Have you noticed that during Covid 19, we have begun to speak of our frontline health service workers as heroes? What is it to be a hero? Someone who selflessly sacrifices for others, who puts their health and wellbeing at risk for the greater good.

Without for a moment diminishing the incredible contribution of frontline health workers, I believe it is important to stop and think about the implications of this kind of thinking and the risk that this poses to not only to their health but to their families, patients and community at large.

We all like a good drama. How often have you seen the story play out where the hero rescues the victim from the persecutor? Superheros, fairy tales, romcoms, action movies, politics, clickbait and even the news are all presented in terms of drama.

At the core of drama is conflict. Creating a drama or conflict is great for gaining attention, but not so good for dealing effectively and respectfully with each other, and addressing resources and risks...

Getting Ready to Get Back to Work or Finally Have a Minute to Breathe?

As some businesses are still at work (AT WORK) and others at home - some are considering (and soon will be allowed) to go back to their workplace. 

Others finally have a minute spare and might need to play a bit of catch up for some of the basics!

Where you sit - we have been told by the Australian Government we need to meet the Covid 10 Golden Rules which are pretty vague & pretty tricky - so we did an interpretation document - The De-Code to try and explain all the requirements!

One of the aspects we need to consider is who a worker be "At Risk" at work. 

What does this mean - What is "At Risk Worker" about Covid-19?

Some workers may be higher risk to Covid-19 than others and as an employer we have to make sure we don't put workers at risk at work.

Some people who catch Covid-19 can get really sick (these are "At Risk" People) and some things make people more "At Risk"...

When times are tough we need to band together and help each other.

Manage Damage understands the Damage Costs of this current pandemic is high - so we wanted to make compliance assessable and affordable for all businesses.

This is a high quality course that replaces the need for a qualified ergonomist to assess each worker often around $250 per person.

The train the trainer course is normally value at around $299.00.

This is our contribution for Australian Employers.

The course is not a 5 minute You Tube information session this is detailed and will ensure competency and understanding to your workforce.

The training course designed by experienced Manage Damage Agent, a qualified nurse and ergonomist who has more than 20 years experience in Safety.

We have written text for those who like to read and narrated video for those who prefer to listen & assured competency tests to prove the course sunk in!

There is also comprehensive 69 page Working from Home Guide.

It includes a Self...

Not once have I seen an article that discusses the impact & implications of the newly imparted Whistleblowing laws & Workplace Health and Safety Issues.

As a leader in your business - How "across" safety & possible deep or even shallow issues are you?

What do you know about your teams, safety, environment & quality; are there issues that have been raised & squashed... maybe we should've asked that of the very public issue of the Boeing 737 Max .

A 30 year Boeing employee - whom never in a million "yes sir - no sir - years" would we have expected him to bleed Boeing Green on Blue....

The business missed their greatest public enemy - from within!

In a business culture such as Boeing with many ex defence; this kind of cultural act to "Whistleblow" is a huge step and makes me think that other businesses with a different employment culture would be much more vulnerable to the same fate as they don't have the same master commander business flavour and probably face a...