IOSH podcast
IOSH's podcast series features exclusive interviews with industry experts, behind the scenes discussions with IOSH members, and conversations with future leaders of the health and safety profession.
Episodes
56 episodes since 2020
Trailblazer Talks: 50 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act – the good, the bad and the ugly
Former chief inspector Kevin Myers and staunch campaigner Janet Newsham debate the usefulness of the Health and Safety at Work Act as it reaches its 50th anniversary. Reflecting on the impact this legislation has had, we question its relevance ...
September 13, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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29:32
Future Leaders: the benefits of mentoring
In this episode, IOSH’s Future Leaders Alanah Campbell and Carly Hughes share their experience of mentoring, discussing the benefits and the pitfalls to look out for.
September 09, 2024
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31:03
Trailblazer Talks: unlocking the potential of workers with ADHD
Professor James Brown, co-founder of ADHDAdultUK, stops by the IOSH Podcast booth at the Health and Safety Event in Birmingham to explain how employers can unlock the potential of workers with ADHD.
September 03, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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33:26
Trailblazer Talks: AI for worker management
Algorithmic management is a technology that can be utilised to manage workers, but what effect does this have on work culture, especially where employees may see it as a threat to their psychological safety and autonomy? Special guests Andrew M...
August 27, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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31:30
Trailblazer Talks: professional ethics
This interview explores the distinction between simple ethics and applied and professional ethics and how this can empower the profession to fulfil our ethical responsibilities. Featuring Leeds University's Jim Baxter and Simon Cassin from Ouch...
August 20, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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50:45
Trailblazer Talks: the future world of work
Special guests James Pomeroy and Bridget Leathley join us to discuss the challenges and opportunities the future world of work holds, and what this could mean for the OSH profession and the workforces it looks after.
August 13, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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28:35
Trailblazer Talks: tech trends in OSH
Renowned technology expert Cameron Stevens visits the IOSH Podcast booth to tell us about the latest trends took look out for.
August 05, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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28:54
Trailblazer Talks: the shifting workforce paradigm
In this new series, recorded live at the 2024 Health & Safety Event in Birmingham, we speak to HSE specialist and IOSH future leader Fiona Fullerton and Phillip Muston, head of careers at recruitment firm Shirley Parsons, about maintaining ...
July 29, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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28:40
CEO Series | Katy Dowding, Skanska
CEO series hosted by Stuart Hughes with special guest Katy Dowding, SkanskaSkanska CEO Katy Dowding talks to IOSH president Stuart Hughes about her long and varied career in the construction industry, and how important hea...
June 28, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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37:45
CEO Series | Will Metcalfe, CBRE
CEO series hosted by Stuart Hughes with special guest Will Metcalfe, CBREIOSH president Stuart Hughes sits down with CBRE GWS UK’s vice president, Will Metcalfe, to discuss how the commercial real estate services and investment fi...
June 21, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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40:52
CEO Series | Léann Hearne, Livv Housing Group
CEO series hosted by Stuart Hughes with special guest Léann Hearne, LIVV Housing GroupLivv Housing group CEO Léann Hearne talks to IOSH president Stuart Hughes about turning the business around to keep both staff and customers ha...
June 04, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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39:09
CEO Series | Carl Ennis, CEO, Siemens
CEO series hosted by Stuart Hughes with special guest Carl Ennis, SiemensSiemens' chief executive, Carl Ennis, gives us an insight into how the technology giant looks after the health and safety of its 320,000 employees globally....
May 28, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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48:07
CEO series | Gareth Rogers, Farnborough International
CEO series hosted by Stuart Hughes with special guest Gareth Rogers, Farnborough InternationalFarnborough International’s CEO Gareth Rogers shares his views on health and safety, in conversation with IOSH President Stuart Hughes....
May 17, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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48:38
Salary survey 2024: the results
Neil Carberry, CEO of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, discusses the latest OSH pay figures and gives us an insight into the health and safety jobs market.
May 03, 2024
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47:57
CEO Series | Alex Vaughan, Costain
CEO series hosted by Stuart Hughes with special guest Alex Vaughan, CostainCostain’s CEO Alex Vaughan gives his take on safety and wellbeing at the construction giant.
May 03, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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43:49
World Congress: Rita Zhang on building safer futures
Construction remains one of the industries with the highest risks for worker health and safety. In discussion with Rita Zhang, Associate Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, we unpack the broad issues in the industry, safeg...
April 11, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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27:57
World Congress: Yogindra Samant on the future state of occupational health, now
Occupational health is a matter as much controlled by businesses themselves as it is by the geopolitical, social, economic, and cultural influences around them. In discussion with Dr Yogindra Samant, chief medical officer at the Norwegian Labou...
March 21, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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36:35
World Congress: Emily McGuill on returning to work with a psychological injury
iCare's Emily McGuill provides an understanding of the basic challenges faced by all parties when an individual is returning to work after injury, the nuances for individuals dealing with psychological injury, and the practical steps that need ...
March 21, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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18:41
World Congress: Martyn Hill on safety in the Australian outback
Martyn Hill, Founder of Outback Safety, unpacks the challenges of policy for high-risk work that fits outside the norm, digs into some stories that show off his unique Australian workplace experience, and explains how his learnings can be appli...
March 21, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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24:50
World Congress: Chia-Chia Chang on evidence-based wellbeing
Chia-Chia sat down with podcast host Kellie Williams to discuss how to define wellbeing from an evidence-based approach and where are we are seeing movement to create effective behaviour change.
March 14, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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35:54
World Congress: Marcelo Abi-Ramia Caetano on making social security available to all
The state of Social Security globally is troubled; only 50% of the global population has access to some form of social security. ISSA is dedicated to improving this statistic with a goal to make social security for all a reality. In discussion ...
March 14, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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30:28
World Congress: Thuthula Balfour on women, mining and leadership
Thuthula Balfour, head of health at the Minerals Council South Africa, provides some nuggets on how South Africa’s mining industry has achieved a dramatic drop in occupational diseases – and what more can be done.
March 01, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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27:00
Future Leaders: Navigating difficult situations
IOSH Future LeadersNishma Mistry, Charles Fidler and Tor Bennett-Williams
February 28, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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51:19
World Congress: Siong Hin Ho on OSH reform in Singapore
During this conversation with the Ministry of Manpower's Siong Hin Ho, we dig into the ways in which Singapore has changed its approaches to worker health and safety, and tease out how it can be applied in other contexts. ...
February 26, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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33:13
World Congress: Ockert Dupper on Vision Zero
In conversation with Ockert Dupper, global programme manager of the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) Vision Zero Fund, we unpack the challenges of global supply chains, explore how the ILO aims to improve the lives of many workers, and...
February 20, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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37:51