: someone’s looking after you just a little bit. Yeah. It does feel nice.  Mark Patterson: And, and even if they’re not doing it in the best way, you need to be generous with it. So there’s, there’s good learnings actually from both sides of the, the, the interaction. Allen Hall: So what’s next for SSE and at t? You’ve put so many people through this project in, in the program and it has. Drawn great results.  Mark Patterson: Yeah.  Allen Hall: [00:24:00] How do you, what do you think of next?  Mark Patterson: So what’s next? Yeah, I guess, uh, probably the best is next to come. Next to come. We, I think there’s a lot more that we can do with this. So part of what we’ve done here is establish with a big community of people, a common sense of what we’re doing. And I think we’ve got an opportunity to continue with that. We’ve got, um, fortunate to be in a position where we’ve got a good level of growth in the business.  Allen Hall: Yes,  Mark Patterson: we do. Um, there’s a lot going on and so there’s always a flow of new people into an organization, and if people, you know, the theory of this stuff better than I do, would say that you need to maintain a, a sense of community that’s kind of more than 80%. If you want a certain group of people to act in a certain way, you need about 80% of the people plus to act in that way, and then it’ll sustain. But if it starts. To drift so that only 20% of people are acting a certain way, then that is gonna ex extinguish that elements of the culture. So we need to keep topping up our Sure, okay. Our, our [00:25:00] immersive training with people, and we’re also then thinking about the contract partners that we have and also leaving a bit of a legacy. For the communities in Scotland, because we’ve got a center that we’re gonna be using a little bit less because we’ve fortunate to get the bulk of our people in SSE through, uh, we’re working with contract partners. They probably want to use it for. For their own purposes and also other community groups. So we’ve had all kinds of people from all these different companies here. We’ve had the Scottish first Minister here, we’ve had loads of people who’ve been really quite interested to see what we’re doing. And as a result of that, they’ve started to, uh, to, to step their way through doing something different themselves. So,  Allen Hall: so that may change the, the future of at t also. And in terms of the slight approach, the scenarios they’re in. The culture changes, right? Yeah. Everybody changes. You don’t wanna be stuck in time.  Dermot Kerrigan: No, absolutely.  Allen Hall: That’s one thing at t is not,  Dermot Kerrigan: no, it’s not  Allen Hall: stuck in time.  Dermot Kerrigan: But, uh, I mean, you know, we first started out with the centers, uh, accommodating project. Yeah. So this would [00:26:00] be an induction space. You might have guys who were gonna work on a project for two weeks, other guys who were gonna work on it for six months. They wanted to put them through the same experience. Mm. So that when they weren’t on site. That they could say, refer back to the, the, the, the induction and say, well, why ask me to do that? You know, we, we, we both have that experience, so I’m gonna challenge you and you’re gonna accept challenge, et cetera. So it was always gonna be a short, sharp shock. But actually, if you’re working with an organization, you don’t necessarily have to take that approach. You could put people through a little bit of, of, of, of the training, give ’em a chance to practice, give ’em a chance to reflect, and then go on to the next stage. Um. So it, it becomes more of a, a journey rather than a single hard, a single event experience. Yeah. You don’t learn to drive in a day really, do you? You know, you have to, well, I do transfer it to your right brain and practice, you know?  Allen Hall: Right. The more times you see an experience that the more it’s memorable and especially with the, the training on how to work with others.[00:27:00] A refresh of that is always good.  Dermot Kerrigan: Yeah.  Allen Hall: Pressure changes people and I think it’s always time to reflect and go back to what the culture is of SSE That’s important. So this, this has been fantastic and I, I have to. Thank SSC and a TT for allowing us to be here today. It was quite the journey to get here, but it’s been really enlightening. Uh, and I, I think we’ve been an advocate of a TT and the training techniques that SSC uses. For well over a year. And everybody we run into, and in organizations, particularly in win, we say, you, you gotta call a TT, you gotta reach out because they’re doing things right. They’re gonna change your safety culture, they’re gonna change the way you work as an organization. That takes time. That message takes time. But I do think they need to be reaching out and dermo. How do they do that? How do, how do they reach att?  Dermot Kerrigan: Uh, they contact me or they contact att. So info at Active Trading Team, us.  Allen Hall: Us. [00:28:00] There you go.  Dermot Kerrigan: or.co uk. There you go. If you’re on the other side of the pond. Yeah. Allen Hall: Yes. And Mark, because you just established such a successful safety program, I’m sure people want to reach out and ask, and hopefully a lot of our US and Australian and Canadian to listen to this podcast. We’ll reach out and, and talk to you about how, what you have set up here, how do they get ahold of you? Mark Patterson: I’ll give you a link that you can access in the podcast, if that. Great. And uh, look. The, the risk of putting yourself out there and talking about this sort of thing is you sometimes give the impression you’ve got everything sorted and we certainly don’t in SSE. And if the second you think you’ve got everything nailed in terms of safety in your approach, then, then you don’t. Um, so we’ve got a lot left to do. Um, but I think this particular thing has made a difference to our colleagues and, and contract partners and just getting them home safe.  Allen Hall: Yes. Yes, so thank you. Just both of you. Mark Dermott, thank you so much for being on the podcast. We appreciate both [00:29:00] of you and yeah, I’d love to attend this again, this is. Excellent, excellent training. Thanks, Alan. Thanks.

