Voices from the Edge
Voices from the Edge brings you to the precipice of bold conversations, where insightful guests explore the boundaries of leadership, social justice, safety, and adult education. Each episode delves into topics that matter, from the pulse of community issues to navigating the complexities of workplace safety and lifelong learning. Whether you’re looking to challenge your perspective or seeking fresh insights into how individuals and systems interact, Voices from the Edge provides a platform for those standing at the crossroads of change.
Episodes
A book review of this book by John Medina.
Tori Cooke is a thought leader in family and domestic violence practice, prevention, and systems reform.
With over 30 years of frontline social work and teaching experience, Tori is the Consultant/Practice Educator behind Pandora Projects - a feminist consultancy grounded in transformative education, reflective practice, and trauma-informed care.
Her work and remit is passionately focused on practice and professional growth and de...
A book review of this book by Scott Walker
A regular part of the podcast Sarah brings us news of what's happening in New Zealand in terms of safety and social issues.
Sarah is a Health and Safety specialist, Professional Member of NZ Institute of Safety Management (ProfNZISM), Health & Safety Australia New Zealand Registered (HASANZ) and ANZCAL (Australia and New Zealand Coaching Alliance) accredited trainer.
Sarah is an experience health and safety professional wit...
A book review of this book by Jessie Singer
A book review of this book by Daniel Kahneman
A book review of this book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The wonderful Marc Miles, the font of knowledge on all training and assessing matters in the vocational education and training sector helps disect the TAE qualification. An honest, sometimes brutally honest about whether the keystone qualification required for all trainers and assessors in the sector actually is fit for purpose.
Marc Miles is a career presenter and trainer. He has written a book on Advanced Facilitation Skills, an...
Book review of this book by Wes Marshall
Dr. Megan Tranter is a recognized global voice in Health, Safety, and Environment leadership. She is among the few women who have held top EHS roles at Amazon, PepsiCo, Novartis, and Netflix. Megan has extensive experience in global strategy development and implementation, risk management, cultural change, and Board and CEO-level engagement and coaching.
Originally from Australia, Megan has had an impressive career spanning govern...
A book review of this book by Atul Gawande
Steve Hearsum has worked for over 20 years as an organisational consultant, coach and more recently supervisor. He has a keen interest in the human side of change, which in recent years that has grown into a fascination with how shame and anxiety drive behaviour in organisations, particularly at senior leadership levels. He supports and challenges clients to find their ‘edge and stretch’ when what they are after is more than simply...
Darryl Johnson, Owner and Director of Mental Health Journey Australia, is a Registered Nurse with Post Graduate qualifications in Mental Health Nursing and Occupational Health and Safety. Additionally, he holds qualifications as a Trainer Assessor.
With extensive experience spanning industries like manufacturing, the Australian Army, oil and gas, and mining, Darryl is a passionate advocate for workplace mental health. His belief in...
Marc Miles is a career presenter and trainer. He has written a book on Advanced Facilitation Skills, and for over a decade, has taught public speaking skills, and content from the Training and Education Training Package for Australian Vocational Education and Training.
During his time in the Vocational Education and Training sector, Marc has taught the TAE package over 500 times to people all around Australia in various industries....
Sacha Kaluri has been referred to as one of our countries leading youth career experts. She is the co-founder and director of the Australian Teenage Expo - our countries largest youth educational event. Author of The Two Worlds Of Your Teenager, has had own TV Program, Radio Show and Podcast. Written for all of the major Aussie newspapers and has been the Australian Ambassador for the United Nations New York for Women’s Entrepreneu...
Dimitra (Dimi) Lattas is a social work lecturer at the University of the Sunshine Coast, passionate about advancing forensic social work education in Australia. Dimi’s research specialises in forensic social work and developing innovative educational practices that reflect industry expectations. In 2024, Dimi won the National Organisation of Forensic Social Work’s Albert Roberts Scholarship and the AASW National Social Work Researc...
An excellent conversation with a very smart gentleman in the intelligence community, Jasper Hartmann.
Jasper is an internationally recognised and highly sought-after instructor and keynote speaker in HUMINT (human intelligence) and human-centric counterintelligence. His expertise lies in interpersonal intelligence skills, including elicitation, counter-elicitation, strategi...
Sarah Thomas joines the Edge to talk about issues in New Zealand at the moment. We touch on safety, politics, road cones, and so much more. Sarah is a Health and Safety Professional with over 2 decades of experience. She also delivers Crisis Leadership Training.
Sarah has always been into the outdoors and once claimed to be a travel addict fuelled by caffeine. Today the caffeine addiction still stands although her knees won’t let ...
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