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PAPod 612 - Speak Up or Stay Silent: Amy Edmondson on Psychological Safety
Saturday, August 22, 2026 PAPod 612 - Speak Up or Stay Silent: Amy Edmondson on Psychological Safety Episode 977 Host Todd Conklin chats with Harvard’s Amy Edmondson about psychological safety, learning from failure, and how leaders can create workplaces where pe...
PAPod 611 - Command–Adapt Paradox: Rethinking Safety for a Riskier World - David Woods - PART TWO
Saturday, August 15, 2026 PAPod 611 - Command–Adapt Paradox: Rethinking Safety for a Riskier World - David Woods - PART TWO Episode 976 Part two of a deep conversation with Professor David Woods examines five decades of safety practice and argues for a stronger science base, foresight,...
PAPod 610 - Rock the Boat: Reimagining Safety Science with Dr. David Woods PART ONE
Saturday, August 8, 2026 PAPod 610 - Rock the Boat: Reimagining Safety Science with Dr. David Woods PART ONE Episode 975 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-45055-6_8#:~:text=The%20Command%E2%80%93Adapt%20Paradox%20arises,%E2%80%9D%E2%80%94being%20poised%...
PAPod 609 - Ra Donda Brings Us Up to Speed on Her Effort to Change the World
Saturday, August 1, 2026 PAPod 609 - Ra Donda Brings Us Up to Speed on Her Effort to Change the World Episode 974 Join Ra Donda Vought and Todd Conklin and they meet up to discuss how Ra Donda has refined her message to the world and how surprised she is in other,...
PAPod 608 - Modern Safety: How Children's Hospitals Are Rewriting the Rules
Saturday, July 25, 2026 PAPod 608 - Modern Safety: How Children's Hospitals Are Rewriting the Rules Episode 973 Join Todd and Dr. Anne Lynne from the CHOL conference as they explore “modern safety” in children’s hospitals and the SPS mission — how new lenses on ...
PAPod 607 - Croquet Mallets & Outlaws: My Family’s Bonnie and Clyde Encounter
Saturday, July 18, 2026 PAPod 607 - Croquet Mallets & Outlaws: My Family’s Bonnie and Clyde Encounter Episode 972 Host Todd interviews his mother, Gyla Conklin, who recounts a true 1933 encounter when her father, Bill Brock, and friends were held up by Bonnie and ...
PAPod 606 - At the Cusp: How Leadership, Compassion and Worker Voice Are Rewriting Safety
Saturday, July 11, 2026 PAPod 606 - At the Cusp: How Leadership, Compassion and Worker Voice Are Rewriting Safety Episode 971 Todd Conklin talks with Rob Fisher about how leadership, workforce shifts and compassion are reshaping safety and reliability. They explore why organi...
PAPod 605 - When a Meeting Becomes an Emergency: Restoring the Room
Saturday, July 4, 2026 PAPod 605 - When a Meeting Becomes an Emergency: Restoring the Room Episode 970 This episode recounts a medical emergency that occurred during a large conference and explains how a quick critical incident stress debrief helped res...
PAPod 604 - On the Edge: Risks, Resilience, and Red Bull’s Adventure Athlete
Saturday, June 27, 2026 PAPod 604 - On the Edge: Risks, Resilience, and Red Bull’s Adventure Athlete Episode 969 Host Todd Conklin interviews Red Bull athlete Will Gadd about adventure sports, recent tragic incidents (a parachute crash in Butler, Mo., a Moab base...
PAPod 603 - Procedures: The Double-Edged Sword of Safety
Saturday, June 20, 2026 PAPod 603 - Procedures: The Double-Edged Sword of Safety Episode 968 In this episode Todd Conklin explores the paradox of procedures: they keep work stable but also limit flexibility. He explains how procedures can be b...
PAPod 602 - From Brazil with Safety: Gilval and the New View Revolution
Saturday, June 13, 2026 PAPod 602 - From Brazil with Safety: Gilval and the New View Revolution Episode 967 Todd Conklin talks with Gilval Menezes about Brazil’s growing movement to adopt the New View of safety: translating resources into Portuguese, buildin...
PAPod 601 - Rethinking Safety: AI, Pre-Jobs, and the Power of Listening
Saturday, June 6, 2026 PAPod 601 - Rethinking Safety: AI, Pre-Jobs, and the Power of Listening Episode 966 Todd chats with Ron Gantt about the future of safety — from AI-driven pre-task tools to the limits of rote checklists — and why listening to frontline...