México cierra agenda en Davos con impulso al Plan México  SSC recuerda líneas de denuncia por extorsión  Trump amenaza a Canadá con arancel del 100% por China  Más información en nuestro podcast

Nuevo Hospital Ignacio Zaragoza atiende deuda histórica en el oriente Riña entre policías y motociclistas EU elimina a líder ligado a Al-Qaeda Más información en nuestro Podcast

Detienen cinco por triple homicidio en la GAMMonreal advierte que no habrá reforma electoral sin apoyo de aliadosIrán detiene ejecuciones tras advertencia de EUMás información en nuestro Podcast

En  2025 se logró la construcción de 393 mil 686 viviendas en todo el país Francia reitera su apoyo a Dinamarca y Groenlandia14 de enero es el Día Mundial del PapaloteMás información en nuestro podcast

Detienen en Tlalnepantla a Sergio Iván “N”, presunto líder de “Los Orejones” Transportistas del oriente del Edomex liberaron carreteras Crisis humanitaria en Gaza se agrava: ONU Más información en nuestro podcast

SSC despliega operativo especial por regreso a clases en la CDMX México y EU refuerzan cooperación contra cártelesIrán asegura que no busca la guerra, pero está preparadoMás información en nuestro podcast

Holly Campbell, wife of Detroit Lions Head Coach Dan Campbell, is spilling ALL the tea on what life is really like behind the scenes. From 3:30 AM wake-up calls to navigating constant moves with kids, Holly opens up about the sacrifices and rewards of being married to an NFL head coach. We're talking this season's challenges, raising resilient children in the NFL, date nights in the car eating burgers, and finding balance between football and family life. You don't want to miss this one!!Sponsors:Vivrelle: Go to www.vivrelle.com and apply for a membership today using code SSC to get 50% off your first 3 months of membership.- the code will also allow you to skip the Vivrelle waitlist. That's vivrelle.com use code SSC for 50% off your first 3 months of membership.Hungryroot: Take advantage of this exclusive offer: For a limited time get 40% off your first box PLUS get a free item in every box for life. Go to Hungryroot.com/SUNDAY and use code SUNDAY. That's Hungryroot.com/SUNDAY, code SUNDAY to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life.Quince: Refresh your wardrobe with Quince. Don't wait. Go to Quince.com/sunday for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. That's Quince.com/sunday to get free shipping and 365-day returns.Discover: Discover - Learn More.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Más de 14 mil policías cuidarán escuelas por regreso a clases en CDMX Condenan a periodistas y medios a pagar por daño moral en CampecheIsrael ordena evacuar zona en Líbano que va atacarMás informaión en nuestro podcast

Allison chats with Daisy Foko Granson - a content creator and biomedical inventor with multiple patents who also happens to be married to Eagles tight end Kylen Granson. From surviving spinal surgery at 19 to filing THC device patents, navigating free agency stress, and getting married under dinosaurs at the Field Museum, Daisy proves you can be brilliant in the lab AND the stadium. Sponsors:Vivrelle: Go to www.vivrelle.com ond apply for a membership today using code SSC for your first month of membership FREE - the code will also allow you to skip the vivrelle waitlistAvocado Mattress: With code sunday, you'll save an extra $25 on Crib and Kids Mattresses on top of their holiday sale! Stash: Go to get.stash.com/ssc to see how you can receive TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sheinbaum pide a EU respetar soberanía, citando a Benito JuárezInvestigan a funcionarias en Chihuahua por disparar armas exclusivas del EjércitoCasi 15 mil policías en Operativo Día de Reyes CDMX Más información en nuestro Podcast

