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 People Power: Transform your business in the era of safety and wellbeing

Tuesday 28th June 2022
People Power is very much a book that reflects its time; as its subtitle suggests, this really does feel like 'the era of safety and wellbeing'. In this respect, the author does a fine job of mapping out how the perceived momentousness of this historical milieu might play out in the real-life work environment.
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 Book club: A practical guide for OH on consultation and report writing

Thursday 16th June 2022
The author has written this guide with the aim of filling gaps in knowledge around mental illness in the workplace, and occupational health consultation and report writing.
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 Essentials of Safety: Maintaining the Balance

Friday 13th May 2022
As the author says, this book is not a book about safety, it is a book about people. This book looks at the way that people think and act in the context of occupational safety and health.
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 Listen: how to find the words for tender conversations

Thursday 21st April 2022
This book by Kathryn Mannix shares her healthcare experience in palliative medicine of how to handle conversations tenderly.
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 Book club: How to unchain your brain in a hyper-connected multitasking world

Monday 11th April 2022
This easy-to-read guide to unchaining your brain is short, concise and practices what it preaches. The book’s primary theme is simply focusing on one thing at a time, and as its theme, it’s a short, sharp and effortless read.
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 Book review: Catastrophe and Systemic Change

Friday 6th August 2021
This excellent book by Gill Kernick shines a light on all those undercurrents and how, as you read this, they may even be undermining your safety management system.
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 Book review: Investigative Interviewing

Thursday 1st July 2021
Investigative Interviewing: what it is, where it came from and how to use it, by Andrew J Farrall CMIOSH.
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Tim Marsh reviews Malcolm Gladwell's latest work

 Book review: Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

Friday 1st May 2020
Tim Marsh on Malcolm Gladwell's latest work
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 Book review: Rebel Ideas by Matthew Syed

Friday 24th April 2020
Rebel Ideas by Matthew Syed
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 This book isn’t perfect. From a safety excellence perspective, we know that culture is king and that line management drives it. Therefore, seeing culture described as an “intriguing topic” raises an eyebrow, as does a tone that seems to assume Human Resou

Friday 14th February 2020
This book isn’t perfect. From a safety excellence perspective, we know that culture is king and that line management drives it. Therefore, seeing culture described as an “intriguing topic” raises an eyebrow, as does a tone that seems to assume Human Resources own and drive wellbeing rather than help line management to do so.
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