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It's Not a Safety Problem. It's a Human Problem.

April 1, 2026 · 55 min

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What if the most powerful safety speaker is the one without a dramatic scar to explain?
Mike Sullivan sits down with Wylie Davidson, motivational speaker and safety culture specialist behind the Leaving a Safety Legacy program, to explore what it actually takes to make a safety message stick.

Wylie built his career not on a dramatic injury story or a near-miss, but on a fundamental conviction: safety culture isn't a program, it's a human problem.

The conversation digs into why experienced workers take shortcuts (hint: it's wired into us), how leaders can influence behaviour without micromanaging, and why a single presentation, no matter how powerful achieves nothing without a plan for the day after.


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12:04 Why do experienced workers keep taking shortcuts?

17:28 What does it actually mean to make a safety message sustainable?

21:19 How do you reach the person in the back row who doesn't want to be there?

37:53 What has a decade of speaking across North America taught you about people?

42:38 What separates leaders who build lasting safety culture from those who erode it?

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Wylie Davidson, Keynote Speaker | Workplace Culture Specialist
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