¡Aprovecha! Descuentos en predial, agua y tenencia en CDMX  Más de 1,200 detenidos por alcoholímetro en diciembre  Lluvias en Afganistán dejan 17 muertos y 11 heridosMás información en nuestro Podcast

Edomex reporta saldo blanco tras sismo en Guerrero Profepa sancionará uso de sustancias tóxicas en equipos eléctricosOMS alerta por infecciones derivadas de punciones accidentalesMás información en nuestro podcast

Padre buscador José Juan Arias sigue  desaparecido Diana Ross brillará en Times Square este Año NuevoMás información en nuestro Podcast

Tren Ligero ajusta horarios por celebraciones de Año Nuevo Más de 4 mil empresas ya cuentan con el distintivo Hecho en MéxicoFalla en teleférico deja personas atrapadas en los Alpes italianosMás información en nuestro podcast

México aplicará nuevos aranceles a productos sin TLC38 detenidos y 266 motos remitidas en operativo de seguridadRusia acusa a Ucrania de atacar residencia de PutinMás información en nuestro Podcast

Niegan desbloqueo  de las cuentas bancarias de Hernán Bermúdez SSC CDMX abre convocatoria para policía penitenciarioIdentifican a familia desaparecida tras naufragio en IndonesiaMás información en nuestro podcast

Este 24 de diciembre, 73 personas fueron remitidas al “Torito” Tragedia en Iztapalapa, incendio deja dos mujeres fallecidas  Cuba pasa la Navidad con apagones que afectarán al 60 % del paísMás información en nuestro Podcast

Rescatan a león encadenado en Nayarit; estaba herido y sin garras  Cero Pirotecnia en La Merced para evitar venta ilegalCelebran el solsticio de invierno con rituales en StonehengeMás información en nuestro Podcast

Need something fun for your drive to your family's holiday party? Allison and Isaac are talking holiday chaos, NFL gossip, and what Christmas looks like for their family… plus a few stories they probably shouldn't be sharing.Sponsors:Vivrelle: Go to www.vivrelle.com and apply for a membership today using code SSC for your first month of membership FREE - the code will also allow you to skip the vivrelle waitlistAura Frames: $35 off with code SUNDAYAvocado Mattress: With code sunday, you'll save an extra $25 on Crib and Kids Mattresses on top of their holiday sale! Jones Road Beauty: Use code [sunday] at jonesroadbeauty.com to get a Free Gift with Purchase! #JonesRoadBeauty #adLaundry Sauce: Get Up to 40% Off Your entire order at https://laundrysauce.com/SUNDAYStash: Go to get.stash.com/ssc to see how you can receive TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Needed: Head over to thisisneeded.com and use code SUNDAY for 20% off your first order. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

¡487 conductores remitidos al Torito en una semana!Michoacán refuerza seguridad con “Guardianes del Camino”   EU intercepta buque cerca de VenezuelaMás información en nuestro Podcast

FGR vuelve a suspender arrendamiento millonario de vehículos  Edomex lidera certificación de motociclistas a nivel nacional  Trump asegura que bloqueo naval busca recuperar el petróleo de EU en ese país  Más información en nuestro podcast

Canadá pide no visitar 13 estados de MéxicoNueva orden de aprehensión contra copropietario de Miss Universo EU sanciona a jueces del TPI por investigar a Israel Más información en nuestro Podcast

Bomberos atienden un incendio de pastizal en Chapultepec. Sheinbaum afirmó que los bloqueos de EU afectan a los pueblosEl papa León XIV denunció la concentración de la riqueza globalMás información en nuestro podcast

