Better questions create safer systems.
Practical thinking on work health and safety, officer due diligence, risk governance and how organisations learn. These articles connect research, legal developments and real-world experience with decisions leaders can act on.
AI Is Changing the Work. Are Your Controls Keeping Up?
AI implementation is not only a technology decision. It is a redesign of work—and leaders need evidence that the redesigned work remains safe in practice.
Read the article →Governance & due diligence
What officers, directors and senior leaders need to know about assurance, verification, contractor governance and changing WHS expectations.
2 June 2026What if the metrics you celebrate most are the ones telling you the least?
Why injury statistics cannot show whether an organisation has the capacity and resilience to manage tomorrow's risks.
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2 September 2025Navigating the Latest WHS, IR and Workers Compensation Reforms in NSW
A practical overview of significant reforms and the shift towards proactive, systemic risk management.
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22 August 2025Why Telling Contractors How to Work Could Cost You Millions
A court decision showing why consultation and respect for expertise matter when managing contractor risk.
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6 August 2025Ticked Every Box, Missed Every Risk
What major accident investigations reveal about audit blind spots, surface compliance and false assurance.
Read on LinkedIn →Systems & controls
Moving beyond paperwork and blame to design controls that remain effective in complex, variable work.
15 December 2025A Practical Guide to Improving Systems Without Losing Accountability
How to strengthen systems while maintaining fair, meaningful individual accountability.
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7 December 2025Human Error Isn't the Cause, It's the Clue
Why effective prevention begins by understanding and redesigning the conditions in which people work.
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16 November 2025When Non-Compliance Makes Us Safer
What aviation teaches us about professional judgement, adaptation and real-world risk.
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19 May 2025Safety Is Value
Why settling for lower-level controls should become the exception rather than the organisational default.
Read on LinkedIn →Investigation & learning
Using disciplined inquiry, operational evidence and learning approaches to understand why outcomes make sense in context.
25 February 2026Accident Investigations Aren't Broken. Our Assumptions About Them Are.
Evidence from aviation challenges simplistic claims about investigation methods and organisational learning.
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13 August 2025The Climber Trusted the System. The System Failed Him.
A learning report on maintenance, verification, competence and governance failures behind a fatal fall.
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22 June 2025Beyond Root Cause
How learning teams can complement traditional root cause analysis and reveal how work is actually performed.
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Safety leadershipAre Your Safety Numbers Lying to You?
The hidden cost of production pressure and the danger of relying on reassuring outcome measures.
Read on LinkedIn →Emerging & human risks
Critical thinking about AI, digital work, fatigue and the changing conditions that influence safe performance.
29 August 20253 Risks That Keep the CEO of OpenAI Up at Night
What retaining the ability to intervene can teach risk leaders about emerging high-consequence technologies.
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10 August 2025AI Is Now a Workplace Hazard
What NSW's digital work reforms mean for leaders, WHS professionals and the design of algorithmic work.
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22 November 2024Sleepless on the Job
The hidden organisational costs of fatigue, irregular working patterns and inadequate recovery.
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5 November 2024Critical Thinking in the Age of AI and ChatGPT
Why judgement, scrutiny and human reasoning become more important as AI tools become commonplace.
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