Pivoting A Safety Programme In A New World – with Christian Harris

This week, Colin talks once more to Christian Harris, the founder of Slip Safety Services, experts in slip testing and anti-slip treatments,, about the ingenious ways in which he has pivoted his business model in the wake of the COVID outbreak, and the challenges and victories he has experienced along the way. KEY TAKEAWAYS Part of the reason for the successful transition between business models has been not in finding new ways to work, but communicating the other, more appropriate services that are already in place. The most effective way of ensuring our workplace is COVID resistant, is to first achieve a high level of cleanliness, and then work to maintain it at all times. Cleanliness now must be rooted not in aesthetics, but in scientific certification. It is not enough for an environment to merely look clean. Cleanliness needs to be measured using a “3D” approach: How does it look/feel/smell? Are the hygiene levels suitable?  Think carefully about slip resistance. Danger can be invisible. BEST MOMENTS ‘It’s about knowing you’re doing the right thing and looking yourself in the mirror' ‘You can’t go back to business as usual when it comes to cleaning’ ’The definition of what’s reasonable when it comes to hygiene - I think the bar has been raised’ ‘We need to be careful about our words when it comes to this' VALUABLE RESOURCES The Interesting Health & Safety Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/vn/podcast/the-interesting-health-safety-podcast/id1467771449   Slip Safety - https://slipsafety.co.uk  Decontamination Cleaning - www.decontaminationcleaning.co.uk Christian Harris LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-harris-slip-safety/?originalSubdomain=uk 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).