In this episode, Larry Wilson and Cristian Sylvestre explore the many philosophies competing for attention in safety today—Safety Differently, HOP, 1% Safer, the New View, and more. Beyond comparing these approaches, they uncover a missing piece in safety: the role of the subconscious mind. While most strategies focus on conscious decision-making, the real opportunity lies in training the subconscious to detect risks, stay attentive, and prevent incidents. This candid conversation helps...

Corrie is the CEO and Founder of Safemap International. He began his career in human resources, progressing to Group Risk Manager at Billiton (now BHP), where he developed essential safety‑performance strategies for a 120,000‑strong workforce across 65 mining and industrial sites. Since founding Safemap in 1994, he has consulted internationally across industries—from mining and utilities to defence, construction, and energy—partnering with companies such as Southern Company, International Pa...

Tim does it again! He holds the prestigious title of "most listened to episode" with his first appearance on Larry Wilson Live , and his second time on the show does not disappoint! Our 30th episode features the one, the only, Tim Page-Bottorff! Episode Description: An older and somewhat bitter gentleman stood up and proclaimed, “There’s nothing funny about people getting seriously hurt!” and then he wagged a menacing finger at the group… True, but you don’t learn much when you’re s...

Larry Wilson Live with Alejandro Jaramillo “Capturing Hearts and Minds” has been the goal for so many EHS professionals, and also for the companies they work for. The “why” is obvious, but how exactly do you do this? How can you get all of the employees to buy in, to take the safety message to heart-and, perhaps more importantly - to keep safety top of mind, without letting complacency creep in? There are lots of theories, but only so many organizations have ever been ab...

Larry Wilson Live with Chris Ross "The Power of Positive Messaging" Imagine increasing your sales by 400% just by changing a sign to say, “Remember the Ice” instead of don’t forget the ice? Such small changes, from negative to positive, can have a surprisingly big impact, and the good news is it doesn’t cost much! Unfortunately, far too many safety messages are framed negatively. Moreover, far too much emphasis has been placed on what workers are doing wrong or unsafely. But m...

Larry Wilson Live with Jack Jackson "Influence vs. Control — The Power of Storytelling" Controls are necessary but limited by time and proximity. Influence is not even limited by jurisdiction, but it can be more difficult. Storytelling, or being able to tell a good story that demonstrates values in action or teaches a lesson, can have a powerful influence on people. Jack Jackson is a masterful storyteller. I’ll never forget the first time I heard Jack speak. He was telling the...

Separating The Wheat from the Chaff with Dave Johnson, Editor ISHN - Industrial Safety and Hygiene News Dave has been in the field for over 30 years. He has seen many things come and go. He has seen what’s worked or has had enough substance (wheat) to make it around the globe. He has also seen many many supposedly great ideas launched with bright lights and big expectations fizzle out in less than two years (chaff). So, Dave has had a unique look at almost ALL the programs, processes and in...

Managing contractors to zero (SIFs) without a big stick. "Like anybody else, I didn't start off as the president of IOSH" Jimmy said, "more like in the trenches." Almost immediately, I felt totally comfortable. He was low-key, easy to listen to - and when he told me about some of the amazing accomplishments he has achieved in construction and how he did it... that's where the idea for the title came from. As mentioned, the results were impressive: from mega projects in the billions to smal...

Larry Wilson Live with Pete Batrowny - Engaging Frontline Supervisors: Techniques that Work in the Real World... We all know the first line supervisor is key to so many things. But what is the best way to develop or improve this group: classroom training, virtual or remote training or one on one? If you promote from within should the new supervisor be with a new crew? How much training, just on health and safety, should a company be considering for new frontline supervisors? And what abo...

Although many safety professionals are aware of the latest brain science. Unfortunately, far too many still don’t know what to do with it. “So they acknowledge it, and then go back to the paradigm of deliberate decision making being the main problem, not the subconscious, or they gravitate back to the ‘system’ and trying to improve the safety management system or administration or the engineering, etc. They’re still trying to improve the conscious mind- when we now know that 95% of our behav...

