Hosted by Brent Janke · 🇺🇸 US · EN-CA · 21 episodes
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Safety itself is not the absence of injuries or incidents, but the attitudes, actions, behaviours, and processes that exist that assures that injuries and incidents don’t occur. Safety Starts With Me (SSWM) is a discussion of all things safety to help assure that nobody gets hurt.
Brent Janke hosts Safety Starts With Me, a business show with 21 episodes published.
Safety failures are rarely caused by ignorance. In almost every serious incident, someone knew. Someone sensed risk corralling quietly near the edge of normal work. Someone had enough information to pause, question, or i
Organizations love firefighters. They celebrate the individual who storms into chaos, takes decisive action under pressure, and rescues the operation from imminent failure. These figures are praised in town halls, reward
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As organizations enter 2026, the landscape of safety leadership is evolving faster than ever. The old paradigm—where safety was primarily about compliance, rules, and reactive programs—is giving way to a more integrated,
There is a phrase that has crept quietly into incident investigations, executive briefings, and regulatory testimony: the safety system failed . It is spoken with the neutrality of a coroner’s report and the comfort of d
There is a profound difference between a slogan that decorates a wall and a principle that governs behavior. “Safety Starts with Me” is routinely treated as the former—printed on posters, embedded in slide decks, and rec
A deep dive into the findings from the BP Macondo Explosion and Fire from April 20, 2010.
Welcome to SSWM podcast and where we dive into the most crucial aspects of safety, leadership, and operational preparedness. I’m your host, Brent Janke and today, we’re discussing some of the differences amongst BBS, HOP
In this episode we explore Situational Awareness. We look at what it is and how it helps to prevent injuries, accidents, and ones involvement in incidents both on the job and off.
On the 20th Anniversary of the BP Texas City explosion that claimed 15 lives and refocused the oil and gas industry on the importance of Process Safety, we take a deep dive into the Final Investigation Report on the inci
In this episode we dive into the three "P's" of safety: Personal safety, Process Safety, and Psychological Safety and discuss how a focus on all three "P's" are needed to ensure that a safety culture is created within yo
It was a cold morning on March 12, 2009. The sun had just begun to rise over the North Atlantic, casting a dull glow over the icy waters east of Newfoundland. The offshore oil fields of Hibernia and White Rose, bustling
It was the evening of February 14, 1982, a night that began like many others on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland—cold, dark, and unforgiving. The Ocean Ranger, the world's largest semi-submersible drilling rig, stood sent
Today, we’re discussing The Boeing 737 Max 8 lessons learned — a sobering tale with powerful lessons for safety, leadership, regulatory oversight, and corporate integrity. We'll dive into what happened, the root causes,
In this episode, we’ll define what emergency preparedness and response entail, cover the fundamentals of implementing a successful plan, explore best practices, and examine real-world cases where the lack of preparedness
Psychological safety is the belief that one can speak up, share ideas, and take risks without fear of punishment, ridicule, or reprisal. It’s about feeling safe to bring your whole self to work without the anxiety of mak
During this episode, we’ll explore what Lockout/Tagout is, why it’s important, the fundamentals of how to perform it properly, some best practices, and real-world examples of what can happen when this process is neglecte
Today we’re going to dive into a topic that is crucial for keeping everyone safe on the road—whether you're commuting to work or transporting goods across long distances—it's called Journey Management. And this is a perf
It is a classic concept that hubris precedes the fall. Operational and technical arrogance—the idea that you and/or your organization is smarter than everyone else—is something that every leader needs to be constantly vi
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Safety Starts With Me is hosted by Brent Janke. The show is categorised under business (management) and has published 21 episodes.
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