Best CTP Group Podcasts (2025)

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Liz: Fighting fires and tackling terrorists with London Fire Brigade 32:24

9d ago32:24

32:24

In this bonus episode, our guest talks about how she followed family footsteps into the fire service, working her way up the ranks and directing major incident response. She’s now a group commander with the London Fire Brigade, overseeing around 100 fire officers who are charged with keeping London safe. She’s also a National Interagency Liaison Of…

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Cassandra: 40 years of forensics and CSI, giving a voice to those who no longer have one. 32:51

2M ago32:51

32:51

In our final episode, our guest has spent the last 40 years working in one of the most specialised areas of policing and one of the most familiar to crime drama fans. Now one of Counter Terrorism Policing’s most senior forensics experts, she's honed her skills investigating crime scenes across the UK and, as she describes it, giving voice to those …

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Heidi: secondary school teacher turned intelligence analyst 35:05

3M ago35:05

35:05

In our fourth episode, our guest spent the first part of her career in a classroom and is a great example of when career changes go right. After a successful teaching career and some advice about her job application skills from a friend, she joined counter terrorism policing in 2023. Now she works as an intelligence assessor, which means she plays …

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Jess: the woman leading counter terrorism investigations 36:42

3M ago36:42

36:42

In our third episode, our guest has had an incredible career spanning almost 20 years in policing. Currently a Counter Terrorism Senior Investigating Officer working on high profile terrorism investigations and incidents, she started out in frontline policing moving through a range of truly fascinating but challenging teams and roles including fugi…

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Jo: from a rural town to banning extremist groups 36:25

3M ago36:25

36:25

In our second episode, we hear from a woman who secured a degree in sports science and was headed for the physiotherapy room when she had a change of heart and direction. Applying successfully to be a police officer, she's had an interesting journey from the frontline to counter terrorism policing. Working in prisons, serious and organised crime, a…

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Emma: the woman recruiting our covert human sources 37:09

3M ago37:09

37:09

In our first episode you will hear from someone who can never discuss a lot of what she does. She has worked in cybercrime teams tackling sexual predators, then moved into counter terrorism surveillance. Today she works in human intelligence, working as a handler of covert sources. It’s her job to identify, recruit and train human covert sources, w…

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Trailer: Inside Counter Terrorism Policing 0:30

4M ago0:30

0:30

Coming soon: Inside Counter Terrorism Policing. Have you ever wondered what it’s like to tackle terrorists as your day job? This International Women’s Day, we’re taking you behind the scenes and revealing the untold stories of women across the country working in Counter Terrorism Policing. The good stuff, the bad and their advice about working in p…

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Episode 112 - Sean's Team with Fire Chief Pat Kenny

4M ago

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One word to describe Fire Chief (Ret.) Pat Kenny’s story is heartbreaking. But you could also describe it as raw, honest, inspirational, optimistic, and most of all…a call to action. In this episode, we talk to Pat about his son’s mental illness, Sean’s suicide, and the helplessness that he and his wife felt trying to save their son. We also talk a…

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Episode 111 - Parallels and Extreme Ownership with Chris Welchel 1:46:12

5M ago1:46:12

1:46:12

For this episode, we sit down with Chris Welchel, co-owner of the Towing and Recovery company Welchel Enterprises, to talk about leadership; specifically the concept of “extreme ownership.” What it is, how to walk the walk, and how to get your followers on board. But along the way we also end up finding out that the towing and recovery industry is …

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Episode 110 - Do We Need To Demystify Leadership? (Part 2) 45:49

6M ago45:49

45:49

This is the second part of our discussion on whether this podcast’s focus on the challenges of leadership are discouraging the next crop of leaders from stepping up. If you haven’t listened to Part 1, go give that a listen first.By The CTP Group

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Episode 109 - Do We Need to Demystify Leadership? (Part 1) 34:32

7M ago34:32

34:32

This episode grew out of a discussion while hiking that maybe we have talked about great leadership to the point where anyone starting out on their leadership journey may think good leadership is almost unattainable. Have we elevated the discussion to mythic proportions? In our pursuit of sharing the challenges of leadership on so many episodes of …

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Episode 108 - The Most Sacred Leadership Principle 24:54

