Episodes

  • How Do Officers Conduct 
PHS Due Diligence? - with Dr Louise Deacon

    How Do Officers Conduct 
PHS Due Diligence? - with Dr Louise Deacon
    May 12 2025
    In this episode, hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Dr Louise Deacon, psychological health and safety consultant at Thought:Process. Louise shares insights from her PhD research exploring how Officers conduct their due diligence duties in relation to psychosocial risk.
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    49 mins
  • Protecting the Mental Health of Safety Professionals - with Kelly Nicoll

    Protecting the Mental Health of Safety Professionals - with Kelly Nicoll
    Apr 28 2025
    CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains references to suicide In this episode, UK hosts Peter and Kate chat with Kelly Nicoll, President and Chair of Council for the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). She shares her observations on generational differences in perspectives on mental health and stigma, and discusses the importance of mental health within the safety profession.
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    39 mins
  • Mental Wellbeing in Rail - with Joana Faustino

    Mental Wellbeing in Rail - with Joana Faustino
    Apr 15 2025
    In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Joana Faustino, Chartered Psychologist and Principle Health and Wellbeing Specialist at The Rail Safety and Standards Board. Joana takes us through the RSSB's 'Mental Wellbeing in Rail: Achieving Change' project and shares learnings and next steps.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • What's at Risk? Canadian Study on Workplace Connection (part 2) - with Dr. Leah Ringwald

    What's at Risk? Canadian Study on Workplace Connection (part 2) - with Dr. Leah Ringwald
    Apr 7 2025
    This episode is the second episode in a two-part series. Host Kim MacDonald and guest Dr. Leah Ringwald discuss the Conference Board's study into social connection in Canadian workplaces, titled, Real Connections in a Virtual World: Designing Remote Workplaces for Social Connections. Dr. Leah Ringwald is the Conference Board of Canada's associate director of health and human capital and research lead on workplace mental health and well-being.
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    33 mins
  • Psych Health & Safety with Comcare

    Psych Health & Safety with Comcare
    Apr 1 2025
    In this episode Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with Luka Campbell, Director National Regulatory Programs, and Kathy Naumczyk, Assistant Director Psychosocial Regulation at Comcare. Luka and Kathy take us through Comcare's recently published psychosocial Code of Practice and talk about their psychosocial inspection program. https://www.comcare.gov.au/scheme-legislation/whs-act/comcare-inspections/psychosocial-inspections
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Drafting a Standard for Suicide Prevention - with Sarah Ambrose

    Drafting a Standard for Suicide Prevention - with Sarah Ambrose
    Mar 25 2025
    CONTENT WARNING: The conversation in this episode mentions suicide In this episode, UK host Peter Kelly chats with Sarah Ambrose, Business Psychologist. They talk about recent trends in how UK businesses have been perceiving and prioritising worker wellbeing, and Sarah shares her reflections as a member of the drafting panel establishing a standard for suicide prevention.
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    44 mins
  • Building a workplace that is resistant to sexual harassment - with Michelle Tuckey

    Building a workplace that is resistant to sexual harassment - with Michelle Tuckey
    Mar 17 2025
    In this episode, Australian hosts Jason and Joelle chat with returning guest Dr Michelle Tuckey, Professor of Work & Organisational Psychology at the University of South Australia. Building on her bullying research, Michelle gives us the inside scoop into her latest research project focused on cultivating systemic safety to prevent workplace sexual harassment. She shares the three-year plan for the project, early hypotheses, and intended outputs.
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    41 mins
  • Starting with Trust with Megan Hunter

    Starting with Trust with Megan Hunter
    Mar 10 2025
    In this episode Ian Lewis interviews Megan Hunter to explore the dynamics of being an internal or external consultant to an organization and modelling psychological safety while doing psychological health and safety. It seems intuitive but one needs to be reminded organizations need to have pre-requisite trust and psychological safety to do the work required to gather, disclose, and contextualize their data. They also go on a short rabbit trail about why Canadians often begin events and episodes with a land acknowledgment and honour indigenous people.
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    57 mins