Health & safety that stands up to scrutiny
We help New Zealand organisations operating in complex, high-risk environments move from paperwork and assumption to evidence-based safety assurance.
Trusted across Aotearoa
HASNZ Registered
500+ NZ Organisations
NZ H&S Professionals Network
Aligned to ISO Frameworks
Compliance anxiety.
Mounting paperwork. Health and safety procedures that look right on paper but drift from what actually happens on site. A leadership team unsure where the real risk sits. Officers carrying due diligence exposure they couldn't defend in front of a regulator on a bad day.
Confident capability.
A clear picture of where your systems perform and where they leak, starting with a proper health and safety audit. Plain-English procedures your people actually follow. Officers who show evidence, not optimism.
We diagnose. We design. We sustain.
Three proprietary frameworks. One operating model. Each framework is the engine behind a specific stage of how we work with you and the products that deliver it.
G.A.P.E
"Where are we exposed, what is real and what needs to change?"
Our diagnostic framework. Maps the gap between what leaders believe is happening, what documents say, what people actually do, and what evidence exists to prove it.
S.A.F.E.T.Y
"How do we design the leadership architecture that closes the gap?"
A leadership architecture framework for high-risk organisations. An executive operating system for risk visibility and performance. Not a compliance checklist. Not a culture programme.
S.A.F.E.T.Y explained
Strategy – direction, critical risks, risk appetite
Accountability – ownership, officer due diligence
Feedback – escalation, worker voice, signal vs noise
Execution – verification, work-as-done, discipline
Trust – psychological safety, integrity, followthrough
You – courage, identity, leadership maturity
F.E.E.D
"How do we keep improving and prove the system is working?"
The continuous learning and visibility engine. The system that keeps leadership connected to reality. Turns feedback, engagement, observations and evidence into board-ready insight.
F.E.E.D explained
Feed – speed of signal, leadership listening
Engagement – co-design, frontline participation
Evidence – verification, control effectiveness, assurance
Development – learning rhythm, organisational maturity
From uncertainty to evidence-based assurance.
Four phases. Each phase has a framework behind it and a set of products that deliver it.
Diagnose
We identify where leadership expectations, documented systems, operational practice and available evidence do not currently align.
Compliance Compass Lite / Full
ISO gap reviews
Documentation reviews
Critical risk reviews
Design
We design the leadership rhythm, accountability structure, system architecture and implementation plan required to close the gap.
Safety Shield 180
Safety Shield Pro
Implementation Partner Placement
Leadership workshops
Sustain
We turn feedback, engagement and operational evidence into consistent improvement, practical learning and visible assurance.
Safety Connect
Advisory retainers
Inspections
Maturity reporting
Assure
We review progress, identify drift, verify controls and provide the evidence leaders need for confident decision-making.
Annual Assurance Review
Board reporting pack
Officer walkthroughs
Ongoing advisory
Who we work with
"I don't help leaders create more paperwork. I help them build evidence they can rely on."
Matt Jones
- Matt Jones. Founder, Advanced Safety · HASANZ Registered · Author, Raise the Standard
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Matt Jones on what executive safety leadership actually looks like.
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Health and safety that stands up to scrutiny. For NZ organisations operating in complex, high-risk environments.