DSD 6.12 | Brachytic corn for increased production The brachytic gene mutation results in corn that is shorter in stature but an improved digestibility profile. Through a reduction in intranode distance, the corn plant reduces indigestible fiber. Dr. Antonio Gallo, PhD ruminant nutritionist from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and his team in Italy recently studied the impact of this gene mutation on the productivity of the dairy herd. High quality, home grown forages allow dairy producers to maintain the competitive edge. By limiting the purchase of off-farm nutrients, forages possess the ability to advance or hold back a herd. When brachytic corn was fed, they found a yield increase of 3.8 lbs/cow/day. However, the higher producing animals did not consume more. “This is likely due to a chemotactic effect,” Gallo describes. The team measured changes in the intake pattern which provided insight to future research questions for data to better understand how this phenomenon could have happened. The quality of corn silage impacts the health and productivity of the dairy cow. Additionally, her intake behavior is impacted by the ration. As more dairy farms move toward robotic systems, maximizing the energy density of the PMR will directly impact productivity, perhaps brachytic corn is most important in these systems. Listen in to understand how the brachytic corn variety might work in your operation. Topics of discussion 1:24      Introduction of Dr. Antonio Gallo 3:01      What is “brachytic” 5:38      Chemical analysis of Short Stature (SSC) vs Tall Stature Corn (TSC) 6:24      NDF differences (Table 2) 9:11      Dry matter differences – ‘stay green' benefit 10:02     What about disease pressure in corn fields 12:01    SSC field observations re: lodging during derechos 12:31    Planting rate 13:37    Ration calculation – and feeding strategy 14:58    Individual intake and feeding behavior of each animal 15:59    Research herd description 16:13    Milk yield response, 3.8 lbs/cow/day 17:22    Rumen Flow Rate 18:22    Dry matter yield drag at harvest? 20:10    Feed behavior – eating less and producing more    21:04     Chemotactic effect - Apparent digestibility NDF, starch and protein 24:52     What do you want ‘boots on the ground' dairymen to know about your project   Featured Article: Effect of silage from a new brachytic corn hybrid with a high harvest index on feeding behavior and performance of lactating dairy cows   #2xAg2030; #journalofdairyscience; #openaccess; #MODAIRY; #NDFd; #cornsilage; #brachytic; #moremilk; #staygreen; #lignin; #mealsize; #dairysciencedigest; #ReaganBluel

Reabre estación Chilpancingo del Metrobús  Violencia criminal en México comparable a conflictos armados: IISS  FBI ofrece recompensa por líder del CJNG  Más información en nuestro podcast

Profepa clausura 10 aserraderos en megaoperativo Detienen a presuntos implicados en doble homicidio en la GAM Investigan hallazgo de cuerpos en playas de Colombia por ataques lancheros de EU 

Tlalnepantla fortalece denuncia y apoya a víctimas de violencia  Semar actúa tras ataque con explosivos en Michoacán  Elon Musk amenaza con responder a sanción de la UEMás información en nuestro Podcast

Organizaciones tienen hasta el 15 de diciembre para formar partidos: IECM  Tras cateos en Cuauhtémoc e Iztapalapa aseguran drogas: SSC  Lancha volcó al sur de Creta deja al menos 18 migrantes muertos  Más información en nuestro podcast

Congreso de Chihuahua promoverá juicio contra nueva Ley de Aguas  SSC CDMX asegura drogas y detiene a tres tras cateos Más información en nuestro Podcast

SSC pide a comercios a reforzar medidas de seguridadSeguros en México crecen 8% en 2025FBI ofrece $5 millones por líder del Tren de AraguaMás información en nuestro Podcast

SEP entrega mobiliario y revisa construcción del CBTIS 300 en Puebla  Capturan a tres de 'Los Pepes' en IztapalapaExtraditan desde España a mexicano acusado de secuestro agravadoMás información en nuestro Podcast

Plan Michoacán deja más de 900 detenidos   Edomex lanza Rutómetro en el Valle de Toluca  Miles protestan en Madrid contra presuntos casos de corrupción   Más información en nuestro podcast

Buena coordinación con Gertz Manero: Harfuch  Semar desmantela narcolaboratorios y aseguró drogas y armas  Ante la OPEP, Venezuela acusa a EU de querer apoderarse de su petróleo  Más información en nuestro podcast

VOV1 - Để đáp ứng yêu cầu nhiệm vụ cầu bảo vệ chủ quyền biển đảo Tây Nam của Tổ quốc, Trung đoàn 551, Vùng 5 Hải quân chú trọng xây dựng bản lĩnh chính trị cho cán bộ chiến sĩ (CBCS), nâng cao chất lượng huấn luyện, sẵn sàng chiến đấu (SSCĐ), đồng thời hỗ trợ ngư dân vươn khơi phát triển kinh tế.

