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Hosted by YellowBird · business · EN · 75 episodes
Hosted by Michael Zalle, Founder and CEO of YellowBird, The Canary Report: Safety & Risk Management features the sharpest minds in risk management and workplace safety. Each episode dives into bold, real conversations that challenge outdated safety models and cut through compliance theater. You’ll hear from guests who bring a powerful mix of tech-driven insight, human-first experience, and hard-won lessons from the field.Ideal for those leading safety initiatives in construction, logistics, manufacturing, or looking at safety from within the insurance industry, this podcast delivers the insights you need to stay ahead. Tap into real world case studies, stay on top of emerging technologies, and get field-tested strategies that are redefining how safety programs are built and scaled. Real experts. Real outcomes.Your playbook for the future of safety starts here.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHosted by Michael Zalle, Founder and CEO of YellowBird, The Canary Report: Safety & Risk Management features the sharpest minds in risk management and workplace safety. Each episode dives into bold, real conversations that challenge outdated safety models and cut through compliance theater.
The Canary Report: Safety & Risk Management is hosted by YellowBird. The show has published 75 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Why Safety Starts With How We Respond to Mistakes | Chris Murphy" (8 October 2026, 45 minutes), "From Safety Compliance to Safety Ownership: How Leaders Transform Culture | Paul Espenan" (1 October 2026, 47 minutes), and "Why Perspective and Not Compliance Creates a Stronger Safety Culture I Justin Hinks" (24 September 2026, 50 minutes).
The Canary Report: Safety & Risk Management publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 36 minutes across 75 episodes.
Booking probability for The Canary Report: Safety & Risk Management is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Canary Report: Safety & Risk Management requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Canary Report: Safety & Risk Management's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for The Canary Report: Safety & Risk Management are Business & Management Consulting. The Canary Report: Safety & Risk Management has a business audience.
YellowBird hosts The Canary Report: Safety & Risk Management, a business show with 75 episodes published.
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Episode #65
"If that traditional mindset's going to work, then people have to be perfect. And we know, and Safety Differently teaches us, that we all make mistakes. We're all fallible because we're human." - Chris Murphy Safety...
Episode #64
"Safety is a keystone habit. You show me a safe company, I'll show you a well-performing one and vice versa. You cannot separate safety performance from company performance, period." - Paul Espenan Safety leadership is...
Episode #63
“In our career field, we can't be in cruise control. Right? Safety matters too darn much to put it in cruise control." - Justin Safety leadership is not about adding another checklist or sending another reminder. It is...
Episode #62
“My goal is to make our frontline leaders, the foremen, the superintendents, the general foremen, to make those folks professional risk managers.” Devin Woods, Director of Safety at ArchKey Solutions. Safety leadership...
Episode #61
"Never be afraid of what the three most terrifying words in our business are: 'I don't know’. Because if you don't know, you can find out." - John Kanyan, Director EHS PepsiCo Safety leadership is not about adding more...
Episode #60
One of the things I always say to my team is, how can we move from firefighters to proactive fire marshals?”Jesse Marano, Director of Global EHS at EVAPCO. Safety leadership isn’t about responding faster when something...
Episode #59
"A strong safety culture lives at the intersection of psychological safety, lived experience, and consistency across people, backgrounds, and shifts." - Jeffrey Bowers, Owner/Consultant of Dream Bay Services LLC. Safety...
Episode #58
"If the system really works, the employees are doing the right thing. Their leaders are doing the right thing and committed to health and safety as well." Words of wisdom from Jeff Schmitt, CSP, Director of Corporate...
Episode #57
I think safety leadership definitely starts with incident prevention through human connection. I spoke with Joseph Klinzing from GE Healthcare to learn about his journey from the US Army to managing rigging operations...
Episode #56
Safety Leadership and Zero Harm are at the heart of my conversation with Christopher Diaz from Balfour Beatty. We talk about his forty year career in Workplace Safety and his transition from pulling nails to executive...
Episode #55
Workplace safety culture and risk management are the primary drivers of my conversation with Robert Poole from D. H. Griffin Companies. Managing construction safety programs and incident prevention takes on a whole new...
Episode #54
One of my recent realisations is that workplace safety culture isn’t built on the words we say but on the actions we allow. I invited Jim Wathen from CW Driver to share how he transformed his team into safety champions...
Episode #53
Workplace safety and construction safety management require more than just a degree on a wall. Nathan Haynes and I talk about how real life experience trumps certifications when you need to keep people safe on the road...
Episode #52
I discuss workplace safety and food safety management with Laura McCready to understand how risk management protects the inner body. We look at the intersection of compliance and regulations where machine guards...
Episode #51
I recently spoke with James Ferrell about Safety Leadership and Perdue Farms Risk Management strategies. We talked about his transition from flying the V-22 Osprey in the Air Force to leading safety for twenty thousand...
Episode #50
In this talk about workplace safety culture and EHS leadership, I talk about vulnerability transforming high-stakes environments. I host Lori Elam from Takeda Pharmaceuticals to discuss her twenty-five year journey in...
Episode #49
I talk with Todd Thams about how a workers compensation insurance experience mod score functions as a credit rating for your business risk management strategy. We discuss why a score above one point zero can stop you...
Episode #48
I discuss workplace safety and construction safety management with Derek Cox to see how safety leadership and site safety improve through human connection. We talk about how risk management and safety culture evolve...
Episode #47
<br>I am joined by William LePage, the VP of Health and Safety at Posillico Civil, to unpack how a risk management strategy functions at scale. We dive into his journey of safety program development and why leading...
Episode #46
<br>Join me as I discuss construction safety management and incident prevention with Jim Ruggiero, who shares 40 years of wisdom on building a true safety culture. We look beyond basic OSHA compliance to address the...
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