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Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin
The Health, Safety, and Enviroment space is made of everyday people who are real-life heroes, committed to creating a safe environment and engaging safety culture within their companies. Their priority is to ensure each and everyone of their employees gets to return home after a day’s work unharmed, and that both wellbeing and the planet are a core consideration: they are unsung heroes.
In fact, you never hear about them when they do their jobs right!
We want to celebrate these everyday people…
Episodes
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#61 - Todd Conklin - Why the Best Safety Systems Assume Failure
Todd Conklin doesn't think safety is about preventing failure. He thinks it's about being ready to recover from it. Todd — 30 years at Los Alamos National…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#60 - Amy Edmondson - Better Teams Made More Mistakes. Here's Why.
A young PhD student ran the numbers and found that the best-performing hospital teams had the highest error rates. That result made no sense — until she…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#59 - Angelo Spingardi - Safety Has No Finish Line: 17 Years Running Safety at Saipem
Angelo Spingardi runs HSEQ — health, safety, environment and quality — across Saipem's 118 operational sites worldwide, from offshore platforms to construction…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#58 - Kathy Seabrook - Put Safety on the P&L: How to Sell the Business Case for Safety to the C-Suite
Kathy Seabrook — Founder & CEO of Global Solutions Inc. and a standards architect on ISO 45001 and ANSI Z10 — joins Mousa to make the case that safety has…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#57 - Dan Hobbs - AI Vision = Guardian Angel: How Dan Hobbs Is Rewiring Safety with AI Vision
Dan Hobbs did not set out to build a safety company. He and his co-founder Ciarán O’Mara started with a question: why do so many workplace fatalities get…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#56 - Bryce Griffler - The Hidden Cost of Hiding: Authentic Leadership, Imposter Syndrome & Workplace Safety
What if the shell you've built to protect yourself at work is actually the thing holding you back — and putting others at risk? Bryce Griffler is the…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#55 - Thomas Krause - Decisions That Set the Stage: The Leadership Cultures That Make Incidents Happen
What if the biggest safety failures in history weren't caused by reckless workers but by leadership decisions made years earlier? Dr. Tom Krause is the Founder…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#54 - Ergin Akbaş - How to Set Up Systems for Success: On HSE and Systems that Work for the Frontline
Today, we're excited to share our latest Safety Heroes episode with Ergin Akbas. With over a decade at AVANGRID managing EHS systems across wind farms, solar…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#53 - Fuzzy Bitar - Putting Safety Back in the Line: On Proportionality, Supervisor Leverage & Point-of-Work AI
Episode Summary Fuzzy Bitar has led safety and operations at global scale, including serving as bp’s Senior Vice President for HSE & Carbon and chairing the…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#52 - Tim Page-Bottorff - Game On for Safety: How to Drive Engagement for Zero-Harm Culture
Tim Page‐Bottorff didn’t “choose” safety—he was drawn to it, and has spent his career transforming how organizations think about risk, culture, and technology…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#51 - Declan Davis - Bringing AI and Empathy to the Frontline: On Why Safety Is Human
Declan Davis isn’t just leading safety from the top—he’s walked the path from the site to the boardroom. As Health and Safety Director at Ferrovial, Declan…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#50 - Steff Williams - Why I Do What I Do: On Putting People First in Safety
In this powerful episode of The Safety Heroes Podcast, we sit down with Steff Williams, Director of Safety for Sonoco Europe and APAC. From his humble…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#49 - Kate Donovan - The link between Environmental Policy and Human Health
In this episode of The Safety Heroes Podcast, we sit down with Kate Donovan, a passionate environmental advocate and senior attorney at the Natural Resources…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#48 - Claus Rose - Making Safety Instinctive: On Leadership, Trust & Change
In this compelling episode of The Safety Heroes Podcast, we sit down with Claus Rose, Managing Director of SafeSteps24, to explore how safety can become an…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#47 - Bridget Todd - Making Safety Personal: On Building a People-First safety Culture
What does it mean to truly make safety personal? In this episode of The Safety Heroes Podcast, Bridget Todd, Global Head of Enterprise Health & Safety at Baker…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#46 - Kate Harvey & David Griffiths - On the G+ Mission: Standardizing Offshore Wind Safety
The G+ Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation is a groundbreaking voluntary organization at the forefront of driving change in safety across the offshore…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#45 - Arijit Paul - Health is Wealth: Prioritising What Truly Matters at Work
In this episode, Mousa sits down with Arijit Paul, a seasoned HSE leader with over 25 years of experience in the energy industry. Currently serving as the…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#44 - Mick Breet - Pressing Pause: Mindfulness at Work and Safety by Design
In this episode, Mousa sits down with Mick Breet, Director of Health, Safety, and Wellbeing for Europe at Danone, to discuss his 17-year experience in the…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#43 - Malcolm Staves - One year of Safety Heroes: reflecting on the power of listening, learning, and leadership
It’s been one whole year of Safety Heroes, and what better way to celebrate than to welcome our first-ever guest back to the studio to reflect on a year of…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#42 - Ben Legg - Engaging teams: On Reimagining Our Approach to Health and Safety
