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In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Rob Fisher, a globally recognized expert in operational excellence and process safety improvement. A sought-after executive mentor, speaker, and trainer, Rob is also a best-selling author and podcast host who shares his expertise with organizations around the world. Why does safety management often end up in a silo separated from mainstream business operations? Rob explains why building safety into work in conjunction with other functions will improve operational efficiency, reduce injuries, and strengthen organizational resilience. He explores safety’s relationship with operational excellence, and actually argues for less specific focus on making workplaces safer. As well as reframing safety in general, Rob shares his ideas for improving safety measurement, before highlighting the common challenges that desiloing can create. A key theme of this practical conversation is the need for better tools, and Rob introduces the Essential Leadership Cycle as a core framework and describes the 3 phases of deployment. This strategic conversation gives EHS professionals a more integrated and sustainable approach to keeping workers safe while enhancing organizational excellence. Find out more about Rob’s work: Fisher Improvement Technologies | Improve with FIT Fisher Improvement Technologies - YouTube FIT Online *If you join Fit Online and you find a paid course that would benefit you or one of your colleagues, send an email, and Rob will gift it to you! Contact emails: info@improvewithfit.com or rob.fisher@improvewithfit.com Rob’s book: Understanding Mental Models: Practically Applying Performance Modes, Systems 1&2, and GEMS: Fisher, Rob Rob’s podcast: Podcasts | Fisher Improvement Technologies Rob also recommends: The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error': Dekker, Sidney Pre-Accident Investigations: Conklin, Todd Rob Fisher on LinkedIn: Rob Fisher | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Philip Franco, a safety manager at Amazon who transitioned into EHS following a successful career in sales. He applies the principles of influence and persuasion to safety leadership and has consolidated his ideas in a forthcoming book. Philip explains why safety professionals and salespeople have more in common than you might expect. Both roles rely on building rapport, understanding needs, creating stories, finding solutions, and handling objections. Instead of helping people’s mindset change from prospective to buyer, you help workers change from unsafe to safe behavior. A key focus for Philip is showing EHS professionals how these shared skills will gain commitment to safer practices without relying on traditional fear- or blame-based approaches. Recognising that ‘closing’ is one of the hardest parts of safety management, Philip shares lots of practical tools to influence attitudes to safety - at all organizational levels - in the workplace and create lasting behavioral change. This enlightening conversation gives safety professionals a clear understanding of the value of influencing skills and will make workplace safety a much easier sell. Philip’s book: Selling Safety: The Safety Leader's Handbook eBook : Franco, Philip A Philip also recommends: Robert Cialdini's Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Frank Luntz’s Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear Philip Franco on LinkedIn: Philip F. | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Dave Whitefield, a safety and risk culture specialist and consultant with over 30 years of experience across a wide range of roles and industries. Is our current framing of safety holding the profession back? Dave Whitefield invites us to rethink safety - moving beyond the focus on preventing harm and fixing issues. Instead he advocates putting people at the center and helping them make better risk decisions more often. After exploring the importance of building safety and risk culture maturity, Dave examines the psychological, ethical, cultural and linguistic forces that shape organizations' approaches to safety. He shares some great practical guidance, including how shifting language from safety to risk can transform safety cultures. This thought-provoking conversation gives EHS professionals an alternative perspective to help them increase effectiveness without doing more safety. Find out more about Dave’s work: People and Risk- Culture Risk Leadership Dave recommends Ben Hutchinson’s website and podcast: SafetyInsights.org – Home of safety & risk research summaries Safe As: A thrifty analysis of safety, AI and risk - YouTube Resources from Dr. Robert Long: Robert Long Archives - SafetyRisk.net And the following books: Navigating Safety: Necessary Compromises and Trade-Offs - Theory and Practice: Amalberti, René Managing the Unexpected: Assuring High Performance in an Age of Complexity: Weick, Karl E., Sutcliffe, Kathleen M Dave Whitefield on LinkedIn: Dave Whitefield | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Simon Whiteley, a system safety engineering and accident analysis specialist who helps organizations uncover critical safety issues. Traditional safety approaches often focus on events and failures, but Simon explains how system safety engineering takes a different approach. It changes the emphasis to look at how systems