After a brief hiatus, your favorite podcast 'Health and Safety Unplugged' is back on the airwaves! We've used our break to take the podcast to new heights, and we are thrilled to share what we've been working on. We've had the pleasure of engaging in enlightening discussions with experts across various fields, from health and safety law to mental health, wellbeing, business marketing, information security, and executive leadership all geared toward excelling your professional journey.…
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Most safety board reports get skimmed. Matthew Bray asked his board a simple question first: what do you actually want to know? The answer killed a 50-page report with 200 graphs and 47 KPIs and replaced it with a single page. Now every manager sends one page, the board reads all of them, and the feedback comes back.Matthew is Health and Safety Manager at Blackhead Quarries and a member of the…
Your exec team isn't ready. And the simulations prove it.Dave Greenberg spent 25 years on the Westpac rescue helicopter in Wellington — 4,000 missions. Now he runs executive crisis simulations across New Zealand and he has never once walked into a boardroom where the CEO doubted their team.The simulations tell a very different story.In this episode we cover:→ Why executives slide from governance…
In Season 5, Episode 4 of Health and Safety Unplugged, Matt Jones speaks with experienced health and safety leader Sarah Thomas about the real role of the modern health and safety professional. This episode goes beyond compliance and dives into: Why health & safety professionals fall into the “rescuer” trap Why you can’t break a business in the name of safety How to influence boards, executives…
AI is already changing workplace safety — most people just don’t realise it yet. In this episode of Health and Safety Unplugged , I sit down with Tane van der Boon , Founder of Inviol , to unpack how computer vision and AI are being used to prevent serious injuries and fatalities before they happen . This is not theory. This is not hype. This is what’s happening right now inside high-risk…
Digital safety is changing faster than most businesses can keep up – and this conversation pulls back the curtain on exactly what’s happening on the ground, what practitioners are asking for, and how tech is reshaping the future of health and safety in New Zealand.In this exclusive episode, I sit down with Storm McDonald (Head of Sales, Site App Pro) and David Masters (Strategic Partnerships…
Welcome to Season 5, Episode 1 of Health and Safety Unplugged - New Zealand’s longest-running health and safety podcast. Hosted by Matt Jones and proudly sponsored by Advanced Safety, this season is now connected to NZHSP Connect, our new online free-to-access community for more than 4,000 NZ health and safety professionals across LinkedIn and Facebook.In this episode, Matt sits down with Keith…
In this episode of Health and Safety Unplugged, host Matt Jones speaks with Dr. Megan Tranter, a seasoned safety professional with extensive experience in global roles at major companies like Amazon, Pepsi and Netflix. "You have to get comfortable with being uncomfortable." They discuss the challenges faced by safety professionals in gaining influence within organisations, the importance of…
In this latest episode of Health and Safety Unplugged we're joined by Peter Thomas, a charted safety professional from the UK, who dives deep into the role of technology in revolutionising safety practices. Peter brings a wealth of experience in leveraging AI and digital transformations to address long-standing challenges in health and safety management. From discussing the stagnation in safety…
On episode 9, season 4 of Health and Safety Unplugged, we chat with Bede Cammock-Elliot, founder of seeo.ai, about practical applications of AI in workplace safety. Bede walks us through how Seeo's technology uses existing CCTV cameras to gain insights into risk controls and employee behavior on industrial sites. We discuss the real-world challenges of implementing new tech, including the…
In this episode of Health and Safety Unplugged, we delve into the innovative world of Checkmate, a game-changing tool designed to digitise health and safety management. Gone are the days of cumbersome paper trails; Checkmate introduces a streamlined mobile app complemented by intuitive near field device tags that signal compliance with a simple red or green light. Phill Dagger, experienced…
