Leading and Learning Through Safety

By Dr. Mark A French

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Do you want to engage your culture? Safety is the first step to creating the motivation needed for people to perform their best. Each day, we have the chance to lead our teams and learn more about our people through an understanding of our safety climate. Through looking at current issues in HSE, we chat about creating cultural value through safety. Your host is Dr. Mark French, CSP, SPHR aka The Safety Dude.

Episode Date
Episode 204: TN Safety Conference 2026
May 11, 2026
Episode 203: Changing Behaviors
Mar 13, 2026
Episode 202: Real Safety
Feb 27, 2026
Episode 201: Learning Matters
Feb 20, 2026
Episode 200: Storytelling
Feb 06, 2026
Episode 199: Re-humanizing the Organization
Jan 16, 2026
Episode 198: Communication
Dec 12, 2025
Episode 197: Unwinding from Work
Nov 21, 2025
Episode 196: Cultural Building Blocks Part 2
Nov 14, 2025
Episode 195: Cultural Building Blocks Part 1
Nov 07, 2025
Episode 194: A Tale for Training
Oct 31, 2025
Episode 193: Inspect What You Expect
Oct 03, 2025
Episode 192: Better Information
Sep 26, 2025
Episode 191: It's the Law
Sep 19, 2025
Episode 190: Meaningful Safety Experience
Sep 12, 2025
Episode 189: Training for All
Sep 05, 2025
Episode 188: Safety Success
Aug 15, 2025
Episode 187: Hazards and Risk
Aug 08, 2025
Episode 186: Training for All
Aug 01, 2025
Episode 185: Safety and Security
Jul 25, 2025
Episode 184: Getting Rest
Jul 18, 2025
Episode 183: Going Beyond
Jul 11, 2025
Episode 183: Summer Hits
Jul 03, 2025
Episode 182: Summer Time.
Jun 27, 2025
Episode 181: Leadership Onboarding
Jun 06, 2025
Episode 180: The Language of Safety
May 16, 2025
Episode 179: Listen More
May 09, 2025
Episode 178: Listen to Hear
May 02, 2025
Episode 177 - TN Safety Recap
Apr 18, 2025
Episode 176: KY Legislation
Mar 28, 2025
Episode 175: Bridging the Gap
Mar 21, 2025
Episode 174 - Ethical Decision Making
Mar 07, 2025
Episode 173 - Mental Health and Safety
Feb 14, 2025
Episode 172 - Abolishing OSHA
Feb 07, 2025
Episode 171 - Managing Change
Jan 31, 2025
Episode 170 - Preventing All Injuries
Jan 24, 2025
Episode 169 - 2025 Predictions
Jan 17, 2025
Episode 168 - Welcoming the New Year
Jan 10, 2025
Episode 167 - Going Beyond
Nov 29, 2024
Episode 166 - Back to Basics
Nov 15, 2024
Episode 165: Safety is People First
Oct 05, 2024
Episode 164 - Confined Spaces
Sep 28, 2024
Episode 163: Perception of Risk
Sep 21, 2024
Episode 162: It Can Happen
Sep 13, 2024
Episode 161: Where is Empathy
Sep 06, 2024
Episode 160: Standing in the Crossroads
Aug 30, 2024
Episode 159: Who is the Leader?
Aug 23, 2024
Episode 158: Be Present
Aug 16, 2024
Episode 157: One Size Fits All
Aug 09, 2024
Episode 156: Learning for the Future
Jul 26, 2024
Episode 155: Repeat Issues
Jul 19, 2024
Episode 154: Silence is not Safety
Jul 12, 2024
Episode 153: Giving Voice to Safety
Jul 05, 2024
Episode 152: Choosing Words Wisely
Jun 28, 2024
Episode 151 - The Human Impact
Jun 21, 2024
Episode 150 - TN Safety Conf Recap
Jun 14, 2024
Episode 149: Process Safety Leadership
Jun 07, 2024
Episode 148 - The Intent of Ethics
May 10, 2024
Episode 147 - Leading with Ethics
May 03, 2024
Episode 146 - The Missing Science
Apr 12, 2024
Episode 145 - Communication is Critical
Mar 15, 2024
Episode 144 - Create Open Communication
Mar 08, 2024
Episode 143 - Culture of Control
Feb 16, 2024
Episode 142 - Workplace Violence
Feb 02, 2024
Episode 141 - Who Cares?
