There are conversations I bring you on the podcast which have a specific focus, topic or slant. There are others, which are simply conversations that I want to have, and I thought I would invite you in to listen. I love exploring my own curiosity about people, their stories and experiences and insights. This is one of those conversations, which is why this episode is called, Thinking Out Loud, with Adam Johns.
Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap.
Since you’re listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way. Welcome to you, you’re in the right place. If this is your first time listening in, thanks for joining us and well done for trying something different to improve! And of course welcome back to all of you wonderful regular listeners.
This is a long episode too. You’ll hear a fair bit about Adam’s background and where he is now, so without further ado,
Here’s Adam Johns:
You know I’m all about better learning which drives better performance. You should also know that passive learning, like a podcast, is nowhere near as impactful as learning in which you can engage more actively.
And, regular listeners will know that I have had feedback in the past that my takeaways at the end of each conversation can be both really helpful, or might unnecessarily constrain a listener to not explore their own insights and takeaways.
So I hope you will engage in an experiment with me. I won’t share any takeaways from me this week, instead I invite you all to share one takeaway. The thing is that the stats show me how many hundred of you listen, even within a day of a new episode coming out, so how amazing would it be if even just some of you, shared one insight publically, for the rest of us to see?
The way to do this is simple: add a comment below, to share your insight. A sentence or two. 20-30 seconds is all it will take.
I know it’s really easy to smash through podcasts while on the train or at the gym or at work. Listen, finish, next one. I’m inviting you to pause just a little, and do this one thing, share one insight, because it will help you, and it will help all of us.
Let’s see if we can’t leverage this amazing technology to crowdsource learning insights, so you aren’t just limited to your own thoughts and mine, we can tap into an exponential amount of insight from each other. Take half a minute and share your takeaway in a comment below. I can’t wait to read what you share. And I will update you next episode on how it went, so you have a feedback loop.
Thanks so much for listening. Until next time, what’s the one thing you’ll do to take positive, effective or rewarding action, to grow yourself, and drastically improve health and safety along the way? Seeya!
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Hi Andrew,
I’d like to thank you and Adam for this insightful conversation.
Also, I’d like to mention that my light-bulb moment whilst listening to this episode was when Adam explained the power of language and how he did it with small homeopathic doses.
Unintentionally, I did something similar as I shared many articles, podcasts and audiobooks on the New View with a number of people across my organisation and it has gained their attention, and they are extremely curious now. I really liked the way Adam strategically used it to create momentum slowly and patiently.
I think Adam may have nailed the key starting point for safety practitioners trying to influence their organisations on this new learning ride.
Thanks a lot!
Thanks Paulo for taking up the challenge to share your big takeaway. I actually changed the first title of this episode from something more general, to the insight about language, because on reflection that was a light bulb for me too! I had a similar conversation as your story with a great colleague last week, who took the same ‘small, homeopathic dose’ approach, and amongst other things has been credited with a major turnaround in one specific leader who everyone else thought would never embrace different thinking. Persistence, one by one, every day! Thanks for your awesome work Paulo
Hi Paulo,
Many thanks for your comment about the conversation; I’m glad it was of value to you.
Great to hear that you adopted the same approach with the bitesize language change strategy. Slow and steady wins the race!
I think more and more people are catching on that you can’t change thinking without changing language, and that’s for any change, not just safety.
Good luck with your organisational change efforts.
All the best,
Adam
Hi Andrew and Adam
Thank you for the interesting episode.
This was really good timing as we are probably all getting ready for an exciting kickoff to 2021.
My takeout from the podcast is we always need to continue to educate leaders to help them make decisions. Don’t wait for them to ask or “be ready” to take the next step. Provide them with options and information so they can make the best decisions. It is also a good reminder that we need to carefully consider how we work with employees who are involved in incidents. There are always opportunities to learn, but we need to create an environment where we are allowing learning. Sounds so simple :-)….
Good luck with the new chapter Adam.
Take care,
Louise
Always continue….! Yes! Patient, persistent, generously giving to our leaders.
Thanks for your takeaways Louise!
I hope 2021 is a great year for you 🙂
Hi Louise,
Thanks for the feedback and good wishes.
You’re absolutely right. We do need to continuously educate leaders in making decisions.
All the best,
Adam
Hi Andrew and Adam,
For the first time I listened to a podcast while completing a Parkrun here in Brisbane. Thanks for giving me my worst time ever… I had to keep stopping and rewinding and listening again. That was a brilliant episode. I also subscribe to the theory that the language you use is vital to safety success. I remember saying when I started in my current role that I was here to change the conversation about risk.
Well done!