In this episode, Larry Wilson and Cristian Sylvestre explore the many philosophies competing for attention in safety today—Safety Differently, HOP, 1% Safer, the New View, and more. Beyond comparing these approaches, they uncover a missing piece in safety: the role of the subconscious mind.

While most strategies focus on conscious decision-making, the real opportunity lies in training the subconscious to detect risks, stay attentive, and prevent incidents. This candid conversation helps safety professionals cut through the noise and see what really makes a difference.

Cristian Sylvestre is the Founder and Managing Director of HabitSafe, where he applies neuroscience to help organizations reduce workplace incidents by tackling one of the biggest overlooked issues in safety: inattention.

With over 35 years of experience in safety and more than 20 years of research into human behaviour, Cristian has trained over 30,000 people and authored "Third Generation Safety: The Missing Piece – Using Neuroscience to Enable Personal Safety."

His blame-free, practical approach gives leaders and teams tools to detect the causes of inattention and build safer habits—at work and beyond.

Corrie is the CEO and Founder of Safemap International. He began his career in human resources, progressing to Group Risk Manager at Billiton (now BHP), where he developed essential safety‑performance strategies for a 120,000‑strong workforce across 65 mining and industrial sites.

Since founding Safemap in 1994, he has consulted internationally across industries—from mining and utilities to defence, construction, and energy—partnering with companies such as Southern Company, International Paper, and Nike.

Corrie's Thought Leadership and Career Highlights:

A pioneering voice on Safety I vs. Safety II integration, advocating for systems that respect human potential and resilience while preventing serious injuries and fatalities.

Developed SAFEmap’s concept of risk competence, reframing humans as dynamic risk managers rather than the “weakest link” in safety chains.

Led cultural safety transformations—such as Southern Company's shift from TRIR‑based incentives to proactive learning and psychological safety—resulting in deeper trust, better reporting, and reduced serious incidents.

Tim does it again! He holds the prestigious title of "most listened to episode" with his first appearance on Larry Wilson Live , and his second time on the show does not disappoint!

Our 30th episode features the one, the only, Tim Page-Bottorff!

Episode Description:

An older and somewhat bitter gentleman stood up and proclaimed, “There’s nothing funny about people getting seriously hurt!” and then he wagged a menacing finger at the group…

True, but you don’t learn much when you’re sound asleep either. So how do you inject humor into your safety training so it’s entertaining, worth listening to, and you don’t cross the line or somehow appear disrespectful to important rules, procedures, checklists, permits and PPE standards? It can be a difficult balancing act. You need to be serious but you will definitely turn people off with too much “doom and gloom,” not to mention that scare tactics don’t really work or work for very long.

Tim Page-Bottorff is an expert at bringing humor into his safety presentations, and he’s been doing this for over 20 years. His keynote presentation: “Humor in Safety” has been done at over 100 safety conferences in North America, Africa, the Middle East and Europe, which is interesting considering that Tim isn’t really very funny (just kidding).