Safety Heroes Podcast With Mousa Yassin
The Health, Safety, and Enviroment space is made of everyday people who are real-life heroes, committed to creating a safe environment and engaging safety culture within their companies. Their priority is to ensure each and everyone of their employees gets to return home after a day’s work unharmed, and that both wellbeing and the planet are a core consideration: they are unsung heroes.
In fact, you never hear about them when they do their jobs right!
We want to celebrate these everyday people and inspire others in that space to look at things differently, improve their safety management plans and overall learn as a collective; making “HSE” a cornerstone of every company’s culture.
So let’s celebrate those leaders from the Health, Safety, and Environment space who stand on the frontline and the emotional/human implications of working in the safety space.
Episodes
56 episodes
#56 - Bryce Griffler - The Hidden Cost of Hiding: Authentic Leadership, Imposter Syndrome & Workplace Safety
What if the shell you've built to protect yourself at work is actually the thing holding you back — and putting others at risk?Bryce Griffler is the co-founder of Safety Is For Everyone and Global Program Manager, Safety & EHS Assura...
#55 - Thomas Krause - Decisions That Set the Stage: The Leadership Cultures That Make Incidents Happen
What if the biggest safety failures in history weren't caused by reckless workers but by leadership decisions made years earlier?Dr. Tom Krause is the Founder of Krause Bell Group and one of the most respected voices...
#54 - Ergin Akbaş - How to Set Up Systems for Success: On HSE and Systems that Work for the Frontline
Today, we're excited to share our latest Safety Heroes episode with Ergin Akbas.With over a decade at AVANGRID managing EHS systems across wind farms, solar projects, and critical infrastructure serving 3 million customers, Ergin has lea...
#53 - Fuzzy Bitar - Putting Safety Back in the Line: On Proportionality, Supervisor Leverage & Point-of-Work AI
Episode SummaryFuzzy Bitar has led safety and operations at global scale, including serving as bp’s Senior Vice President for HSE & Carbon and chairing the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP). He’s known for a...
#52 - Tim Page-Bottorff - Game On for Safety: How to Drive Engagement for Zero-Harm Culture
Tim Page‐Bottorff didn’t “choose” safety—he was drawn to it, and has spent his career transforming how organizations think about risk, culture, and technology. In this episode, the ASSP Vice-President of Safety shares the defining moments that ...
#51 - Declan Davis - Bringing AI and Empathy to the Frontline: On Why Safety Is Human
Declan Davis isn’t just leading safety from the top—he’s walked the pat...
#50 - Steff Williams - Why I Do What I Do: On Putting People First in Safety
In this powerful episode of The Safety Heroes Podcast, we sit down with
#49 - Kate Donovan - The link between Environmental Policy and Human Health
In this episode of The Safety Heroes Podcast, we sit down with Kate...
#48 - Claus Rose - Making Safety Instinctive: On Leadership, Trust & Change
In this compelling episode of The Safety Heroes Podcast, we sit down with Claus Rose, Managing Director of SafeSteps24, to explore how safety can become an instinctive part of our daily work routines. Claus shares his eye-opening insig...
#47 - Bridget Todd - Making Safety Personal: On Building a People-First safety Culture
What does it mean to truly make safety personal? In this episode of The Safety Heroes Podcast,
#46 - Kate Harvey & David Griffiths - On the G+ Mission: Standardizing Offshore Wind Safety
The G+ Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation is a groundbreaking voluntary organization at the forefront of driving change in safety across the offshore wind industry. In this episode, Mou...
#45 - Arijit Paul - Health is Wealth: Prioritising What Truly Matters at Work
In this episode, Mousa sits down with Arijit Paul, a seasoned HSE leader with over 25 years of experience in the energy industry. Currently serving as the Director of Practices at SLB, Arijit shares his insights into energy transition, sustaina...
#44 - Mick Breet - Pressing Pause: Mindfulness at Work and Safety by Design
In this episode, Mousa sits down with Mick Breet, Director of Health, Safety, and Wellbeing for Europe at Danone, to discuss his 17-year experience in the field and his passion for the human ...
#43 - Malcolm Staves - One year of Safety Heroes: reflecting on the power of listening, learning, and leadership
It’s been one whole year of Safety Heroes, and what better way to celebrate than to welcome our first-ever guest back to the studio to reflect on a year of inspiring safety conversations? In this week’s episode, Mousa is j...
#42 - Ben Legg - Engaging teams: On Reimagining Our Approach to Health and Safety
In this week’s episode, Mousa sat down with Ben Legg, an HSEQ expert with nearly 30 years of experience in construction and support services from the UK to the Middle East. He shared ...
#41 - Dr I. David Daniels - From physical safety to addressing psychosocial hazards
In this week’s episode, Dr. I. David Daniels shares his journey from a young firefighter to becoming a leading expert in occupational health and safety, with a deep focus on psychological well-being. Dr. Daniels opens up about his early years i...
#40 - Melissa Mark-Joyce - Beyond compliance and diversity: building a proactive safety culture
In this episode, Melissa Mark-Joyce, Vice President of HSE at Smiths Group, shares her career journey, which spans over two decades in the oil and gas industry and more recently, in manufacturing and pharmaceuticals. She refl...
#39 - Simone Santos - HSE leadership & managing contractor safety in construction and renewables
In this episode, Mousa Yassin interviews Simone Santos, the Global Head of HSE for Enercon, a leading company in renewable energy solutions. Simone elaborates on her career journey, starting from her background in environmental engi...
#38 - Dr Jennet Arshimova - a “journey with care”: cultivating empathy and purpose in HSE leadership
This episode is for the books. We welcome Dr Jennet Arshimova, Managing Director of New HSE and Founder of SHE Time as she shares her personal and eventful journey from being a medical doctor to becoming a health and safety consultant.
#37 - Marieta Yordanova - Collaboration, leadership, and technology to transform the HSE space
In this week’s episode, Marieta Yordanova, Asahi's International Group Health and Safety Director, shares her invaluable insights gained over 24 years in the industry.Marieta underscores the fundamental human right to safety at work and ...
#36 - Marco Barsanti - "walk the talk" and embracing technology in HSE
In this episode, we sit down with Marco Barsanti, Senior Vice President of HSSE for asset operations at Uniper where in a matter of 5min covers how the safety mindset and vision transpire into the overall organisation.He also discusses ...
#35 - James MacPherson on the power of conversation - EHS Congress Mini Episode
Here’s another episode of our EHS Congress Mini Series.Mousa met with James MacPherson, a health and safety professional, managing director of Risk Fluent ltd and the host of the Rebranding Safety podcast. James shares his in...
#34 - Cristina Gómez-García - Soft skills and proactive indicators in HSE
In this episode, Mousa converses with Cristina Gomez-Garcia, HSE team leader at Siemens GAMESA in the renewable sector.They discuss Cristina's 20-year career in health, safety, sustainability, and wellbeing spanning multiple industries.<...
#33 - Dr Jennet Arshimova on impact and empathy in leadership - EHS Congress Mini Episode
In this new episode of our EHS congress Minis, we welcome Dr. Jennet Arshimova, founder of SHEtime and Managing Director of New HSE.Jennet shares her journey in the field of health and safety, emphasising the importance of personal grow...
#32 - Myriam Perrier - Human-centred safety: shifting paradigms in the HSE space
In this podcast episode, Mousa Yassin welcomes Myriam Perrier, Vice President of Research and Development at Perrier Consulting, to discuss her journey and contributions to health, safety, and environment (HSE) and the integration of human-cent...
