Nerding Out About People – with Sam Goodman

Has Health & Safety become a nerdy subject? When is it okay to truly “nerd out” about such an important subject? Well perhaps that day has come, as Colin meets Sam Goodman, otherwise known as “The HOP Nerd”, a specialist in Human & Organisational Performance, who joins the show to discuss the most important part of any business: people! KEY TAKEAWAYS There is a thriving community of health and safety advocates in the world right now. People seem more than willing to put aside egos in favour of spreading the message. One of the main challenges for anyone in a senior position who wishes to implement change, is that they must allow themselves to be vulnerable. This is a real issue for those who have been inherently taught that seniority equals infallibility. Our mission is to make the world a better place in which to work, but we need to also ensure that we, as frontline safety advocates, are safe in the first place. By engendering an atmosphere of honesty and open communication, we naturally encourage more voices to feel comfortable enough to speak out. This in turn leads to positive, overwhelming change from every area of a business. The formula for bridging the divide between the preconceptions that executives and workers have for each other, is to alter the image that each believes about the other. BEST MOMENTS ‘It’s been transformational in terms of my thinking’ ’Executives don’t realise how visible they are’ ‘We need to create an environment where honesty is possible’ ‘If honesty is possible, then learning is possible' VALUABLE RESOURCES The Interesting Health & Safety Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/vn/podcast/the-interesting-health-safety-podcast/id1467771449 The HOP Nerd - http://www.thehopnerd.com Sam Goodman Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehopnerd1 Sam Goodman LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-goodman-03a95391/ ABOUT THE HOST Colin Nottage ‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.’ This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into industry. Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions. He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes that are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem-solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation. Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses. Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive. He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought-after health and safety speaker and trainer. He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).