Kate Cairns's guest appearances

Kate Cairns

The Racist Sandwich Podcast

CultureLab with Aga Bajer

The ATT Safety Leadership Podcast

Whitney Johnson

Dorie Clark

Ijeoma Oluo

Chris Westfall

Michael Bungay Stanier

Adam Grant

Seth Godin

Simon Sinek

Samin Nosrat

Yasmin Khan

Julia Turshen

Francis Lam

Hari Kondabolu

Richard Barrett

Virgie Tovar

OwlTail

Thirty year-old Eilidh Cairns was killed in 2009 when she was struck from behind and crushed by a tipper lorry whilst cycling to work. The violent and shocking incident compelled her sister, Kate, to become a leading voice calling for construction logistic risk management and greater safety on our roads.  Chartered Civil Engineer, Kate, familiar with on-site control of construction traffic, had to fight for a proper investigation – including for a check of the driver’s eyesight – and exposed the massive chasm between on-site and off-site safety culture. Taking her campaign for safer HGVs to Europe, UK parliament and the London Mayor as well as industry, change is now afoot at all levels with a new industry CLOCS standard, a world first direct vision standard forthcoming in London, and a change to EU law on cab design. Kate talks candidly to ATT’s Adam Christopher about her fight for change; the growing industry recognition of road risk and necessity for the application of management techniques like the hierarchy of control; and how creating empathy is essential in changing culture.This podcast contains content that some listeners may find upsetting.

Thirty year-old Eilidh Cairns was killed in 2009 when she was struck from behind and crushed by a tipper lorry whilst cycling to work. The violent and shocking incident compelled her sister, Kate, to become a leading voice calling for construction logistic risk management and greater safety on our roads. Chartered Civil Engineer, Kate, familiar with on-site control of construction traffic, had to fight for a proper investigation – including for a check of the driver’s eyesight – and exposed the massive chasm between on-site and off-site safety culture. Taking her campaign for safer HGVs to Europe, UK parliament and the London Mayor as well as industry, change is now afoot at all levels with a new industry CLOCS standard, a world first direct vision standard forthcoming in London, and a change to EU law on cab design. Kate talks candidly to ATT’s Adam Christopher about her fight for change; the growing industry recognition of road risk and necessity for the application of management techniques like the hierarchy of control; and how creating empathy is essential in changing culture. This podcast contains content that some listeners may find upsetting.

Episode 3: An Interview with Kate Cairns - road safety campaigner and founder of See Me Save Me

It can feel risky to put our head above the parapet and be the first one to challenge the status quo. And, it's even harder to actually do something to put things right.  In this interview, Kate Cairns reminds us that speaking up for what is right is crucial and brave - and sadly does not happen often enough. When we uncover a problem - in our team, our company, or our industry - it's up to us to DO something to fix it.   Tune in to find out what compelled Kate Cairns to advocate for policy change and what strategies she used to change the culture in an industry where women are still the minority.

It can feel risky to put our head above the parapet and be the first one to challenge the status quo. And, it's even harder to actually do something to put things right.  In this interview, Kate Cairns reminds us that speaking up for what is right is crucial and brave - and sadly does not happen often enough. When we uncover a problem - in our team, our company, or our industry - it's up to us to DO something to fix it.  Tune in to find out what compelled Kate Cairns to advocate for policy change and what strategies she used to change the culture in an industry where women are still the minority.

Kate Cairns: We Need Actions, Not Just Words

Dr. Kate Cairns, an Assistant Professor of Childhood Studies at Rutgers University, joins us remotely to share her research on how foodwork—the researching, buying, and preparation of food—plays into modern ideas of what it means to be a good, responsible woman. She talks about what she learned after interviewing more than a hundred women for her study, and about how race and class inform the way people moralize women's food choices for themselves and their families. Food and Femininity, the book she coauthored with Josée Johnston, came out last year via Bloomsbury.

E5: Food & Femininity (with Dr. Kate Cairns)