Speaker: Kevin Jones, Editor, SafetyAtWorkBlog
Challenging mainstream OHS views
Kevin Jones zoomed in this year, but it didn't take away from his engaging presentation, as I'm sure the many attendees will attest.
He began with what he called his "old man rant" - his current view of the OHS world that is guaranteed to provoke our thinking. One issue for him is why there is no outside voice as influential as that of the Trade Unions. This is not a criticism of unions, but rather of the lack of diversity in the voices out there.
As we have come to expect in his presentations, Kevin included an extensive book list and gave an overview of each. You could say that Kevin reads all these books and publications so that the rest of us don't have to, but, on the contrary, a number of attendees were left inspired to delve into some themselves.
What is particularly great about Kevin's reading list is that not all of the publications are directly related to OHS, and yet there is always useful information that can be applied within the OHS sphere. Two such books were The Burnout Doctor and Why Are We Here? Creating a work culture everyone wants.
He also directed us to a recent journal article based on recent UK research, Employee well-being outcomes from individual-level mental health interventions. Full details of all the books he discussed are in the presentation package.
To re-visit Kevin's other presentations from past years, you can do a Search in the Speakers section of our website (log in first).
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