Jan 25, 2024
Episode 140 - Cultural Safety
Jan 19, 2024
Episode 139 - Kicking Off the New Year
Jan 12, 2024
Episode 138 - OSHA Update
Dec 22, 2023
Episode 137 - Progress through Awareness
Dec 15, 2023
Episode 136 - Educating the Educated
Dec 08, 2023
Episode 135 - Fading Leadership
Dec 01, 2023
Episode 134 - Black Friday
Nov 22, 2023
Episode 133 - Self Regulation
Nov 17, 2023
Episode 132 - Safety at Home
Oct 27, 2023
Episode 131 - Hazard Prediction
Oct 20, 2023
Episode 130 - Data Dilemmas
Oct 13, 2023
Episode 129 - Training the Team
Oct 06, 2023
Episode 128 - Did you see that?
Sep 29, 2023
Episode 127- Trickle Down Leadership
Sep 23, 2023
Episode 126 - OSHA's Walkaround
Sep 14, 2023
Episode 125 - Alphabet Soup
Aug 25, 2023
Special Episode: Live 2023 TN Safety Conference
Aug 19, 2023
Episode 124 - TN Safety Conference Recap
Aug 18, 2023
Episode 123 - Those Tricky Reoccurring Hazards
Aug 11, 2023
Episode 122 - Smart Until Not
Jul 29, 2023
Episode 121 - Organizational Supervision
Jul 14, 2023
Episode 120 - Workplace Safety for the Mind
Jul 07, 2023
Episode 119 - A Complete Lack of Ethics
Jun 30, 2023
Episode 118 - Group Lockout
Jun 23, 2023
Episode 117 - Management Systems
Jun 16, 2023
Episode 116 - Top Down Leadership
Jun 09, 2023
Episode 115: Interview with Chrissie Dawson of the EI Group
Jun 02, 2023
Episode 114: Interview with Ginnie Marshall of DSI
May 26, 2023
Episode 113 - What is Safety?
May 19, 2023
Episode 112 - Safety is Leadership
May 12, 2023
Episode 111 - Fundamental Training
May 05, 2023
Episode 110 - Let's Go All In For Safety
Apr 28, 2023
Episode 110 - Take the Safety Journey
Apr 21, 2023
Episode 109 - All or Nothing in Safety
Apr 14, 2023
Episode 108 - Lived Experiences
Apr 08, 2023
Episode 107 - It's just common sense
Mar 24, 2023
Episode 106 - Too Big to be Accountable
Mar 17, 2023
Episode 105 - Child Labor Violations
Mar 10, 2023
Episode 104 - Safety with More
Mar 03, 2023
Episode 103 - Lean HSE
Feb 24, 2023
Episode 102 - Safety Priorities
Feb 17, 2023
Episode 101 - Talking about BBS
Feb 10, 2023
Episode 100 - My Career
Feb 03, 2023
Episode 99 - Reduction In Safety
Jan 27, 2023
Episode 98 - Early Career Training
Jan 20, 2023
Episode 97 - Safety Transparency
Jan 13, 2023
Episode 96 - Emergency Prepardness
Jan 06, 2023
Episode 95 - Looking ahead to 2023
Dec 22, 2022
Episode 94 - 2022. A year in review
Dec 16, 2022
Episode 93 - Risk Perception
Dec 02, 2022
Episode 92 - Child Labor Violations
Nov 18, 2022
Episode 91 Contractor Compliance
Nov 11, 2022
Episode 90 Contractor Evaluation
Nov 04, 2022
Episode 89 - Whistleblower
Oct 14, 2022
Episode 88 Respiratory Controls
Oct 07, 2022
Ep87 Risk Rationale
Sep 30, 2022
EP 86 Continued Communication
Sep 23, 2022
Episode 85 - Communication Complexity
Sep 19, 2022
Episode 84 - The Values of Safety Leadership
Sep 02, 2022
Episode 83 - OSHA Penalties for Emergency Management
Aug 27, 2022
Episode 82 - It Just Happens
Aug 12, 2022
Episode 81 - Talking about Training
Jul 30, 2022
Episode 80: When is a Hazard not a Hazard
Jul 22, 2022
Episode 79 - The Distress of Heat Stress
Jul 15, 2022
Ep78 - Safety As A Retention Tool
Jul 08, 2022
