The Easiest Way to Lose a Crew
Michelle Hruby shares how hands-on field experience, difficult conversations and consistency shaped her approach to safety leadership. From earning the trust of skeptical crews to using AI to ask better questions during incident investigations, she explains why effective safety professionals must be willing to step outside the office, challenge unsafe practices and lead by example.
Brian Fielkow & Associates – Safety Is the Accelerant: Brian Fielkow on Why Safe Companies Grow Faster
Brian did not arrive in safety the usual way. He started out practising business law in Milwaukee, where meeting clients across a range of industries taught him to look for patterns. He went to work for his favourite client, a three generation recycling company, helped grow it, and sold it to Waste Management.
York Construction – Sometimes You’re Just Getting Lucky: Cody Woolf on the Gap Between No Incidents and Real Safety
Cody Woolf examines the gap between a clean incident record and genuine safety culture, sharing insights on field leadership, corrective actions, AI, mental health, and building trust with workers.
Private Investigator to Safety Leader
Cynthia Konkin’s journey from private investigator to workplace safety leader shows how empathy, root cause analysis, and people-first leadership can transform safety culture across industries.
Richard Thorpe on Ignoring the Safety Fads
Richard Thorpe names the opposite. He is a Supervisor of Health and Safety at ATCO, the Calgary-based energy and utilities company, and he came to the profession sideways. His first career was in security management, and at a fork in the road he chose safety over becoming a police officer. He holds his CRSP, the Canadian benchmark certification, along with his CHSC. He spent about 15 years as a technical specialist before moving into leadership four years ago. After two decades in the field, he is still looking for his next mentor, and he will tell you the industry’s latest breakthrough usually isn’t one. What Thorpe wants is unfashionable: do the fundamentals better, and stop chasing the next big thing.
Leading With Humanity: Megan Scott on Building Safety That People Trust
Trust, not enforcement, is the foundation of effective safety. Discover how people-first safety leadership helps build credibility, engagement, and real risk control by putting people before policy.
Building Safety Through Understanding
Ethan Winder’s approach to safety leadership goes beyond rules, he focuses on communication, trust, and understanding the real work people do. By leading with empathy and integrity, he helps build safety cultures where people feel heard, valued, and empowered.
BIS Safety Software wins 2026 Readers’ Choice Award for HSE management technology
BIS Safety Software has been named the 2026 Readers’ Choice winner for HSE Management Technology by Canadian Occupational Safety, following a vote by OHS professionals across Canada.
How to Choose the Best EHS Software for Your Organization
Choosing the best EHS software isn’t just a tech choice, it’s a strategic decision that shapes safety culture, compliance, and productivity. With clear goals and cross-department collaboration, organizations can select a system that truly supports workers and drives long-term improvement.
JMA Human Reliability Strategies – Building Reliable Teams: Scan & Focus, Psychological Safety, and After-Action Reviews with Jake Mazulewicz
In this episode of Safety Spotlight, Jake walks through his winding path from volunteer firefighter and EMT, to Army paratrooper, to PhD, to leading human performance specialist for high risk utilities and technical teams across North America.
