An Invitation to Safety Conversations

Name: An Invitation to Safety Conversations
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ISBN: 9781764570107

Daniel Hummerdal

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English

Open Change Press
20 April 2026

Management: leadership & motivation; Occupational & industrial health & safety

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Organisations that can't hear themselves can't improve themselves.

When distance grows between leadership and frontline, weak signals die. Early warnings stay buried. The intelligence of everyday work goes untapped. Not because people don't care, but because connection and conversation have been replaced by compliance.

Better outcomes start with better conversations about what matters.

An Invitation to Safety Conversations provides practical frameworks for building conversational capacity that strengthens safety, operational performance, and trust across organisational levels.

What you'll learn:

Why weak signals die between organisational levels, and how conversation closes that distance Six types of conversation that serve different purposes (connection, learning, appreciative, possibility, accountability, restorative) How to shift from compliance theater to genuine partnership Real transformation stories from mining, construction, aviation, and utilities Practices you can use immediately

Drawing on a career of working with leaders and frontline teams in high-risk industries, Daniel Hummerdal provides a systematic approach to building organisations that can hear themselves: where truth travels, where constraints become discussable, and where solutions emerge from joint sensemaking rather than being imposed from above.

For safety professionals, operations leaders, and anyone ready to make work work better.

By: Daniel Hummerdal
Imprint: Open Change Press
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 304g
ISBN: 9781764570107
ISBN 10: 1764570103
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 20 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active