Overview

Workplace physical injuries have been in decline over a long period, mental injury statistics are showing no improvement. The thesis of this presentation is that we should adopt those techniques that have helped to deliver improvements in physical safety to improving the workplace mentally.

Presenter

Nigel Bowker, Blackhall Consulting

Nigel Bowker graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from Imperial College, London, in 1976. He also has an MBA from the University of Aberdeen. He worked as a process engineer for two firms of engineering design contractors and then for Shell. He was then employed by BP for 22 years.

Since 2008 he has been an independent consultant specialising in process safety. More recently he has developed the concept of mental safety and published a book “Let’s talk about mental safety”. He chaired the Aberdeen Member Group of the IChemE for three years.

The material presented in this webinar has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter’s own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Teesside Members Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

Time 

13:00—14:00 GMT.

Format

A one-hour online session: 40 minutes' presentation + 20 minutes' Q&A.

Software

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