are controlled to identify a wider range of potential weaknesses, including more subtle factors that get overlooked. He reveals that you can actually have ‘dangerous successes’ - where systems work exactly as planned, but a specific situation or context could lead to an unintended outcome. A key part of system safety engineering is the advanced analysis tools used by practitioners, and Simon expertly guides listeners through STAMP-based safety assessment approaches, CAST accident analysis, and STPA hazard analysis. This insightful conversation gives EHS professionals a new perspective on managing controls, assessing risk and preventing future safety incidents. Learn more about Simon’s work: Whiteley Aerospace Safety Engineering & Management Simon’s YouTube channel: Whiteley-Safety STAMP/STPA/CAST Case Study Workshop: Workshop Waitlist Simon Whiteley on LinkedIn: Simon P P Whiteley | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Adam Johns, a risk consultant with Marsh (the global insurance broker), who brings extensive experience from aviation and rail, where he strengthened systems and cultures in safety-critical environments. Are safety practitioners learning enough from other industries, or are they generally operating within their own sector’s traditional boundaries? Adam explores how the profession could improve by looking beyond their own industries, including using the underutilized lever of insurance. He shares many practical approaches to enhancing workplace safety, including: prioritizing the safety of work over safety work, creating just cultures, using language that encourages curiosity rather than judgement, and rethinking the measurement of safety. This generous and valuable conversation even finishes with Adam sharing an underutilized gift EHS professionals could potentially access to significantly increase their ability to keep workers safe. Online resources recommended by Adam: Safety and Risk Management | Energy Institute Aviation Safety Experts - Flight Safety Foundation RSSB Books that Adam recommends: Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World: Amazon.com: McChrystal, General Stanley, Silverman, David, Collins, Tantum, Fussell, Chris Friendly Fire – The Accidental Shootdown of U.S. Black Hawks over Northern Iraq: Amazon.com: Snook, Scott A. Adam Johns on LinkedIn: Adam Johns | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Steve Simpson, an international workplace culture consultant, speaker and author, who has been helping organizations understand and transform their cultures for over three decades. Why does the profession have so much difficulty measuring and understanding safety culture? Are safety practitioners missing something?? Steve introduces his concept of Unwritten Ground Rules (UGRs), the things nobody talks about that actually constitute the real culture of a workplace. He explains how they shape “the way things are done” in organizations and why these hidden beliefs and expectations can have a powerful impact on behaviors, decisions and attitudes to risk. EHS professionals will learn how to uncover these powerful UGRs by using a simple technique that will also identify the key contributing attributes impacting safety culture. This practical conversation gives listeners a new perspective on cultural learning and change that will help organizations close the gap between stated safety values and actual workplace practices. Learn more about Steve’s work: Steve Simpson – Workplace Culture & UGRs® Steve’s books: Cracking the Corporate Culture Code A Culture Turned And Steve also recommends: Corporate Cultures: The Rites And Rituals Of Corporate Life : Deal, Terrence E, Kennedy, Allan A Steve Simpson on LinkedIn: Steve Simpson | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Gretchen Haskins, an internationally recognized human factors expert and safety leader with extensive experience improving performance in aviation and other safety-critical industries. Is the profession spending too much time looking backwards, managing safety reactively, and overly focusing on compliance, incidents, and corrective actions? Gretchen wants safety professionals to shape strategy rather than fix issues. Drawing on her background in human factors, she explores how understanding the critical everyday tasks undertaken by workers will help identify opportunities to design the risk out of safety systems. Creating a powerful context, finding a common safety purpose and building action plans are just some of the initiatives that Gretchen has used to enhance safety in her successful career. This uplifting conversation gives EHS professionals practical guidance to expand their outlook, knowledge, collaboration, and influence to proactively make their organizations safer. Learn more about Gretchen and her organisation’s work: HeliOffshore Resources Gretchen recommends: Being Human in Safety-Critical Organisations eBook : Gregory, Dik, Shanahan, Paul Learning from normal work | IOGP Publications library SKYbrary Aviation Safety Gretchen Haskins on LinkedIn: Gretchen Haskins | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest talks with Corrie Pitzer, a consultant who specializes in safety transformation in high-risk organizations and is regarded as a leading expert on culture, risk management, and leadership. Corrie addresses the profession's dependence on traditional safety metrics like