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The Safety of Work

Do you know the science behind what works and doesn’t work when it comes to keeping people safe in your organisation? Each week join Dr Drew Rae and Dr David Provan from the Safety Science Innovation... Read more

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Ep. 111 Are management walkarounds effective?

Ep. 111 Are management walkarounds effective?

The research paper discussed is by Anita Tucker and Sarah Singer, titled "The Effectiveness of Management by Walking Aro... Read more

6 Aug 2023

36mins

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Ep. 110 Can personality tests predict safety performance?

Ep. 110 Can personality tests predict safety performance?

The paper reviewed in this episode is from the Journal of Applied Psychology entitled, “A meta-analysis of personality a... Read more

23 Jul 2023

41mins

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Ep. 109 Do safety performance indicators mean the same thing to different stakeholders?

Ep. 109 Do safety performance indicators mean the same thing to different stakeholders?

Show Notes -  The Safety of Work - Ep. 109 Do safety performance indicators mean the same thing to different stakeholder... Read more

30 Apr 2023

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Ep. 108 Could a 4 day work week improve employee well-being?

Ep. 108 Could a 4 day work week improve employee well-being?

This report details the full findings of the world’s largest four-day working week trial to date, comprising 61 companie... Read more

9 Apr 2023

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Ep. 107 What research is needed to implement the Safework Australia WHS strategy?

Ep. 107 What research is needed to implement the Safework Australia WHS strategy?

Summary: The purpose of the Australian Work Health and Safety (WHS) Strategy 2023–2033 (the Strategy) is to outline a na... Read more

12 Mar 2023

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Ep. 106 Is it possible to teach critical thinking?

Ep. 106 Is it possible to teach critical thinking?

Baron's work focuses primarily on judgment and decision-making, a multi-disciplinary area that applies psychology to pro... Read more

19 Feb 2023

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Ep. 105 How can organisations learn faster?

Ep. 105 How can organisations learn faster?

You’ll hear a little about Schein’s early career at Harvard and MIT, including his Ph.D. work – a paper on the experienc... Read more

5 Feb 2023

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Ep. 104 How can we get better at using measurement?

Ep. 104 How can we get better at using measurement?

You’ll hear some dismaying statistics around the validity of research papers in general, some comments regarding the pee... Read more

22 Jan 2023

46mins

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Ep. 103 Should we be happy when our people speak out about safety?

Ep. 103 Should we be happy when our people speak out about safety?

In concert with the paper, we’ll focus on two major separate but related Boeing 737 accidents: Lyon Air #610 in October ... Read more

4 Dec 2022

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Ep. 102 What's the right strategy when we can't manage safety as well as we'd like to?

Ep. 102 What's the right strategy when we can't manage safety as well as we'd like to?

The paper’s abstract reads:Healthcare systems are under stress as never before. An aging population, increasing complexi... Read more

15 Nov 2022

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