EPISODE · Jun 18, 2026 · 47 MIN
#58 - Kathy Seabrook - Put Safety on the P&L: How to Sell the Business Case for Safety to the C-Suite
from Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin
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 always been the people side of sustainability. She walks through "impact valuation": putting the value workers create onto the P&L using data finance already understands. It's a conversation about money that keeps coming back to people as a great business decision.In this episode: • Why the harm-reduction argument has run its course • "Impact valuation" — pricing the value people create, not the cost of harm • Discretionary energy and the cost of re-hiring: making safety measurable • Why "what gets measured gets managed" keeps teams stuck • The one question to ask when you hit the boardroom wall⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:53 Heart, compassion and trust at the core of safety 06:17 The chemistry class that changed her career 09:42 "I just said yes" — ASSP, ISO standards, a career of saying yes 19:48 What impact valuation actually means 24:12 Discretionary energy: the 150% worker efficiency26:16 Putting retention on the P&L (the $6,000 hire) 29:32 An ergonomics business case a CFO can follow 37:25 Why safety teams stay stuck 42:49 The one question for a stuck safety leader 47:01 Why safety is already inside human-capital metrics🔗 Connect with Kathy Seabrook on linkedin· Book: Connecting the Dots: Environment, Health, Safety, and Sustainability (Wiley, 2024) Connect with the Host Mousa Yassin on LinkedinPixaera: pixaera.comSafety Heroes is the Health, Safety & Environment podcast by Pixaera. New episodes weekly.Send us a message! If you like this podcast episode, subscribe here and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest from our HSE community and guests. Connect with our CEO and host, Mousa, today to stay updated on Safety Heroes, Pixaera, and more. Do you want to be a guest on Safety Heroes, or know someone who would be a great fit? We’d love to hear from you. Send us a message on LinkedIn or email [email protected].
Embed this episode
What this episode covers
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 always been the people side of sustainability. She walks through "impact valuation": putting the value workers create onto the P&L using data finance already understands. It's a conversation about money that keeps coming back to people as a great business decision. In this episode: • Why the harm-reduction argument has run its cour...
Ready to play
#58 - Kathy Seabrook - Put Safety on the P&L: How to Sell the Business Case for Safety to the C-Suite
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
No similar episodes found.
Similar Podcasts
No similar podcasts found.