injury rates, arguing they provide ‘dirty information’ - an inappropriate and inaccurate proxy for the safety of a workplace. He explores the critical internal conflict within safety between old and new approaches, and explains why this duality is having such a profound effect on the industry. Better tools, techniques and deeper understanding of psychometry and psychology are offered as practical solutions to this impasse. Corrie argues that our definition of safety is the key contextual issue at the root cause of safety management’s lack of progress. He redefines what safe looks like and believes this new perspective will help EHS professionals rethink how they measure, manage, and enhance safety in today’s complex workplaces. Find out more about Corrie’s work: safemap.com The safety conference that Corrie founded: safetyontheedge.com Corrie Pitzer on LinkedIn: Corrie Pitzer | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Anna Keen, a consultant who began her career recruiting safety professionals and now focuses on developing their non-technical skills so they can become even more effective at making workplaces safer. Anna’s had a front-row seat to safety’s recent evolution, so is perfectly placed to analyze the EHS professionals’ changing personality type, role, and skill set over the last two decades. The profession has (mostly) moved on from the safety cop mentality based on rule enforcement, blame and fixing, as organizations seek deeper learning, greater collaboration and more proactivity to ensure workers go home safely. But how do safety managers, who have previously focused on technical skills, develop the capabilities to support this transition? In this forward-thinking conversation, Anna shares practical insights on how EHS professionals can develop the human attributes - including emotional intelligence, curiosity, self-awareness and influence - to support modern safety leadership. Find out more about Anna’s work: Anna Keen Consulting Ltd Resources recommended by Anna: The Learning List Anna’s podcast: Aunty Treacle that crowdsources support to help you get unstuck. Anna Keem on LinkedIn: Anna Keen | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Dr. Anne Lyren, the Chief Medical and Strategy Officer for the Children's Hospitals Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS Network) - a pediatric healthcare safety collective of over 150 hospitals across North America. Anne discusses the challenges of improving worker safety alongside patient care, sharing her organization’s inspiring evolution from safety standardization to systemic learning. She explains why employee safety was harder to improve than patient safety in this complex workplace environment with many competing priorities, and reveals how they were eventually able to make meaningful progress. Understanding worker adaptation and addressing workplace culture were both key changes of approach, and Anne shares many more practical strategies and tactics to help EHS professionals improve workplace safety at their organizations. Find out more about Anne’s work: Solutions For Patient Safety | Children's Hospitals Working Together to Eliminate Harm Anne recommends exploring the work of: Amy Edmondson | LinkedIn Bob Edwards | LinkedIn Todd Conklin | LinkedIn Dr. Anne Lyren on LinkedIn: Anne Lyren, MD, MSc | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Clive Lloyd, a renowned psychologist specializing in safety leadership and culture development, best-selling author, and founder of GYST Consulting. Clive returns to Safety Labs with even more evidence that trust is the fundamental driver of safety management success. Where there are low levels of trust, there will be high levels of fear. Workers won’t report issues, so there will be no learning and no progress - as safety managers can’t fix a secret. To solve this underlying issue, he introduces the 3 Cs model of trust - care, character, and competence - as foundations of authentic leadership and just cultures. There is a rallying call for organizations to reassess their context, including policies, procedures, systems, and governance, rather than trying to fix workers. This conversation gives EHS professionals compelling and game-changing guidance on building psychological and psychosocial safety, while creating caring - and safer - workplaces. Find out more about Clive’s work: Leadership, Psychological Safety & Culture Programs | GYST Clive’s best-selling book: Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care Other resources Clive recommends for safety professionals: Book List | GYST Leadership & Culture Insights He also encourages you to explore the work of Ben Hutchinson: SafetyInsights.org – Home of safety & risk research summaries Clive Lloyd on LinkedIn: Clive Lloyd | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest talks with François Barton, CEO of the Business Leaders Health and Safety Forum in New Zealand - someone who knows exactly how to speak ‘executive’ and how leaders view workplace safety. Effective safety management is very challenging when it simply doesn’t have the budget required to implement meaningful change. François thinks that HSE managers can build stronger executive support by aligning safety initiatives with the bigger business picture. He encourages you to get familiar with organizational complexity and direction of travel and focus communication