NEBOSH Live @ SHW Live London 2026

• We’re not using old maps, we’re pretending the terrain hasn’t changed.
• It’s not fear of change, it’s fear of exposure.
• The workplace isn’t a system to fix, it’s a story to lead.
• Leadership is the operating system; everything else is just interface.
• People don’t want to work from home or the office, they want to feel alive, trusted and connected.
• Workplace strategy now sits in people’s wallets, not just in boardrooms.
• The magic was never in the office.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly influencing how organisations identify risk, monitor compliance and improve safety performance - but what does this mean in practice for OSH professionals?

In a fast‑moving VUCA world, our profession is being reshaped by rapid shifts in technology, trust, and talent. This session explores key opportunities—AI augmentation, smarter insight, and more cross-disciplinary ways of working—alongside emerging threats such as regulatory complexity and new psychosocial and environmental risks. The panel will discuss why continual learning is now essential and how professionals can move beyond tick-box compliance to build a genuine culture of care—one that empowers judgement, strengthens wellbeing, and drives better outcomes for people and organisations.

Technology continues to drive rapid advancement across industries, also bringing about change. This means new tools, approaches, ways of working - but what about new risks? Join us as we look at some …

In this interactive session, Dr Nick Bell introduces Motivational Interviewing (MI): a practical, evidence‑based approach to influencing decisions through better conversations. You’ll explore why people sometimes push back against change — even when it is clearly sensible. The session shows how asking different questions, and listening differently, can strengthen motivation for change and improve the quality of safety conversations at every level.

In our efforts to comply with regulations, are we missing the essential reason for assessing risk? And is there a better way to ensure our risk assessments are ‘suitable and sufficient’ beyond just reviewing them periodically? Drawing on previous research and his work in a variety of industries, David England will examine the relationship between assessing risk and managing risk. He will also demonstrate how the control measures we develop can be made more resilient to real world pressures via a simple process of examination.