It’s been said that Corporate America has the attention span of a squirrel. And it’s also been said that the concept of a “Learning Organization” is 20 years old. But learning and continuous improvement go hand in hand. And it’s doubtful that continuous improvement will ever go out of style. However, the challenges of creating a learning organization when it comes to health and safety, and trying new things, when you have to merge different cultures from different regions are signific...

From Error Reduction to Performance Enhancement The story behind getting the critical error reduction techniques to high-performance athletes. Whether at work or at the highest level of competitive sport, an error can have devastating consequences. Nobody knows this better than Mike Shaw. His rise, fall and return is truly inspiring from a human resilience perspective. But so is the story of safety that emerged. In terms of workplace safety, we can learn a lot about human performance from w...

The Importance of Emotional Intelligence for Health, Safety, and Environment with Dr. Britt Andreatta Almost all EHS professionals have “heard” about Emotional Intelligence or EI. But not nearly as many are aware of the benefits, in some cases tremendously significant benefits that training on EI can provide. Dr. Britt Andreatta is an expert in EI and conducts workshops and training sessions for managers and leaders in Emotional Intelligence, and how to bring it in to the workplace. She wi...

Safety management systems (SMS) like ISO 45001 and ANSI Z10 have been incorporated into organizations around the globe. There are certain aspects of the SMS’s that incorporate facets of engineering, design, hazard observations, management leadership, employee involvement and employee training. Where does Human Factors Management fit in? Larry will interview Tim Page-Bottorff Senior Consultant with SafeStart to dive in on how this can be done. Tim answers questions like, ...

Governance and Leadership in Health and Safety with Dr. Waddah Ghanem and Bob Arnold Workplace health and safety matters have become of significant importance. With changing regulations and standards being introduced globally, the effects on companies and negative impact on share values and reputation cannot be ignored. Many of the human, asset and economic incidents are caused by systemic issues emanating from a culture set at the top. H&S is now more than an operational or technical i...

The Power of Napping and why if you snooze... you WIN! Of course, the expression is, “If you snooze—you lose.” But that is more aligned with, “He who hesitates—is lost.” We all know that fatigue causes many unintentional incidents and injuries. It also impacts creativity and can greatly interfere with customer relations, whether they be inside or outside customers. So the negative aspects of fatigue are relatively well-known and well-documented. There are lots of very alarming statis...

When it comes to summer safety the numbers are staggering. Why are there so many unintentional fatalities? Do people lose their “common sense” or is there a problem with their common sense? And what if you had the wrong information in the first place? It’s hard to imagine how anyone’s common sense could help them then. But perhaps the biggest problem is that people rely too much on fear of the hazard instead of the risk of the hazard. Fear tends to fade over...

"What's NOT New." Larry Wilson Live with Gary Higbee, EMBA CSP Gary is the CEO of Higbee & Associates, Executive Advisor SafeStart, and Principal Researcher & Forensic Investigator at North American Management Institute. “Everybody wants something new” he just shook his head, “I was doing that 40 years ago. I can’t believe they’re saying this is a new approach”. He was talking about a session he’d just attended on preventing serious injuries. “So what else isn’t new?” I asked, and h...

“The Difficulties of Getting Modern Safety Into Old-School Education” with Michael Cooke, Vice-President, Social & Environmental Responsibility at Jabil Group “Why aren’t these concepts being taught in high-schools and trade schools?” he asked defiantly. “Well”, I said, “its not for lack of trying. But it's not as easy as you’d think.” “Why” he demanded, obviously not impressed. “Well, one thing is money. Even though it's significantly less expensive (80% discount) the schools want the ...

“It sounds like a food additive, or at least thats the look I get when I ask some people about it” he said. I was talking with Dr. Ghanem about governance - at the board level and the conversation naturally turned towards ESG. “Some parts of it don’t really concern the safety professional, like whether the company engages in bribery practices, but other parts do. The environment part is obvious, if you have HSE or EHS in your title, but some of the social is more than just traditional health ...