Ep205: Platinum, Covid, and how ideas spread, with Andrew Barrett

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Ep205: Platinum, Covid, and how ideas spread, with Andrew Barrett</p> <p>Full Show Notes: <a href= "https://safetyontap.com/ep205">https://safetyontap.com/ep205</a></p> <p> </p> <p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">I noticed when they started saying 'Welcome back Mr Barrett' when I boarded the plane.  But I really took notice, when they stopped saying it.  This is a podcast about ideas, and stories, and our opportunity to pay more attention to how they affect our work as health and safety professionals. </p> <p> </p> <p>Hey, it’s Andrew, and this is Safety on Tap. </p> <p> </p> <p>Since you're listening in, you must be a leader wanting to grow yourself and drastically improve health and safety along the way.  Welcome to you, you're in the right place.  If this is your first time listening in, thanks for joining us and well done for trying something different to improve! And of course welcome back to all of you wonderful regular listeners.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Before Covid I travelled a fair bit, and despite proving time and time again how effective virtual coaching and facilitation can be during Covid, once travel restrictions were eased I found myself being asked to come here and go there more than I would like.  Covid saw two automatic extensions of my frequent flyer status, since if you can't fly you can't maintain it.  Once travel was permitted again, I found myself dropped from the top tier frequent flyer colour down to the next one.  I've always said  that frequent flyer status is not exciting nor something to be coveted, all it indicates is that I spend too much time away from my family. </p> <p> </p> <p>Stick with me, for regular listeners you'll know that my story and metaphor ties into what we do as health and safety professionals, rather than an egotistical rant.  There is something small, something human about stepping onto a plane, and someone looking at the colour at the bottom of the pass, looking you in the eye, and saying welcome back.  They don't know me, they see data which t