WorkShift Podcast

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Learning from others' experiences

It’s been said that we learn from experience. But we can learn a lot more when we add the experiences of others to our own.

On WorkShift, we're putting leaders in workplace safety on the mic to talk health, safety, but most of all, leadership in a world that has changed forever. Hear the stories behind their successes, and their failures, and how they’re meeting the same challenges you may be facing.

Whether you’re a leader or someone who enjoys inspiring conversations, WorkShift will change the way you think about work.

Getting Back is Part of Getting Better

In episode eleven of the WorkShift podcast, Interim CEO Shelley Rowan speaks with Dr. Leisha Hawker and Dr. Manoj Vohra about a physician’s role to help Nova Scotians recover from a workplace injury and make a safe and timely return to work.  Learn more about this episode.

Supporting Successful Recoveries 

In episode ten of the WorkShift podcast, Interim CEO Shelley Rowan speaks with Emergency Medical Care Melissa Jenkins Manager of Health and Wellness about how the organization keeps workers safe and facilitates their successful return to work with a comprehensive and proactive approach if injury does occur. Learn more about this episode. 

Lessons In Leadership: The Best of WorkShift

In this special episode of the WorkShift podcast, Interim CEO Shelley Rowan and Safety Services Nova Scotia President and CEO Craig Whitehead reflect on some of their favourite clips from past episodes. Learn more about this episode.

Cultivating a Culture of Safety 

In episode eight of the WorkShift podcast, WCB’s Interim CEO Shelley Rowan talks to Deputy Ministers Ava Czapalay and April Howe about their roles to help guide the priorities for the province and set the tone on what it's like to live and work here in Nova Scotia. Learn more about this episode.

Activity in the Workplace

In episode seven of the WorkShift podcast, former WCB CEO Stuart MacLean talks to Dr. Robert Strang, Chief Medical Officer, and Dr. Jonathan Fowles, Director of the Center of Lifestyle Studies at Acadia University about the importance of physical activity in life and at work, and the responsibility leaders have to help their workers become healthier and more active in the workplace. Learn more about this episode.

A Shift in Leadership

In this special episode, former WCB CEO Stuart MacLean speaks with Shelley Rowan, Interim CEO and new WorkShift podcast host, who will give listeners the opportunity to hear directly from leaders, while inspiring those leaders to continue important safety conversations in their workplaces. Learn more about this episode.

New Approaches for Safer Workplaces 

In episode six of the WorkShift podcast, former WCB CEO Stuart MacLean talks to MJ MacDonald, CEO of Construction Safety Nova Scotia about how leaders are leaning in to address our new workplace realities, and developing innovative approaches to help them face these challenges. Learn more about this episode.

Safety Storytelling 

In episode five of the WorkShift podcast, former WCB CEO Stuart MacLean talks to Martin Lesperance about the effectiveness of storytelling in workplace safety, especially for those in leadership roles, and for young people who are just entering the workforce. Learn more about this episode. 

Safety Culture 

In episode four of the WorkShift podcast, former WCB CEO Stuart MacLean discusses safety culture with guest Dr. Mark Fleming. To Dr. Mark Fleming, safety is not about the absence of injury, but the presence of controls. Learn more about this episode.

Leading Safety in Small and Large-Scale Construction 

In episode three of the WorkShift podcast, former WCB CEO Stuart MacLean talks to Dan Monk and Steve Snider about the safety in small and large scale construction. Learn more about this episode.

Leading Psychological Safety in the Workplace

In episode two of the WorkShift podcast, former WCB CEO Stuart MacLean discusses the importance of ensuring psychological safety is as important as physical safety in a workplace with guests Dr. Jackie Kinley and Deepak PrasadLearn more about this episode.

Remembering Westray 

In episode one of the WorkShift Podcast, former WCB CEO Stuart MacLean talks to Danny Cavanagh and Alex Keaveny about the legacy of the Westray disaster, the progress the province has made, and what still needs to be done to prevent fatalities and ensure that workplaces are accountable. Learn more about this episode.

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