on context rather than content. Sound judgment is preferable to a ‘passion for safety’ as François shares examples of how linking safety to the organization's objectives secured executive buy-in and created significant improvements. This uplifting interview gives EHS professionals practical strategies to influence decision-makers and secure much-needed support for effective safety management. Learn more about François’ work: Business Leaders Health & Safety Forum Recommended reading: Health and Safety Governance: A Good Practice Guide François Barton on LinkedIn: Francois Barton | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Dave Rebbitt, one of Canada's most respected EHS professionals, who is also a safety consultant and best-selling author. Workplace harassment, bullying, violence, and toxic environments are now finally getting the attention they deserve. But are organizations managing harassment investigations effectively? And how can safety managers enhance this process?? Dave decided to specialize in this area after recent legislation changes and discovering there was minimal practical guidance available to the safety profession. Drawing from his extensive research resulting in his book, Harassment and Workplace Violence Investigations, Dave explores the unique and complex challenges, the different types of complaints, best practices for interviewing, and methods to assess credibility. Throughout this thoughtful discussion, he highlights the importance of balance, curiosity, fairness and emotional intelligence to give EHS professionals practical strategies to conduct effective investigations and foster safer, more respectful workplaces. Dave’s best-selling book: Harassment and Workplace Violence Investigations: A Practical Guide Learn more about Dave’s work: Rarebit Consulting - Safety Expert, Harassment Dave Rebbitt on LinkedIn: Dave Rebbitt, MBA, CRSP, C. Tech, CD | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Gill Kernick, a consultant in high-hazard industries and author of Catastrophe and Systemic Change - a book she wishes she never had to write. It analyzes the Grenfell Tower fire, where Gill had previously lived. On the 14th of June 2017, she watched it burn. Seven of her former close neighbors died, in addition to 65 other people. She promised to make their lives count, so dedicates her work to ensuring that we learn better. Gill challenges EHS professionals to move beyond compliance and technical fixes toward embracing complexity, diversity and fostering genuine organizational learning. Her deeply considered insights offer a powerful call to action for meaningful systemic change that can prevent future accidents and transform how the safety profession impacts organizations and society. Gill’s book: Catastrophe and Systemic Change: Learning from the Grenfell Tower Fire and Other Disasters - LPP - The London Publishing Partnership (Published on 18th June 2026, but is available for early ordering in the UK - and a small donation will be made to the Grenfell Foundation) Her blog about Grenfell . Grenfell Inquiry Reports: Publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase 2 report - GOV.UK Details on the Archives of all evidence: Records of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry - The National Archives Post Normal Science: Menagerie of Postnormal Potentialities | Post Normal Times Knowledge, power, and participation in the post-normal age - ScienceDirect Cynefin Framework: About - Cynefin Framework - The Cynefin Co Jose Torero (Link to a blog I wrote on this): ‘The real failure of Grenfell – complexity, ambiguity and competency.’ Prof. Torero Transcript – The Grenfell Enquirer The play 'Grenfell in the Words of Survivors': Grenfell: in the words of survivors | National Theatre LinkedIn profile: Gill Kernick | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Brent Sutton, a safety coach, author and practitioner with over 20 years’ experience, who focuses on worker engagement and operational learning in safety systems. With the rapid adoption of AI in the workplace, Brent explores how this technology will impact human-centred approaches to safety management. After assessing the evolution of Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) and evaluating some of its recent criticism, he argues that ethical AI tools are actually well-suited to help EHS professionals operationalize this philosophy. However, intent is key. Brent acknowledges that AI can just as easily be used to enforce more traditional approaches to safety due to its advanced monitoring and control capabilities. This delicate balance between operational learning and people blaming is the key theme: will AI be used in a sufficiently humanistic way to enhance HOP practices? Learn more about Brent’s work and test the AI safety tools: hopcopilot.com Brent Sutton on LinkedIn: Brent Sutton | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Daniel Hummerdal, a psychologist who focuses on the role of humans in safety and organizational improvement. Drawing on insights from his new book, ‘An Invitation to Safety Conversations’, Daniel uncovers how dialogue closes the distance between leaders and workers, creating cultures where truth flows, partnerships develop, and safety performance improves. The interview offers fresh perspectives on safety leadership and the role of a safety professional, moving away