SSC CDMX implementará operativo por 25N SLP recibió la distinción de Ciudad Creativa en LiteraturaEn el mundo existen aproximadamente 1,500 volcanes activosMás información en nuestro podcast

EU emite alerta por marcha del 20 de noviembre en CDMXSSC frustra robo de más de 400 mil pesos en tiendas durante El Buen FinMás información en nuestro Podcast

Caen presuntos extorsionadores de transportistas en la GAM  Brugada entrega apoyos a trabajadores de pasos a desnivel  Francia propone prohibir redes a menores de 15 añosMás información en nuestro Podcast

Prepárese, hay alerta por bajas temperaturas en CDMX Reportan incendio en recicladora de Toluca Mantienen estado de emergencia en Perú por delincuencia 

Michoacán modifica horarios escolares por bajas temperaturas  SSC investiga actuación policial en marcha del 15 de noviembre  Jalisco evalúa daños por disturbiosMás información en nuestro Podcast

Sedena inicia preparativos para el desfile del 20 de noviembre Detienen a cuatro hombres tras intentar robar una sucursal en Álvaro ObregónOla de calor histórica afecta a más de 100 millones en el sur de Estados UnidosMás información en nuestro podcast

CDMX blindada con 16 mil policías que vigilan el Buen Fin  Derrama de 28 mmdp por Buen Fin en EdomexTlalnepantla destina 4.3 mdp a familias afectadas por explosión  Más información en nuestro Podcast

Gobierno reafirma su compromiso con maestras y maestros  Uruapan exige intervención urgente ante ola de violencia  ONU condena ataque racista de colonos en CisjordaniaMás información en nuestro Podcast

Last December, the OpenAI business put forward a plan to completely sideline its nonprofit board. But two state attorneys general have now blocked that effort and kept that board very much alive and kicking.The for-profit's trouble was that the entire operation was founded on the premise of — and legally pledged to — the purpose of ensuring that “artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” So to get its restructure past regulators, the business entity has had to agree to 20 serious requirements designed to ensure it continues to serve that goal.Attorney Tyler Whitmer, as part of his work with Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology, has been a vocal critic of OpenAI's original restructure plan. In today's conversation, he lays out all the changes and whether they will ultimately matter.Full transcript, video, and links to learn more: https://80k.info/tw2 After months of public pressure and scrutiny from the attorneys general (AGs) of California and Delaware, the December proposal itself was sidelined — and what replaced it is far more complex and goes a fair way towards protecting the original mission:The nonprofit's charitable purpose — “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity” — now legally controls all safety and security decisions at the company. The four people appointed to the new Safety and Security Committee can block model releases worth tens of billions.The AGs retain ongoing oversight, meeting quarterly with staff and requiring advance notice of any changes that might undermine their authority.OpenAI's original charter, including the remarkable “stop and assist” commitment, remains binding.But significant concessions were made. The nonprofit lost exclusive control of AGI once developed — Microsoft can commercialise it through 2032. And transforming from complete control to this hybrid model represents, as Tyler puts it, “a bad deal compared to what OpenAI should have been.”The real question now: will the Safety and Security Committee use its powers? It currently has four part-time volunteer members and no permanent staff, yet they're expected to oversee a company racing to build AGI while managing commercial pressures in the hundreds of billions.Tyler calls on OpenAI to prove they're serious about following the agreement:Hire management for the SSC.Add more independent directors with AI safety expertise.Maximise transparency about mission compliance."There's a real opportunity for this to go well. A lot … depends on the boards, so I really hope that they … step into this role … and do a great job. … I will hope for the best and prepare for the worst, and stay vigilant throughout."Chapters:We're hiring (00:00:00)Cold open (00:00:40)Tyler Whitmer is back to explain the latest OpenAI developments (00:01:46)The original radical plan (00:02:39)What the AGs forced on the for-profit (00:05:47)Scrappy resistance probably worked (00:37:24)The Safety and Security Committee has teeth — will it use them? (00:41:48)Overall, is this a good deal or a bad deal? (00:52:06)The nonprofit and PBC boards are almost the same. Is that good or bad or what? (01:13:29)Board members' “independence” (01:19:40)Could the deal still be challenged? (01:25:32)Will the deal satisfy OpenAI investors? (01:31:41)The SSC and philanthropy need serious staff (01:33:13)Outside advocacy on this issue, and the impact of LASST (01:38:09)What to track to tell if it's working out (01:44:28)This episode was recorded on November 4, 2025.Video editing: Milo McGuire, Dominic Armstrong, and Simon MonsourAudio engineering: Milo McGuire, Simon Monsour, and Dominic ArmstrongMusic: CORBITCoordination, transcriptions, and web: Katy Moore