Ep 78 - Managing Internal Traffic
Jun 24, 2022
Ep 77 The HR Safety Connection
Jun 17, 2022
Ep76 - The Lack of Leadership
Jun 10, 2022
Episode75 ItsAllLeadership
Jun 04, 2022
Episode74 GeneratingEmpathy
May 27, 2022
Episode73 SafetyPhilosophy
May 21, 2022
Episode71 HRHSEConnection
Feb 11, 2022
Episode70 ConversationalCulture
Feb 04, 2022
Episode69 BigEquipmentBigRisk
Jan 21, 2022
Episode68 LeadingSafetyFirst
Jan 14, 2022
Episode67 PeopleNeedSafety
Dec 31, 2021
Episode66 LeadWithSafety
Dec 24, 2021
Episode65 WeatherPrepardness
Dec 17, 2021
Episode64 TrainingWithTranslation
Dec 10, 2021
Episode63 ConfinedSpaceContractor
Dec 03, 2021
Episode62 IntrotoMentorship
Nov 26, 2021
Episode61 TwoWayCommunication
Nov 19, 2021
Episode60 OSHACovidETS
Nov 05, 2021
Episode59 WorththeRisk
Oct 29, 2021
Episode58 CultureofCovid
Oct 15, 2021
Episode57LifeSafetyCulture
Oct 08, 2021
Episode56 GuardingtheGuards
Oct 01, 2021
Episode55 DoYouCare
Sep 17, 2021
Episode54 SafetyCommunication
Sep 10, 2021
Episode53 ProactivelyFocused
Sep 03, 2021
Episode52 EarlyReporting
Aug 28, 2021
Episode51 HeatStress
Aug 21, 2021
Episode50 OJTSafety
Aug 14, 2021
Episode49 OvercomingApathy
Aug 07, 2021
Episode48 ContainmentandPrevention
Jul 30, 2021
Episode47 LeadershipDecisionMaking
Jul 09, 2021
Episode46 CreativeSafety
Jul 02, 2021
Episode45 HotWorkPractices
Jun 19, 2021
Episode44 MicroStrains
Jun 05, 2021
Episode43 SettingTheExample
May 28, 2021
Episode42 SafetyPlanning
May 14, 2021
Episode41 SafetySystemFailures
Apr 23, 2021
Episode40 TampaLeadArticle
Apr 10, 2021
Episode39 OSHATop10
Apr 03, 2021
Episode38 LeadWithSafety
Mar 26, 2021
Episode37 CovidEnforcement
Jan 22, 2021
Episode36 BackToFundamentals
Jan 08, 2021
Episode35 BlackFriday
Nov 25, 2020
Episode34 FollyofFines
Nov 06, 2020
Episode33 MoreWithLess
Oct 30, 2020
Episode32 BuildingTeams
Oct 23, 2020
Episode31 SafetyStillMatters
Oct 16, 2020
Episode30 SecureProtection
Oct 09, 2020
Episode29 LayeredEducation
Oct 02, 2020
Episode28 EPAReporting
Sep 25, 2020
Episode27 CreatingMeaningVirtually
Sep 18, 2020
Episode26 ToxicCultures
Sep 11, 2020
Episode25 SeekingBestinClass
Sep 04, 2020
Episode24 LongTermPlanning
Aug 28, 2020
Episode23 CulturalShifts
Aug 21, 2020
Episode22 PreventionNotPunishment
Aug 14, 2020
Episode21 ProblemsWithPaper
Aug 07, 2020
Episode20 SummerSafety
Jul 31, 2020
Episode19 Trenching
Jul 24, 2020
Episode18 MachineGuarding
Jul 17, 2020
Episode17 NewLandscapes
Jul 02, 2020
Episode16
Dec 08, 2019
Episode15HazCom
Nov 25, 2019
Episode14 PeopleFocused
Sep 20, 2019
2019Ep13LearningFromConferences
Aug 02, 2019
Ep12 TheTrialsWithTraining
Apr 05, 2019
11GeneralDutyClauseForktrucks
Mar 29, 2019
10WhatsWrongWithRecordkeeping
Mar 22, 2019
09 Lone Worker Safety
Mar 15, 2019
08 Workplace Stress Effects on Safety
Feb 17, 2019
07 Preparing for Safety in the Future
Feb 15, 2019
06 Contractor Solutions in Safety Practice
Feb 08, 2019
05 The Ethics of Safety
Jan 28, 2019
04 The Psychological Norm of Safety
Jan 18, 2019
03 Creating Training Engagement in Safety
Jan 14, 2019
02 Prevention or Prediction of Incidents
Sep 06, 2017
01 Can OSHA influence Change?
Jun 19, 2017