In this week’s episode, Mousa sat down with Ben Legg, an HSEQ expert with nearly 30 years of experience in construction and support services from the UK to the…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#41 - Dr I. David Daniels - From physical safety to addressing psychosocial hazards
In this week’s episode, Dr. I. David Daniels shares his journey from a young firefighter to becoming a leading expert in occupational health and safety, with a…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#40 - Melissa Mark-Joyce - Beyond compliance and diversity: building a proactive safety culture
In this episode, Melissa Mark-Joyce, Vice President of HSE at Smiths Group, shares her career journey, which spans over two decades in the oil and gas industry…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#39 - Simone Santos - HSE leadership & managing contractor safety in construction and renewables
In this episode, Mousa Yassin interviews Simone Santos, the Global Head of HSE for Enercon, a leading company in renewable energy solutions. Simone elaborates…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#38 - Dr Jennet Arshimova - a “journey with care”: cultivating empathy and purpose in HSE leadership
This episode is for the books. We welcome Dr Jennet Arshimova, Managing Director of New HSE and Founder of SHE Time as she shares her personal and eventful…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#37 - Marieta Yordanova - Collaboration, leadership, and technology to transform the HSE space
In this week’s episode, Marieta Yordanova, Asahi's International Group Health and Safety Director, shares her invaluable insights gained over 24 years in the…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#36 - Marco Barsanti - "walk the talk" and embracing technology in HSE
In this episode, we sit down with Marco Barsanti, Senior Vice President of HSSE for asset operations at Uniper where in a matter of 5min covers how the safety…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#35 - James MacPherson on the power of conversation - EHS Congress Mini Episode
Here’s another episode of our EHS Congress Mini Series. Mousa met with James MacPherson, a health and safety professional, managing director of Risk Fluent ltd…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#34 - Cristina Gómez-García - Soft skills and proactive indicators in HSE
In this episode, Mousa converses with Cristina Gomez-Garcia, HSE team leader at Siemens GAMESA in the renewable sector. They discuss Cristina's 20-year career…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#33 - Dr Jennet Arshimova on impact and empathy in leadership - EHS Congress Mini Episode
In this new episode of our EHS congress Minis, we welcome Dr. Jennet Arshimova, founder of SHEtime and Managing Director of New HSE. Jennet shares her journey…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#32 - Myriam Perrier - Human-centred safety: shifting paradigms in the HSE space
In this podcast episode, Mousa Yassin welcomes Myriam Perrier, Vice President of Research and Development at Perrier Consulting, to discuss her journey and…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#31 - Davide Scotti - On the challenges and bringing passion in the HSE space - EHS Congress Mini Episode
In this episode, Mousa interviews Davide Scotti, head of HSE culture, communication, and training at Saipem. They discuss some of the difficulties HSE…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#30 - Kostas Sagias - on culture and safety superpower - EHS Congress Mini Episode
Kostas Sagias is the group Health and Safety director at Carlsberg group. - We had a short conversation with him during our time at the EHS congress in Berlin…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#29 - Sukhy Hogwood - Safety by Design and the intertwined nature of Health, Safety, Environment, and Wellbeing and workplace efficiency
In this week’s episode, Mousa Yassin has a fascinating conversation with Sukhy Hogwood, fhrmer Head of HSEW Europe - People & Places Solutions at Jacobs and…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#28 - Rodrigo Gomes - Building an empowered workforce through trust, simple processes, and felt leadership.
In this week’s episode of the podcast, we welcome Rodrigo Gomes Senior, VP of Global OSH Risk, Governance and Assurance at TK Elevator. Rodrigo shares his…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#27 - Rosie Russell - Thriving under pressure: leadership techniques for balancing stress, supporting mental wellbeing to create organisational success
In this powerful episode, Mousa Yassin welcomes Rosie Russell, Director of Environment, Health, Safety, and Sustainability at MeiraGTx and co-president of the…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#26 - Remy D.J. Wierenga - From embracing the 5 Human Performance Principles to the AI revolution - A conversation on the past, present, and future of the HSE field
Today we have Remy Wierenga, Group Safety Director at Refresco as our guest and we dive deep into Human Performance Principles and how AI will become an…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#25 - Graeme Lannigan - Continuously redefining and improving education “format” and “design” to achieve impactful safety training
In this engaging episode of the podcast, our host Mousa Yassin sits down with Graeme Lannigan, passionate about the field of safety learning and the Global…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#24 - Esil Mertoglu - Empowerment through safety initiatives: the intersection of Purpose, Inclusion, and Leadership in HSE
This week, Mousa Yassin talks with Esil Mertoglu, Senior EHS Manager at Adient, and explores her journey as an environmental health and safety leader. Esil's…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#22 - Claus Rose - Diversity in thought and background, incident learning, and Industry collaboration to build better ehs practices
In this episode, we dive into the multifaceted world of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) with guest, Claus Rose, Senior Executive, EHS Separation…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#21 - Davide Scotti - Creating engaging health and safety leadership programs for mature hse cultures, and influence behaviour change, at work and at home.
