Peter Thomas is a UK health and safety professional who threw himself into safety technology because serious accident and fatality numbers there have sat flat for years. He sees AI as the profession's chance to change that.
We spend a good while on the risk assessment and the JSA, where Peter sees real problems. We also get into the knowledge that walks out the door when experienced people leave. He explains how Intuety applies AI to risk assessments so a new one can draw on a company's own policies and lessons learned. He also talks about My Safety Consultant, the directory and support network he built for consultants. He makes the case for talking to boards about safety spend in the language marketing and finance already use.
What we cover in this episode
- Why fatality statistics have flatlined
- What's wrong with how risk assessments get written
- Losing knowledge when experienced people leave
- Sharing lessons through the supply chain
- Leading and lagging indicators and the data we don't have
- Unmeasured safety spending and how to test a control
- Privacy and pooling safety data
- Getting comfortable with AI when it feels daunting
Episode chapters
- 0:00 Meet Peter Thomas
- 1:01 Why fatality stats have flatlined
- 4:05 Peter's path into safety
- 11:12 The problem with risk assessments
- 13:12 The knowledge continuity problem
- 17:18 Supply chain safety
- 22:24 Building a consultancy
- 26:29 My Safety Consultant
- 35:41 Leading and lagging indicators
- 37:43 Talking safety spend in business language
- 40:46 Unmeasured safety spending
- 49:00 Pooling safety data
- 52:03 Getting comfortable with AI
- 1:00:09 AI is more than ChatGPT
- 1:05:13 Who speaks for the profession
- 1:08:18 Wrap up
Connect with Peter Thomas
Find Peter Thomas on LinkedIn.
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About the host
Matt Jones is the founder of Advanced Safety and a HASANZ-registered health and safety consultant. He's a Professional Member of NZISM, holds a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health and founded the New Zealand Health and Safety Professionals community. His book is Raise the Standard: Why Good Organisations Go Blind and How Leaders Restore Visibility.
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