Risk! Engineers Talk Governance
Richard Robinson & Gaye Francis
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Due Diligence and Risk Engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss governance in an engineering context.
Richard & Gaye are co-directors at R2A and have seen the risk business industry become very complex. The OHS/WHS 'business', in particular, has turned into an industry, that appears to be costing an awful lot of organisations an awful lot of money for very little result.
Richard & Gaye's point of difference is that they come from the Common Law viewpoint of what would be expected to be done in the event that something happens. Which is very, very different from just applying the risk management standard (for example).
They combine common law and risk management to come to a due diligence process to make organisations look at what their risk issues are and, more importantly, what they have to have in place to manage these things.
Due diligence is a governance exercise. You can't always be right, but what the courts demand of you is that you're always diligent
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S7E1 SFAIRP: Moral Imperative vs Commercial Reality
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss this season’s theme of SFAIRP: Moral Imperative versus Commercial Reality and…
Season 6 Wrap: SFAIRP Complexities
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis wrap up Season 6 and the theme of SFAIRP complexities.Key season highlights they…
S6E9 Two Types of Regulators
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the two types of Regulators.They outline two fundamentally different regulatory…
S6E9 Psychosocial Hazards in the Workplace Regulations
In this special episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss psychosocial hazards in the workplace and the newly introduced Victorian…
S6E8 Breaking SFAIRP down to three parts: So Far (SF). As Is (AI). Reasonably Practicable (RP)
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis break down the concept of SFAIRP "So Far As Is Reasonably Practicable" into three key…
S6E7 Formal Safety Assessments
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Formal Safety Assessments. Key highlights include:A Formal Safety Assessment…
S6E6 Safety Culture (Revisited)
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis revisit the topic of Safety Culture.They review the work of Professor Patrick Hudson, who…
Could vs Should in Workplace Safety
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Could vs Should in Workplace Safety. (Thanks Nick for your email, case reference…
S6E4 Safety & Planning Law Complications
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the complications of Safety Legislation & Planning Law. Drawing on their…
S6E3 Safe Work Australia's Best Practice Review of Model WHS Act & Regulations
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Safe Work Australia's review of the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act &…
S6E2 Rail Safety National Law Pressures & the SFAIRP Approach
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis answer a listener’s question on the Pressures of Rail Safety National Law and the SFAIRP…
S6E1 SFAIRP Complexity & Pressures for Stakeholders
In this first episode of Season 6 of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the pressures and complexities different stakeholders are…
S6E1 Preventing Criminal Manslaughter ~ Understanding & Implementing SFAIRP (Live Forum Preview)
In this special episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis preview their upcoming live forum event on "Preventing Criminal Manslaughter -…
S5E10 Season 5 Wrap on Difficult Conversations & Engineering for Communities
In this final episode of Season 5, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis conclude their theme of difficult conversations engineers need to have as well as discuss Engineering for…
S5E9 Engineering Due Diligence - The confusion between Risk, Assurance & Diligence
In this episode of "Risk! Engineers Talk Governance," due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis revisit the fundamentals of engineering due diligence in response to listener feedback…
S5E8 How organisational silos impact due diligence across safety, projects and compliance
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis tackle the growing problem of organisational silos and their impact on due diligence and…
S5E7 Being Relevant, Reasoned & Concise - for your Due Diligence Argument
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss why effective due diligence arguments need to be relevant, reasoned, and…
S5E6 Target Levels of Risk & Safety - SFAIRP vs ALARP Revisited
In this episode, of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis revisit the distinction between SFAIRP (So Far As Is Reasonably Practicable) and Target…
S5E5 Why Standards are not the Solution
In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineering experts Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss why Standards are not the solution. They explore why following…
S5E4 Insurance Criteria: Its history, relevance, and the Highly Protected Risk (HPR) engineering process
In this episode of "Risk! Engineers Talk Governance," due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Insurance Criteria and its history and modern relevance, particularly focusing…
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Risk! Engineers Talk Governance has published 65 episodes since May 2023, covering topics in Business, Management.
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