What it really takes to lead through a mining crisis.
Every mining organisation can produce a technical response plan. Fewer can say their leaders have been tested on the decisions that determine whether the organisation survives what follows: the stakeholder pressure, the scrutiny, and the trust that takes years to build and a single response to undo.
The Future of Crisis Management in Mining puts that question to the people who have lived it. Across conversations with mine managers, engineers, trainers and rescuers, the series explores what separates the organisations that recover from those that do not, and why leadership, not just the plan, decides the outcome.
Six people who have led, investigated, trained for or responded to the sector's most serious incidents, in conversation with Grant Chisnall.
A short compilation drawn from Grant Chisnall's conversations across the series. Start here for an overview, then watch the full interviews below.
Forensic engineer and founder of Brady Heywood, which advises boards and senior leaders on high reliability organisational practice. Sean authored the Brady Review into fatal accidents across Queensland's mines and quarries and served on the Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry.
Mining engineer with more than 35 years' experience. As Mine Manager at Beaconsfield in 2006, Matt led the 200-person team that brought Brant Webb and Todd Russell home alive after 14 days trapped almost a kilometre underground.
Mine emergency specialist trainer and member of Mines Rescue NSW. Peter served as the mines rescue specialist overseeing the rescue plan at Beaconsfield, and has spent years training the underground rescue teams other sites depend on.
Vice President Health Safety Environment at Capstone Copper, where he directs health, safety and environment strategy for a workforce of more than 8,500 employees and contractors. David brings close to three decades of HSE experience across mining, infrastructure and engineering services in Latin America and North America.
HSE Specialist and owner of BJW Solutions, with a career built across health, safety and environment leadership roles at some of the sector's best-known mining operations.
Critical risk management expert who works with mining and resources companies to build critical control frameworks that hold up under pressure, not just on paper.
