This podcast series is about understanding diverse perspectives and emerging concepts in safety sciences, resilience and human factors. Each podcast is crafted as an open-ended discussion with scientists, subject matter experts, consultants and professionals in the safety domain with the view to create space for thinking and reflection.
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June 1, 2026Episode 12827 min
Why we struggle to understand Safety Culture?
This podcast illustrates why the industry struggles with understanding safety culture and what we can do to improve our understanding. The podcast also provides selective readings to broaden your views on safety culture including a video on how to diagnose culture.A free download book to improve your understanding about culture with selective readings:https://novellus.solutions/product/51-stories-in-culture-to-live-and-to-be/A link to how to diagnose safety culture:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xydW2t4GVsw
May 15, 2026Episode 12745 min
Stories of Following-Leading in practice 3/3
This episode explores the transformative power of listening, humility, and how to think about time in leadership. Featuring personal stories from Rob, Craig, and Jenny, it highlights how profound simplicity and genuine connection can reshape organizational culture and leadership practices.
May 8, 2026Episode 12640 min
Following-Leading model explained 2/3
In this video we get down to understanding why there is no leading without following. We discuss: The concept of 'Following Leading' and its significanceThe hyphen as a symbol of connection and mutualityThe importance of language and shared understanding in leadershipThe role of self-awareness and internal connection in relational leadershipPractical examples of reciprocal relationships in organisations
May 2, 2026Episode 12535 min
The lost art of conversation
Discover how technology and our busy lives have diminished the art of conversation. Learn why genuine connection matters in today’s world.In today’s fast-paced, technology-driven world, the simple act of conversation seems to be fading away. Have we truly lost the art of dialogue, or are we just missing the connection behind it? In this post, we’ll explore the impact of technology on our conversations, the importance of genuine connection, and how we can revive meaningful communication in our lives.
April 23, 2026Episode 12444 min
Following-Leading in Risk 1/3: what's wrong with leadership models?
What are the two main problems with how leadership is taught and practiced today?1. Leadership is all about Masculinity and to be precise - a male-centric construct. It makes little space for Feminist Ethics. We think it matters to challenge this ideology.2. All dominant models and courses in Leadership are based on the Hero Myth. When we achieve success, it must be because we have good leaders. Is that true?This is the first in a series of three podcasts on ‘Following-Leading in Risk’. Joining me are Jenny Krasny, Craig Ashhurst and Robert Long. Through a dig into the history of leadership models, we discuss the two underlying problems of Masculinity and the Hero Myth that the ‘leadership industry’ faces today. As always, we keep to stories and experience grounded in research and practice. In the subsequent podcasts, we will introduce the Following-Leading model and how to apply it in practice. Download your free copy of the book Following-Leading in Risk: https://www.humandymensions.com/produ...
April 17, 2026Episode 12341 min
Leading in turbulent times: stories of compassion and connection
“What I'm interested in is how do I bring the voiceless to the table. How do I bring the invisible into the visible landscape and have those various views and opinions heard, recognised, and embraced? That's what I'm about.”Do not listen to this podcast if you are in the business of saving lives. You will be left distressed.But if you care about people and humanising work, there are many pearls of wisdom in this podcast:why risk is a cultural construct that defies measurement and defining;why there cannot be a formulae or recipe for an honest and open conversation;what it takes to develop the curiosity of a child; and why from experiencing injustice to sharing our truth takes so much more than what the tenets of psychological safety and just culture want us to believe. And we don’t talk theories; instead we laugh, we joke and we share our lived stories. But the most amazing part of this podcast is not the four ‘key takeaways’. It is watching and experiencing how human connection transcends time and space. Someone who sits ten thousand miles away would connect with such presence, attunement, love, compassion and wisdom. How does that make any sense? We will build up on this conversation in our forthcoming series on Leadership titled ‘Following-Leading’ in Risk. In conversation with my dear friend Jenny Krasny. Enjoy listening to Jen and find out how some wonderful people are quietly working to humanise work and make the world a better place. Jen you are wise beyond words.
March 20, 2026Episode 12250 min
Interviewing the interviewer
Mary Conquest, the famous host of the podcast, Safety Labs, has interviewed over a hundred people (including myself). I thought it would be a wonderful opportunity to engage with her and find out what she has learned through this journey. In this podcast, Mary reflects on her interviewing skills and what it makes to conduct good interviews. I’ very fortunate to be interviewing the interviewer in this podcast and if you listen until the end, you will also learn that she is a wonderful human being at heart. Thank you Mary, it’s nice to meet a fellow anthropologist.
March 4, 2026Episode 12150 min
Enclosed space risks: what are we missing?
Enclosed space risks have been haunting many high-risk industries for decades. The maritime industry has not seen much change with deaths and injuries in enclosed spaces despite our best efforts to control the risks. What are we focusing on and what are we missing?An open conversation with two persons - both ex-seafarers and now working as insurers for a reputable insurance company. We get personal and so you can hear their stories and relate with them.
February 28, 20268 min
What it means when someone says 'I don't know'
One of the least understood responses in an investigation is when we hear someone say ‘I don’t know’. It is considered a sign of incompetence and ignorance. It is a source of shame and stigma for those being investigated. Online session:https://novellus.solutions/mec-events/sporonline2026/Accident Investigation workshop https://novellus.solutions/mec-events/accident-investigation-program/Read my book:https://nippinanand.com/learning-from-accidents/It is the biproduct of living in a rational society. Years of research and practice has helped me realise that ‘I don’t know’ has little to do with competence or ignorance. If at all, it reflects our own ignorance and not the one being investigated.
February 28, 2026Episode 11920 min
How accident narratives impede learning
After an accident, we create a narrative to give meaning to misfortune. these narratives are packed in the discourse of science and they claim to prevent future recurrences (formal investigation reports) and learn from accidents?But to what extent are these narratives true? can they really prevent anything? do they help us to learn from accidents? here's my talk at the Library of Accidents in Edinburgh drawing upon examples from the Costa Concordia and the US Airways 1549. both the narratives are underpinned in myth although they are presented as 'scientific and objective' truths.
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