SICT niega autorización para operación de taxis por app en aeropuertos  Acoso sexual en Edomex ya se puede denunciar desde el primer incidente  Huracán Melissa deja más de 3.5 millones de damnificados en Cuba: ONUMás información en nuestro Podcast

Posponen debate sobre revocación de mandato ¡Saca tu disfraz! Caminata de Zombies cierra el NezamictlánTrump amenaza con recortes a controladores aéreosMás información en nuestro Podcast

Emma Kelly, wife of Vikings center Ryan Kelly, opens up about the hardest parts of NFL life nobody talks about. Emma wanted to share her story about losing their daughter Mary Kate at 20 weeks and delivering two-pound twins in a different state. She's getting real about her birth trauma, NICU life, the loneliness of being an NFL wife, why people need to stop saying "just relax," and how her surprise third pregnancy brought healing. This one will make you cry and realize how much strength it takes behind the scenes.Sponsors:Peloton: Let yourself run, lift, sculpt, push, and go. Explore the new Peloton Cross Training Tread+ at onepeloton.comAbercrombie: Shop Abercrombie in the app, online and in stores.Rula: Visit Rula.com/sunday to get started.Needed: Head over to thisisneeded.com and use code SUNDAY for 20% off your first order. Draftkings: Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app and use code SSC. That's code SSC for new customers to get $200 in bonus bets instantly, when you just bet five bucks. Only at DraftKings Sportsbook - the crown is yours. *Gambling problem? Call one eight hundred GAMBLER or in West Virginia visit www.oneeighthundredgamber.net. Please play responsibly. Twenty-one plus.Avocado: With code sunday, you'll save an extra $25 on Crib and Kids Mattresses on top of their holiday sale! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Desalojan hospital por incendio en basurero de Veracruz  Capturan a integrante clave de “Los Tanzanios” en CDMX  Estados Unidos inmoviliza toda la flota de aviones MD-11  Más información en nuestro podcast

Mega jornada de vasectomía sin bisturí en el Edomex  Aseguran 700 dosis de droga en cateos en Cuauhtémoc y GAMCancelan más de mil 700 vuelos en EU por cierre de gobiernoMás información en nuestro podcast

Allison sits down with Whitney Risner, former college basketball player, entrepreneur, and wife of Bengals guard Dalton Risner, for an honest and hilarious convo about what it's really like living the NFL life. From moving cross-country on a moment's notice to trying Skyline Chili at 8 a.m., Whitney shares all the behind-the-scenes chaos that comes with football season, marriage, and starting over in new cities.They also get real about the early days of Whitney and Dalton's relationship (spoiler: it involves a throat chop), how counseling helped them through their toughest years, and the faith that keeps them grounded through every move and milestone.If you love a good love story mixed with some football wife chaos, this one's for you.Sponsors:David Protein: David is offering my listeners a deal—buy four cartons and get the fifth free at davidprotein.com/sunday.Coterie: Head to coterie.com and use code SUNDAY20 at checkout for 20% off your first order at coterie.comCure Hydration: If you want to feel good about giving your kids something that's actually good for them — go to curehydration.com/sunday for 20% off your first order. Peloton: Let yourself run, lift, sculpt, push, and go. Explore the new Peloton Cross Training Tread+ at onepeloton.comNOCD: To learn more about starting OCD therapy with NOCD, go to nocd.com and book a free call to learn more about how they can help. Asics: Visit asics.com and use code SUNDAY at checkout for $10 off your order of $100 or more. Exclusions may apply.DraftKings: Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app and use code SSC. That's code SSC for new customers to get $200 in bonus bets instantly, when you just bet five bucks. Only at DraftKings Sportsbook - the crown is yours. *Gambling problem? Call one eight hundred GAMBLER or in West Virginia visit www.oneeighthundredgamber.net. Please play responsibly. Twenty-one plus.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.