This week, the show is taken over by special guests, Elisa and Crystal, who answer the thought-provoking question, should we celebrate International Women's Day?

The answer may surprise you…

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Representation is vital and should be encouraged, but the conversation and inclusion should stretch far beyond a single day each year.
• International Women's Day itself is a positive movement, but it rarely feels genuine. it is as though society believes it be enough to simply make progress once each year.
• Gender should never be associated with a person's competence levels. We should tackle the underlying issues that prevent women from being in certain positions in society.

BEST MOMENTS

'What about the rest of the year?'

'If you want to encourage young girls and women to look at this as viable, then be honest'

'I don't feel that my gender is ever relevant to my competence'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Interesting Health & Safety Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/vn/podcast/the-interesting-health-safety-podcast/id1467771449        

Project Mollitiam - https://www.projectmollitiam.com     

Crystal Danbury - https://crystaldanbury.co.uk/?page_id=32

Elisa Lynch - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisalynch/?originalSubdomain=ie

ABOUT THE HOST

Colin Nottage

‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.’

This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into industry. Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions.

He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes that are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem-solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation.

Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses.

Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive.

He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought-after health and safety speaker and trainer. He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).