Niru Tyagi
 

Why I am writing this blog I have spent years working as a safety professional in high risk environments. Not from the sidelines. Inside the system. Sitting in meetings where everyone nods, signs off, and moves on. I have written the policies. Built the systems. Watched organisations pass audits and still fail people. That experience changes how you see safety. It teaches you that most WHS failures are not caused by a lack of knowledge. They are caused by avoidance. Hard conv

I sat down to “wind down” for Christmas. Just the usual. Clear the desk. Close the tabs. Reply to the last few messages. Finish the tiny leftover tasks that multiply like ants near sugar. Then I thought, let me quickly note what I will do over the break. That is where it ended. One small list became a longer list. The longer list became categories. Then I made a timeline because obviously some things depend on other things. After that, I started “prioritising” like I am prese

Beautyful tiles outside a Museum Neurodiversity shapes leadership more than most people realise. It does not just change how someone learns. It changes how they plan, prioritise, communicate, and stay steady under pressure. In safety, those differences can become either a hidden drain or a real asset. I was diagnosed with dyslexia late in life, but the signs were always there. I could not tell letter b from letter d. I learned to read at eleven. People labelled me slow or d

LinkedIn 'beta', why are you like this. I woke up early for you. I stayed up late for you. I wrote in between meetings, holding my chai in one hand and my sanity in the other. Every day. Rain or shine. Like a devoted Indian aunty holding the family together while everyone else causes drama. I write because it brought me peace. Because words help me make sense of this safety world where everything moves at once. I do not write for fame. I do not write for numbers. I write beca

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