About

There's a Better Way to Work

This is the place for you if you're a bit fed up with traditional approaches to health and safety. It's definitely the place for you if you've found yourself muttering words I better not publish on my website but am more than comfortable hearing in person. I understand your frustration. Health and safety has become saturated in slogans and models and as quick as you invest in one and drag everyone through the implementation, you're told that it's not the best approach anymore. Back you go to square one. 

The thing is, health and safety is really about humans, systems of work and decision making. It's how those things push and pull together and separately that determine how we see and respond to risk and how we know if we have the right controls. We don't really ever 'do' health and safety here at The Person Factor. What I do with you is make systems of work smarter so that they reflect the real-life part of work, not just what was planned. I use my expertise in human cognition and behaviour to make sure your systems of work set your people up for success and I make sure that your systems have the right amount of flex to accommodate the shift from The Plan to Real Life. Reliable systems of work support people to navigate the dynamic nature of their work with confidence and capability.

At the end of the day, it's all about people going home safe to their families. I bet you have a poster on the wall that speaks to that. I can help you bring it to life.

Working with Me

I'm obsessed with how people work - how they function and dysfunction in the context of performing a task. The dichotomy of how bloody clever we can be versus how fallible we are in these modern times had me hook, line and sinker from day one of my psychology degree.

My various health and safety roles across aluminium smelting, mining, and utilities has proven to me time and again that clunky processes and poorly designed systems will defeat good people every day of the week. If you are serious about wanting to improve health and safety outcomes for your people then there can't be any sacred cows. We need to be really smart about what we are doing. I've got you.

 

Qualifications:

  • Masters of Science - focusing on cognitive & behavioural psychology
  • Certified Fearless Organisation Scan practitioner