from checklists, control and compliance towards curiosity, compassion and courage. Daniel shares his six types of conversations that uncover hidden risks, make sense of everyday work complexities, and help workplace safety become a collaborative effort. This episode invites EHS professionals to reconsider what safety work means and how they can learn and keep workers safe through more humanistic leadership. Learn more about Daniel’s book: An Invitiation to Safety Conversations Daniel also recommends: Humble Inquiry by Edgar H. Schein Daniel on LinkedIn: Daniel Hummerdal | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Brandon Williams, a speaker, airline pilot and human factors professor with over two decades of experience leading teams in dynamic, complex and high-risk environments. He shares crucial safety lessons from his exhilarating career in aviation and introduces his Six Pillars of operational excellence as a framework for improving performance, strengthening decision-making and supporting learning in complex systems. The conversation explores how human factors are key to understanding incidents and why a just culture, supported by regular debriefing opportunities, will make workplaces safer. This episode provides EHS professionals with practical tools to make better decisions, advance human performance, and learn more effectively to drive not only safety, but organisational success. Learn more about Brandon’s work and services: Brandon Williams | Leadership Keynote Speaker Email Brandon: brandon@brandonwilliamsspeaker.com Brandon Williams on LinkedIn: LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Trevor Farr, a safety manager who only joined the profession 5 years ago - so brings a fresh perspective to the Safety Labs podcast. Trevor advocates a blended approach to safety management, combining human understanding with rules and regulations. Leaning on HOP principles, Trevor challenges traditional accident investigation methods, emphasizing their limitations and the need for a broader, more inclusive inquiry process. He encourages safety practitioners to move beyond blame to foster genuine care and authentic relationships within organizations. Throughout the conversation, Trevor reflects on the evolving nature of safety management, sharing guidance on navigating complex systems by embracing curiosity, collaboration, and a learning-based approach that values multiple perspectives, especially from frontline workers. This episode helps EHS professionals discover a more humanistic path to keeping workers safe. The LinkedIn post featured in the show: LaGuardia Fire Truck Plane Collision: Human Performance Analysis Book recommended by Trevor: Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care: Lloyd, Clive Trevor Farr on LinkedIn: Trevor Farr, MEng, CSP | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Domini Montgomery, who leads safety and risk management at St. Louis Zoo, offering a fascinating perspective grounded in biology, public health, and occupational safety. Domini shares compelling stories from managing safety where the needs of staff, animals, and the public intersect, including the pandemic’s contribution to raising awareness of the role of mental well-being in workplace safety. With a strong focus on trust, communication and collaboration, Domini explains how total worker health approaches foster engagement, innovation, and safer cultures. She offers valuable insights into integrating psychological safety and becoming a genuine changemaker in your organization. This episode provides EHS professionals with thoughtful strategies to enhance safety by embracing a human-centered approach that balances organizational mission with worker well-being. (And you’ll be glad you don’t have to consider animal-centered approaches as well!) Recommended resources for safety professionals: ASSP - American Society of Safety Professionals | ASSP Board of Certified Safety Professionals | BCSP Women in the Safety Profession Member Community | ASSP Domini Montgomery on LinkedIn: Domini Montgomery, MPH, ASP, CSP, CEAS | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Mark Gobert, a seasoned retail safety expert with nearly 30 years of experience managing safety programs at major companies like Macy’s and Williams Sonoma. Mark reflects on how safety has evolved over his career and the specific challenges he faced in retail. He shares his innovative approach to translating the cost of injuries into business metrics that helped leadership appreciate the true costs and benefits of effective workplace safety. Throughout the conversation, Mark emphasizes the importance of listening to frontline workers, whose insights are crucial to effective safety solutions, and offers EHS professionals practical guidance on building credibility throughout your organization. Mark’s insights may come from his distinguished career in retail, but they offer universal wisdom for safety managers across all sectors. Mark Gobert on LinkedIn: Mark Gobert | LinkedIn Safety Labs is created by Safety Products Global, the world's leading manufacturer of safety knives. Through our trusted brands, Klever, Slice and PHC, we empower companies to prevent injuries by providing safer cutting tools for every material and application. Find us at www.safetyproducts.global If you have any questions, please email us at safetylabs@safetyproducts.global