Critical Response Performance and Innovation Podcast Daniel

In this episode, I speak with Sam Cox. Sam was raised in South Devon and throughout his school years developed a taste for the outdoors living close to both the beach and Dartmoor.This sense of adventure continued after he left school and joined the Royal Marines in 2010. He has tested himself throughout the globe’s harshest environments from the humidity of the jungles in Brunei, the heat of Central Asia, to the depths of the iciest temperatures in Norway. He will be using these experiences ...

Today I want to ask the question, could the Pygmalion effect be having an impact on individual mental health outcomes?The Pygmalion or Rosenthal effect is a psychological phenomenon in which the leader's high expectations can lead to improved performance and low expectations lead to worsened performance. Subconsciously influencing their actions and behaviours in relation to those individuals leading to the realisation of those expectations.

Are we asking the right questions about veteran suicide in Australia? Should we look at it as a wicked problem, where each individual has their own multifactorial circumstances and co-dependency from their own environment that we can find specific interventions for? Rather than grouping everyone into a causal effect theory from Defence Service?Rather than classify everyone who has one day of service as a veteran, should we look at separate groups of long-term ex-serving Defence members,...

In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking to Shuan O'gorman.Shaun O’Gorman is a Human Behaviour, High Performance and Resilience consultant, keynote speaker, and author. After joining the Queensland Police Service in 1989, Shaun worked in the Police Dog Squad for many years as well as the Covert and Surveillance unit working on Major and Organised Crime. While in the K9 unit Shaun was involved in daily high-risk critical incidents ranging from violent street brawls, high-speed pursuits...

Welcome to the Critical Response Performance and Innovation podcast, this episode's guest is Andy Bell.Andy Bell is a Senior Lecturer in Paramedicine at Griffith University, Gold Coast Australia. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Southern Queensland and most recently took up a full-time role as Paramedic Team Leader for TacMed Australia. His role at TacMed includes the clinical governance, educational development and team leadership of a group of specialized Tactical Para...

Today's episode is a special edition dedicated to those who serve in the QPS and broader Law Enforcement community, as a special thank you for doing what you do in keeping us safe and to try and offer something back to help, in your time of need. In this interview, I have the pleasure of being joined by Melanie Freeman to cover topics around leadership, social connection and growth following traumatic events. Melanie is a registered psychologist and management consultant and has pra...