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Risk! Engineers Talk Governance

Richard Robinson & Gaye Francis

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

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12:35

How Standards stifle innovation

Risk! Engineers Talk Governance ·

2024/05/26

In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis from R2A discuss how standards stifle innovation. They highlight the frustration of engineers who are designing to standards rather than focusing on solving the actual problem at hand. They argue that standards are often lag indicators and may not keep up with the rapidly changing world and provide examples of how standards can lead to shortcuts being taken and hinder the a...

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9:12

Risk Appetite versus Zero Harm & the Confusion at...

Risk! Engineers Talk Governance ·

2024/05/19

In this podcast episode, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the concept of risk appetite versus zero harm and the confusion it creates at board levels because they're trying to put all of their risk issues into a single statement.They discuss how a risk appetite is about balancing risk and reward, whereas zero harm is about nothing bad happening, and this gets uncomfortable when applying risk appetite to human safety. The outline the commonly applied risk p...

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9:13

Code of Practice & WHS/OHS Confusion

Risk! Engineers Talk Governance ·

2024/05/12

In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Code of Practice and WHS/OHS confusion in relation to a presentation they delivered to the Dam Owners and Operators' Forum in Queensland recently, called "How do we do ALARP? Meeting a duty of care." They explain how the Code of Practice doesn’t align with WHS/OHS legislation and if you conduct an “augmented ALARP” as suggested by the ANCOLD (Australian National Committee on Large Dams) Gu...

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9:25

Art & Engineering - How being a great artist relates...

Risk! Engineers Talk Governance ·

2024/05/05

In this episode of the Risk! Engineers Talk Governance podcast, Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss the relationship between art and engineering. They draw parallels between the roles of artists and engineers, highlighting the importance of composition, execution, and management in both fields. They outline the different types of engineers, such as creators, managers/consultants, and specialists, and the need for all three types in successful engineering organisations. Richar...

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9:48

Control & Reasonableness in WHS/OHS Legislation

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2024/04/28

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13:17

R2A's Due Diligence Process - Why it works

Risk! Engineers Talk Governance ·

2024/04/21

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15:15

Design trumps Risk Assessment - Our VCAT Hearing...

Risk! Engineers Talk Governance ·

2024/04/14

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12:22

Design Analysis not Risk Analysis

Risk! Engineers Talk Governance ·

2024/04/07

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16:38

Season 2 Wrap Up: De-engineering of Technical Roles...

Risk! Engineers Talk Governance ·

2024/01/28

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11:17

Nuclear Power Safety - How The Finnish Get It Right...

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2024/01/21

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11:33

Safety Culture & Women's PPE

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2024/01/14

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14:15

Has WHS Legislation & Risk Management Standards...

Risk! Engineers Talk Governance ·

2024/01/07

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16:13

Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) Allocation and its...

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2023/12/17

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11:59

The Journey to WHS Criminalisation | How the Risk...

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2023/12/10

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12:29

Safety Culture Change Agents | The role of engineers...

Risk! Engineers Talk Governance ·

2023/12/03

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14:05

Project Due Diligence - Using a Military Intelligence...

Risk! Engineers Talk Governance ·

2023/11/26

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12:19

The Demise of ALARP in Victoria Major Hazards (and...

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2023/11/19

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15:21

Safety in Design

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2023/11/12

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13:48

ISO 31000 The Risk Management Standard - The...

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2023/09/03

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15:53

The Contest of Ideas - Has Australia gone backwards...

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2023/08/27

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