Safety Reflections Brent Charlton
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Brent Charlton is a frequent contributor to podcasts and livestream events that discuss topics related to being a safety professional.
This podcast presents short reflections based on over 25 years of successful workplace safety practice.
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Safety Reflections #11 -- Safety as religion?
Safety has taken on religious connotations in a lot of circles. Safety saves? Have faith? Just believe? Everything from Christianity, except the big two: grace and forgiveness.
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Safety Reflections #10 Safety Porn???
Is "safety porn" valuable to the profession? This episode was recorded a few weeks ago before life got busy, but it's still relevant!
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Safety Reflections #09: Thoughts on Safety Conversations, Humility, and Listening
Brent Charlton reflects on how small businesses might just have the right idea about having safety conversations. Maybe we can learn something from not TELLING people what they are doing wrong, and work with humility to LISTEN more.
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Safety Reflections #08: How About a Little Compassion and Concern?
Brent Charlton reflects on how safety professionals like to post pictures and videos of workers doing things unsafely AND comment on how "stupid" or what "idiots" they are for doing such things.
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Safety Reflections #07: Cardinal Rules and Checklists
Brent Charlton reflects on the rigidity of cardinal rules and checklists, and how they can get in the way of real safety.
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Safety Reflections #06: "All Safety Professionals are Weak..."
Brent Charlton discusses a post that he saw while scrolling LinkedIn that say "All safety professionals are weak..." and makes some suggestions about dealing with issues and not lumping everyone together.