In this episode, host Mousa Yassin engages in an insightful conversation with Davide Scotti, Corporate Head of HSE Culture, Communication & Training at Saipem…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#20 - Gokhan Yildiz - Nurturing leadership skills across all functions and embracing Tech’s transformative impact on the Health & Safety space
Today we have Gokhan Yildiz, Managing Director of DSSD Consultants and we learn about his remarkable transition from a long tenure at Shell, a global giant…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#19 - Dr Thomas Burgdorff - Learning from the “good stuff” and the realisation that HSSE & profit considerations cannot be mutually exclusive
This conversation with Thomas Burgdorff from Uniper offers a comprehensive look into the multifaceted world of HSSE. Thomas articulates the safety function as…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#18 - Maite Garcia Lacuesta - “the good contaminates the good”: how the HSE function relies on collaboration, conversation, and curiosity
Maite Garcia Lacuesta, Global Environment, Health and Safety Director at Perfetti Van Melle, a multinational confectionery and gum company shares her journey…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#17 - Dr Ralf Franke - From medical doctor to environment, health, & safety: a career-defining journey of curiosity, empathy, resilience & preparedness
This week, we get to listen to a rich conversation with Dr. Ralf Franke, a leader in environmental protection, health management, and safety with a very unique…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#16 - Thorsten Müh - fostering a safety culture where top leadership actively seeks to “have a seat at the safety table”
In this week’s episode, we are talking with Thorsten Müh, Head of process and plant safety at Bayer. Thorsten shares many insights around the importance of…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#15 - Clinton McDonald - Understanding the why and mastering the how: practical strategies and powerful insights for a strong safety strategy
In this episode, we are fortunate to have Clinton McDonald, VP Process and Operational safety at BP. Clinton discussed the complexities of risk management…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#14 - Mandar Phadke - Pushing the safety culture mindsets beyond a “have to do” right to a “love to do”
In this episode, we have the pleasure of talking to Mandar Phadke from Topsoe about the importance of a safety culture that is evolving well beyond simple…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#13 - Marcus Peters: empathy, empowerment, and how all good things start with a conversation.
In this episode, we're joined by Marcus Peters,Global Head of Offshore HSE at RWE offshore Marcus discusses his journey, starting with his transition from the…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#12 - Kenza Akesbi - Proactive safety: building a culture of prevention and performance
Kenza Akesbi, a seasoned professional with two decades of experience in the health, safety, and environment sector, discusses her journey through multiple…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#11 - Dr MARCIN NAZARUK: “Learning from Normal Work” or the science behind creating meaningful, tangible change in the safety space
In this episode, we are speaking with Dr Marcin Nazaruk, an expert in human and organisational performance; Marcin takes us through his journey, starting from…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#10 - Don Blumenthal - "Everything matters": on empathy-led safety leadership and always looking at the next mountain to climb
In this interview, Don Blumenthal, a district HSE manager at PCL, a global construction company, shares his journey and insights into the safety aspect of the…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#9 - Britt Howard - The Passionate Journey of Safety Leadership: Serving Others is Serving Yourself
This episode is going to hit quite differently! Britt Howard is a gifted leader, mentor, and passionate advocate for safety and is journey is inspiring. His…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#8 - Chet Brandon - People-powered safety: engaging and empowering people to be a part of the solution to drive business success
We have Chet Brandon on the podcast today. Chet is an experienced sustainability and EHS executive known for his exemplary work across different industries The…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#7 - Carole Smets - People, Planet, Profit. The Intersection of Sustainability, Safety, and Success.
Carole Smets, a strong advocate for sustainable and safety practices in businesses, shares her career journey deeply aligned with a strong set of values and…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#6 - Matthew Cox - Fostering a culture of safety: embracing competence, continuous learning, and multicultural insights
In this episode, Matt Cox, the deputy QHSC director for Veolia in the UAE, discusses his inspiring journey in the safety industry and the factors that…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#5 - Becky Peavler - Learning from within: How relationships and grassroots Initiatives can shape safety culture
Becky Peavler's journey from the military to her current role as global chief health and safety assurance at ConocoPhillips has shaped her leadership and…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#4 - Islam Adra - Nurturing safety leadership and being a catalyst for change
In this episode, our guest Islam Adra shares his journey into the safety industry, From the significance of health and safety regulations in protecting workers…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#3 - Alicia Olo Martinez / JTI - People Centricity and adapting to different cultures of risk
From growing up in the north of Spain in a mining town and seeing first hand the devastating impact of poor safety measures, Alicia shares her personal journey…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#2 - Sebastien Chaigneau, BMI - Transforming HSE with Collaboration and Customer Focus
Sebastien Chaigneau, a renowned HSE professional, shares his very personal journey and insights on pursuing a career in safety. The conversation explores his…
Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin#1 - Malcolm Staves, L'Oreal - Navigating the Safety Landscape: Leadership and Legacy
In our first episode of the Safety Heroes podcast, we have the pleasure of talking to Malcolm Staves, Global VP Health and Safety at L’Oréal, a luminary in the…