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Today on the show, we listen to a presentation by Steve Scott that took place at Energy Safety Canada. Here is the content of the presentation - Many organizations have operated under the principle that "zero incidents" is the only acceptable outcome, believing every incident is preventable. Despite these efforts, serious injuries and fatalities still occur.

Join Steve Scott in a session that challenges long-held safety beliefs and explores a new approach to protecting workers. This session will introduce the first principle of Human and Organizational Performance: Error is Normal.

Instead of focusing solely on preventing injuries, what if we shifted our attention to protecting workers, even when things go wrong?

Learn more about Steve’s transition from a "zero tolerance" approach to a focus on "failing safely" – and what that shift could mean for the future of workplace safety.

Don't forget to listen to the convo between me and Steve Scott at the end of his presentation.

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Listen to this episode where Jodi covers - Executives and senior leaders must have clear visibility of the current state of safety performance to make better decisions. But could the safety performance metrics we use in high hazard industries be doing more harm than good?

This presentation will explore the purpose, use – and unintended outcomes – of one of the most popular KPI metrics – the LTIFR. And how the causes of recordable injuries are very different to the causes of fatalities.

It tells the story of Deepwater Horizon and BP's focus on recordable injuries, and explores the current research on the issue.

This presentation helps companies understand that managing the LTIFR does not help with preventing fatalities.

In today’s episode, Jay Allen opens up about a topic more common than most admit—imposter syndrome. Whether you're just starting your journey or you've been at it for years, the feeling of not being "enough" can sneak in. Jay challenges that voice of doubt, reminding listeners that mimicking others is sometimes part of the process—it’s the echo before your own signal emerges. If you’ve ever questioned your place or your value, this short episode is your reminder: you're not an imposter, you're evolving. Keep pushing forward.

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In this powerful episode of Safety FM with Jay Allen, we take you inside the Energy Safety Canada conference in Banff for a keynote that doesn't hold back. Dr. Sean Brady—renowned forensic engineer and author of the Brady Review—delivers a sobering, deeply detailed breakdown of mining fatalities, exposing how ineffective controls, weak supervision, and compliance theater are costing lives.

Brady walks us through real incidents, including a fatal bus rollover, revealing how organizations too often blame people while the system quietly decays. With insights on high reliability organizations (HROs), drift into failure, and the illusion of "training" as a fix-all, this episode challenges the very foundation of traditional safety thinking.

You’ll also hear a candid follow-up conversation between Jay and Sean as they explore critical controls, learning culture, and the line between HOP and HRO philosophy.

This isn’t a rebrand of old ideas. It’s a wake-up call.

🔍 Topics Covered:

• What really causes fatalities in high-hazard industries
• Why administrative controls dominate post-incident actions
• The illusion of compliance vs. control effectiveness
• How drift and production pressure silently erode systems
• Bridging HOP and HRO in a meaningful way

📡 This is not a manual. It's a decoded transmission.

What are your non negotiables, lets discuss that now on Safety FM Mini.

In a truly unique twist, Jay Allen hands over the mic (sort of) to longtime friend and fellow safety disruptor Sheldon Primus—only to have the interview about Safety, In My Opinion take a very unexpected turn. What starts as a conversation about Jay’s new book quickly evolves into a deep dive on simulation theory, HOP, tattoos, the origin of Safety FM, and the system cracks we’ve all been trained to ignore.

From the tragedy that sparked Jay’s shift from operations to safety, to confronting burnout, binaural beats, archetypes, and that infamous question mark tattoo—this episode unpacks it all. Plus: a behind-the-scenes story about the 30,000-download episode that launched Safety FM into orbit.

🔓 Bonus: Free audiobook code inside and a sneak peek at Safety Mutation and the upcoming Safety Transmission—completing the Signal Transmission Trilogy.

🧠 Systems. Signal. Simulation. It’s not a podcast episode—it’s a decoded transmission.