Psychosocial Safety USA Podcast

Dr. I. David Daniels
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The Psychosocial Safety USA Podcast explores how work conditions shape human behavior, wellbeing, and performance. We spotlight psychosocial hazards and the strategic opportunities leaders gain by designing environments where people can think, feel, and perform at their best. Through research, lived experience, and practical frameworks, the show reframes psychosocial safety as both a human right and a competitive advantage. Whether you’re a worker seeking clarity or a leader building higher‑performing systems, this podcast provides the insights needed to help everyone thrive.

  1. 14h ago

    Bridging Workplace Language and Culture with Rony Jabour

    In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, our guest is Rony Jabour, Founder & CEO of United Safety Net, a leading safety training and consulting organization serving the construction industry across the United States. Rony brings a deeply personal and profoundly human perspective to the safety profession, one shaped not by textbooks or certifications, but by lived experience, loss, and purpose. Rony shares the story of losing his father at six years old to a preventable workplace accident in the Amazon forest. That moment — the instant he “became the man of the house” — shaped his life’s mission: ensuring no family endures what his family endured. After immigrating to the United States and working in construction, he witnessed unsafe conditions firsthand. An OSHA visit changed his trajectory, leading him to become a translator, then a trainer, and ultimately a national voice for culturally competent safety education. Throughout the episode, we explore the intersection of language, culture, and psychosocial safety. Rony explains why many organizations misdiagnose their challenges as “language problems” when they are actually culture problems — differences in communication norms, authority dynamics, educational backgrounds, and lived experiences. Silence in a training room doesn’t mean understanding; it often means fear, shame, or cultural conditioning. We also discuss how psychosocial hazards show up long before physical ones: workers distracted by family crises, immigrants carrying the weight of two countries, and supervisors unaware of how tone, customs, or assumptions create risk. Rony’s message is clear: safety is human. It requires humility, curiosity, trust, and cultural awareness. And above all, every worker, regardless of language, background, or birthplace, deserves to go home safely every single day. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/dope-cat/chill-fm

    Bridging Workplace Language and Culture with Rony Jabour

  2. Sep 1

    Psychosocial Safety in Aviation with Dr. Angeline Ram

    In this powerful episode (176) of the Psychosocial Safety USA Podcast, Dr. I. David Daniels sits down with aviation safety expert and cross‑disciplinary researcher Dr. Angeline Ram for a conversation that reshapes how we think about safety in one of the world’s most regulated industries. Aviation is known for precision, discipline, and near‑flawless physical safety. But beneath the checklists and compliance culture lies a deeper truth: psychological health and safety is the missing link in the aviation safety ecosystem. Dr. Ram shares her lived experience across global aviation operations — from the Middle East to Canada — and reveals how incivility, identity‑based stressors, and inequitable workplace structures quietly undermine reporting cultures, weaken engagement, and increase risk. She explains why workers often stay silent, how power and occupational status shape who gets heard, and why even safety managers can feel unsafe speaking up. Together, Dr. Daniels and Dr. Ram explore: Why aviation’s safety systems overlook the human experienceHow identity, status, and culture shape reporting behaviorThe hidden cost of incivility and everyday disrespectWhy workers choose coping over reportingHow grassroots movements are pushing psychological safety forwardWhat the next decade of aviation safety must includeThis episode is a must‑listen for leaders, safety professionals, and anyone who believes that true safety requires more than procedures — it requires people who feel safe, respected, and empowered. Tune in and learn how psychosocial safety is becoming aviation’s new frontier.

    Psychosocial Safety in Aviation with Dr. Angeline Ram

  3. Aug 18

    Exploring Moral Harm with Dr. Kenneth Logan

    In this powerful episode (#175) of Psychosocial Safety USA, Dr. I. David Daniels sits down with psychologist, academician, and trauma expert Dr. Kenneth Logan for a first‑ever conversation that goes straight to the core of the psychosocial safety ecosystem: moral harm and moral injury. Dr. Logan, who has spent more than 30 years working with first responders, military personnel, clergy, therapists, and others exposed to morally complex situations — breaks down how moral harm emerges when workplace conditions violate deeply held values. He explains why moral injury is not simply an emotional reaction but a predictable outcome of organizational environments that silence, scapegoat, betray, or abandon people when they need support most. Listeners will hear: How moral harm disrupts identity, trust, conscience, and belongingThe four types of moral injury: commission, omission, betrayal, and witnessingWhy accountability must be truthful, proportionate, and oriented toward repairHow value conflicts arise in real workplaces — and why they matterThe overlap between Dr. Logan’s research and Dr. Daniels’ Psychosocial Safety Deterioration Pathway™Why Gen Z’s refusal to abandon their values is reshaping organizational culture This episode offers deep insight into the human consequences of value‑violating environments, and how organizations can create genuine psychosocial safety by addressing the conditions that cause harm in the first place. A must‑listen for leaders, practitioners, and anyone committed to building workplaces where people can speak honestly, be treated with dignity, and recover from morally complex experiences. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/dope-cat/chill-fm License code: EC6EWN7L4XVAXCM0

