Opportunities To Enhance the Safety Profession

In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Amanda Clements, Group HSE manager for strategy and wellbeing at Marowak. She’s also the founder and CEO of The Collective Lab, a digital community focused on creating the future of workplace safety. Amanda has 18 years experience in Health and Safety roles for high-risk industries and holds a Master’s in Safety Leadership.

Amanda explains that workplace safety is relatively “immature” when compared to other professions, such as accountancy. She immediately identifies a greater focus on qualifications and non-technical skills as opportunities to develop the industry.

She also highlights gaps, such as a lack of holistic learning and connectivity between safety professionals. Her research uncovered that HSE practitioners feel isolated and undervalued, and Amanda provides evidence-based solutions to these global issues.

Collaboration is key, and Amanda explains how connecting HSE with ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance opportunities and risks) can advance organizational performance and employee wellbeing.

Amanda is adamant that safety professionals should offer much more value than just minimizing harm, and she advocates listening and inquiry as essential skills, enabling HSE practitioners to advance the profession.

Find out more about Amanda’s work by visiting:

Amanda Clements – Helping great teams do extraordinary things

Amanda highlighted - Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

https://www.amazon.com/Range-Generalists-Triumph-Specialized-World/dp/0735214506

She also recommended the Organizational Psychologist and bestselling author Adam Grant:

Adam Grant – Books, Podcast, TED Talks, Newsletter, Articles

Amanda Clements on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/creating-thriving-workplaces

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