Using Simple Technology to Engage With The Workforce

In this week’s episode, Colin talks about the special ways in which we can creatively engage with our workforce, and boost our productivity and safety. KEY TAKEAWAYS Social media groups are a great way to create engagement, so long as we use it for positive means, and encourage creative input. Safety must be recognised as a priority at all times, but with such powerful technology in everyone’s hands already, the use of it to better engage our staff should be encouraged. BEST MOMENTS ‘I thought it was a simple, straightforward, cost-effective way of using technology to engage better’ ‘If people have got the technology with them, then why not use it in a positive way?’ VALUABLE RESOURCES The Interesting Health & Safety Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/vn/podcast/the-interesting-health-safety-podcast/id1467771449   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).