    Exploring Moral Harm with Dr. Kenneth Logan

  4. Aug 4

    The Intersection of AI and Safety with Lance Beloney

    In Episode 174, Dr. I. David Daniels and Guest Lance Belony examine the growing intersection between artificial intelligence and psychosocial safety in the workplace. While AI raises legitimate concerns about job security, fairness, and loss of control, those reactions stem from how people perceive and experience the technology — which is exactly what can turn AI into a psychosocial hazard. At the same time, AI has the potential to strengthen psychosocial safety when it’s used to reduce overload, increase clarity, support decision‑making, and identify emerging risks. This conversation explores how AI can either create harm or enhance safety depending on leadership, transparency, and worker involvement, and includes a deep discussion with a guest who understands AI as a tool for safer, healthier work. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/dope-cat/chill-fm License code: G1EZCZ8NVUZYWKQK

    The Intersection of AI and Safety with Lance Beloney

  5. Jul 21

    Work Stress Prevention with Dr. Marnie Dobson

    In Episode 173, host Dr. I. David Daniels and guest Dr. Marnie Dobson will discuss psychosocial safety from her lens as convener of a new group called the Work Stress Prevention Alliance. The Work Stress Prevention Alliance is a group of individuals representing academic research, labor, and other occupational health and safety advocates. The Alliance was formed in response to an urgent call to address the high prevalence of work-related stress (due to psychosocial hazards) in the U.S.   Dr. Dobson is the Director of the Healthy Work Campaign and has served as the Associate Director of the Center for Social Epidemiology (a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit) since 2005. With more than 20 years of experience conducting worker-centered occupational stress research at the University of California, Irvine, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, she continues to publish academic articles and book chapters and present at scientific conferences around the world. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/dope-cat/chill-fmLicense code: OD1MUMBCGUUD9B7D

    Work Stress Prevention with Dr. Marnie Dobson

  6. Jul 7

    Talking Psychosocial Safety with Dr. I. David Daniels

    In Episode 172, host Dr. I. David Daniels provides an overview of the Psychosocial Safety Podcast’s ongoing focus, including the anchor topics to be covered. Dr. Daniels will be going solo for this episode, sharing the vision for Season 5 of the conversation, but Season 1 with the new name. He opens with a brief explanation of the transition and then discusses the anchor topics that will guide future episodes. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/dope-cat/chill-fm License code: OD1MUMBCGUUD9B7D

  7. Jun 19

    The State of PHS, 4 Years Later the International Panel

    In June, 2021, FlourishDx conducted a live event focused on ISO 45003. At the time, I. David Daniels was working on a doctoral dissertation toward a doctorate in Occupational Health and Safety. I could argue that this event changed not only the course of my research but also the course of my life and ultimately led me to host the Psych Health and Safety USA podcast. In Episode 1 of the Psych Health and Safety USA Podcast, Host Dr. I. David Daniels was joined by the same group that was a part of the 2021 event: Jason Van Schie, Joelle Mitchell, Mary Ann Baynton, and Peter Kellly. In this episode, this group of some of the world’s foremost experts on psychological health and safety is back to share their observations about the field. This reunion is intended to serve as a check to see what has changed in the past four years across the four countries represented, and also as a send-off as Dr. Daniels transitions the podcast to its new name, “Psychological Safety USA podcast.”

    The State of PHS, 4 Years Later the International Panel

  8. Jun 5

    Better Response for First Responders With Dr. Kalim Wigfall

    Dive into Episode #170 of the Psych Health and Safety USA Podcast, featuring host Dr. I. David Daniels, PhD, CSD, VPS, and special guest Dr. Kalim Wigfall, a veteran of the U. S. Coast Guard and behavioral health expert, who is the founder of the American Board for First Responder Behavioral Health. Psychosocial hazards may be perceived or experienced differently by individuals, but they originate in fully controllable organizational conditions: workload design, leadership behavior, communication patterns, staffing models, operational tempo, and cultural norms. These are system variables, not personal traits. System variables require system controls. The goal of FRBH is to establish national standards for first responder behavioral health systems and to establish a system to accredit organizations to address the behavioral, emotional, and mental health of their members.

    Better Response for First Responders With Dr. Kalim Wigfall
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The Psychosocial Safety USA Podcast explores how work conditions shape human behavior, wellbeing, and performance. We spotlight psychosocial hazards and the strategic opportunities leaders gain by designing environments where people can think, feel, and perform at their best. Through research, lived experience, and practical frameworks, the show reframes psychosocial safety as both a human right and a competitive advantage. Whether you’re a worker seeking clarity or a leader building higher‑performing systems, this podcast provides the insights needed to help everyone thrive.

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