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Author Brian Darlington

Brian Darlington

Brian Darlington is the group head of safety and health for the Mondi Group, based in Vienna, Austria. He has filled the role since 2012 and is responsible for safety and health in more than 30 countries. Darlington started working at Iscor before joining Mondi in 1987, working in Gauteng. In 2000 he transferred to the Kraft Division in Richards Bay. During 2005, he transferred to Europe, taking up the position of business unit SHE manager, responsible for SHE in paper mills in Austria, Hungary, Israel, Slovakia, Poland, South Africa and Russia, as well as forests operations in South Africa and Russia.

Leadership: Time and a simple cup of coffee

Brian Darlington
22nd Mar 2023
Embodied Safety
In my second book, Humanising Leadership in Risk, I included several external and personal stories to anchor concepts in reality, as well as care and leadership-related practices. This article is based on ele... Read More...

Understanding culture: myths and symbols

Brian Darlington
30th Nov 2022
Embodied Safety
I recently spent a couple of days in the Greek city of Athens and was, as always, awed by the cultural heritage of Ancient Greece. Similar to my time in Crete, some months ago, I received a deadline reminder ... Read More...

Mixed emotions: A result of groupthink

Brian Darlington
21st Nov 2022
Embodied Safety
Sitting at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, waiting to catch a flight to Europe from the country of my birth, I was reflecting on my trip to two well-known game reserves in South Africa’s KwaZu... Read More...

Safety is not always a choice you make

Brian Darlington
21st Sep 2022
Embodied Safety
Enjoying my summer leave sitting on the patio of my apartment on the Greek island of Crete, sipping on a good cup of strong Colombian coffee, I opened my laptop to check if there was anything urgent that need... Read More...

Sincerity is key

Brian Darlington
27th Jul 2022
Embodied Safety
Sometimes leadership is merely “time” and a “simple cup of coffee”. In January, I received a call from Mervyn, an old acquaintance of mine who had recently moved to Austria after joining a large multinational ... Read More...

Chernobyl and the dangers of a bullying culture

Brian Darlington
3rd May 2022
Embodied Safety
Based on a combination of facts taken from his own research, as well as both facts and fiction from the HBO miniseries Chernobyl 1986, our columnist reflects on how the show depicts the abuse of power and bully... Read More...

Wait, I’ve got this one!

Brian Darlington
9th Mar 2022
Embodied Safety
In this “rebranded*” rendition – a snippet from his latest book Humanising Safety, due to be published later this year – BRIAN DARLINGTON explores which approach is best in the risk and safety fields … policing... Read More...

Addressing the elephant in the room

Brian Darlington
28th Jan 2022
Embodied Safety
As I am writing this article, I am involved in a large maintenance shutdown. Work activities are being conducted by teams of employees and contractors, with the numbers peaking at around 5 000 persons on site. ... Read More...

Mantras and trade-offs

Brian Darlington
1st Dec 2021
Embodied Safety
How do people interpret visuals such as tattoos and graffiti? Do we fully understand the various safety mantras used in industry? Are the “safety slogans” useful and what are the trade-offs? As Covid-19 rest... Read More...

Envisioning through semiotics

Brian Darlington
22nd Sep 2021
Embodied Safety
Our columnist visits two Polish cities and discovers a rotating deer head in a church, which makes him reflect on the importance of paying attention … Recently I visited two medieval cities in the northern p... Read More...
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