Category: audio

Real Work, Real Talk podcast

Michael Plowright and I enjoyed completing our 4th episode of the “Real Work, Real Talk” podcast. My background is occupational health and safety (OHS); Michael’s is consulting on workplace bullying and some Human Resources issues. These two disciplines need to talk with each other if employers are going to effectively manage psychological safety in their workplaces. We thought we should get things started.

Below is one review we have received:

“Safe Work, Real Talk is a coherent, engaging four-part podcast series that explores psychosocial hazards, leadership, workplace conflict, and organisational responsibility through the combined perspectives of OHS and HR.
While some episodes would benefit from stronger evidence, more workplace examples, and more debate between the hosts, the series succeeds through its authenticity, practical relevance, and willingness to challenge accepted assumptions, earning an overall rating of 8.5/10″

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Psychosocial Conflict & Confusion

Michael Plowright and I have launched a new limited-series podcast in support of National Safe Work Month.

Safe Work, Real Talk offers a plain-English discussion of the major issues around managing psychosocial hazards and psychological safety at work, bridging the HR and OH&S silos.

We bring together OHS practice, bullying research and real workplace stories to unpack how mental harm happens and how organisations can prevent it.

Continue reading “Psychosocial Conflict & Confusion”

New psychosocial podcast series

Australian employers continue to struggle to understand #psychosocial hazards and psychological harm. A lot of advice competes, conflicts and confuses. So, Michael Plowright and I are joining the effort to make sense of this #mentalhealthatwork challenge in a lively, plain-English way.

You may already follow me through this blog’s SoundCloud account, but this new four-episode podcast series – Safe Work, Real Talk – offers new plain-English perspectives and, we hope,m solutions, or at least pathways.

We’ll talk about #Leadership, what went wrong, what went right, the unhelpful conflict between #HR and #OHS, and return-to-work.

The first episode will be out shortly, with the remaining three episodes rolled out in support of National Safe Work Month.

If you have any questions about work-related psychosocial and psychological issues, email them to this link, and we will try to answer them “on-air”.

Kevin Jones

Three new audio summaries

Short 5- or 6-minute summaries of SafetyAtWorkBlog articles are available on Apple Podcasts and SoundCloud. The three latest episodes discuss working from home, psychosocial regulations and work-related suicide.

I have tried to stay brief, as we are all busy, and more information, quotes, links, and profiles can be found in the original blog articles.

Please let me know if you find these (clearly) home-produced summaries useful.

Kevin Jones

Audio summary on Quad Bike Safety

I have been writing about the safety of quad bikes and all-terrain vehicles for many years. The debate over quad bike safety was one of the most complex and vicious I have ever seen. In some minds, the issue has been resolved in Australia, but farmers continue to die from these vehicles.

Below is a brief 5-minute video about some of the OHS issues associated with these vehicles. I’d love to hear your thoughts on it, especially if you think a book about the issues would be worthwhile.

The audio will be available soon on the SafetyAtWorkBlog SoundCloud feed.

SafetyAtWorkBlog followed the quad bike safety saga, and dozens of exclusive articles are available for subscribers.

Audio summaries and podcasts

I have had a very positive response to my short audio summaries of SafetyAtWorkBlog articles available through SoundCloud. These free 5 or 6-minute monologues are intended to be short, thought-provoking chats about various aspects of occupational health and safety.

Almost a dozen have been posted over the last few weeks on topics such as suicidality, farm safety, compliance, ethics, COVID-19, seminars, and new books.

If you are interested in quick digestible thought pieces, please consider a free subscription through SoundCloud.
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Kevin Jones

Audio summary on Executive Bonuses

In this short 6-minute audio episode, I unpack the troubling case of Cleanaway Waste Management’s CEO bonus reduction following three worker deaths and challenge the notion that trimming executive pay is a meaningful consequence, and whether safety is being treated as a KPI or a moral imperative.

With references to Woolworths, Orica, and SGH Group, Kevin explores how corporate Australia responds to workplace fatalities, and why investor pressure—not ethical leadership—often drives change. Featuring insights from the Australian Financial Review and safety scholars Andrew Hopkins and Sarah Maslen, this episode calls for a deeper reckoning with executive accountability and the true cost of preventable deaths.

Kevin Jones

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