8M ago24:54

24:54

On this episode, we examine the crash of a B-52 in 1994, and the events leading up to it, through the actions of two of the four USAF officers killed: the pilot whose disregard for safety led to the crash, and the copilot who had tried to have him grounded. This is a story about missed opportunities and what can happen when warning signs are ignore…

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Episode 107 - Substitution In Decision-Making 33:59

10M ago33:59

33:59

We hijack Daniel Kahneman’s idea of substitution and apply it to decision-making in the fire service. How reliable is your decision-making on scene if your brain unknowingly substitutes a logical question with an emotional one?By The CTP Group

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Episode 106 - Is Emotion the Charging Elephant in the Room? 34:56

11M ago34:56

34:56

A recent discussion with one of our listeners led us on a discussion of what part emotion plays in our roles as firefighters and our responses on this podcast.By The CTP Group

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Episode 105 - Falkland's Law (with guest host Scott Sellers) 33:09

12M ago33:09

33:09

This episode is about delaying decision-making. Or maybe it’s not. We really don’t know what to think of Falkland’s Law, but we have a good time not getting anywhere.By The CTP Group

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Episode 104 - Lē'•der•shǐp' (noun) 1:13:11

1y ago1:13:11

1:13:11

We talk about it A LOT, but we’ve never really tried to define what we think leadership is. In this episode, we discuss various definitions of leadership; what we like and what we don’t like.By The CTP Group

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#143 - Getting under my skin - Abawi v Allianz 17:30

1y ago17:30

17:30

In Abawi v Allianz, the Medical Review Panel looked at whether a laceration to the skin fell within the definition of a "threshold injury" in s 1.6 of the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017. Principal Peter Hunt reviews the decision and adds his own commentary on the issue.By McCabes

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Episode 103 - What Would Ted Do? 22:10

1+ y ago22:10

22:10

Photo Credit: Cottonbro Studio Whenever you lose your way as a leader, you can always ask yourself, “What would Ted do?”By The CTP Group

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Episode 102 - Building Experience And Turning It Into Expertise 59:48

1+ y ago59:48

59:48

In this episode, we dive into how firefighters’ decision-making process works, and how critically reliant that process is on experience. So, where are we missing opportunities to build experience and convert it to expertise? We’ve come up with a new concept called DIFOS that is a series of questions that can be asked to really examine how a decisio…

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#142 - Exploring Traumatic Brain Injury 20:07

1+ y ago20:07

20:07

In this episode of The Proper Lookout Podcast, Principal Peter Hunt discusses the traumatic brain injury with friend of the podcast, Professor Associate Joseph Suttie.By McCabes

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#141 - Does Surgery Render A Below-Threshold Injury Above-Threshold? 5:38

1+ y ago5:38

5:38

In Mandoukos v Allianz, the Supreme Court considered whether a cervical surgery could transform a below-threshold injury into an above-threshold injury. In this episode of The Proper Lookout Podcast, Principal Peter Hunt discusses the scope of the decision and the implications.By McCabes

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#140 - More Threshold Injury Questions: Is Radiculopathy Always Necessary? 4:40

2y ago4:40

4:40

In this episode, Principal Peter Hunt discusses the decision in Mohmand v Allianz, where the Supreme Court looked at whether a Claimant always needs to exhibit radiculopathy to demonstrate that their cervical spine injury is an above-threshold injury for the purpose of s 1.6 of the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017.https://mccabes.com.au/firm/resour…

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#139 - Threshold Injury Review: Breast Implant Rupture 7:53

2y ago7:53

7:53

Are artificial members part of the body? And, if they are damaged, are they non-threshold injuries? In this episode of The Proper Lookout Podcast, Principal Peter Hunt discusses what a PIC Review Panel thinks on these questions.By McCabes

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#138 - Threshold Injury Review – Injury To The Skin 11:00

2y ago11:00

11:00

Does injury to the skin, alone, entitle a Claimant to ongoing statutory benefits and common law damages? In this episode of The Proper Lookout Podcast, Principal Peter Hunt reviews three PIC Review Panel decisions which consider whether injury to the skin falls within the statutory definition of a "threshold injury".…

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#137 - Art and Artificiality: The rise of ChatGPT 14:09

2y ago14:09

14:09

In this episode of The Proper Lookout Podcast, Principal Peter Hunt joins Associate Professor Joseph Suttie to explore the impact of artificial intelligence, like ChatGPT, in the workplace.NOTE: no AI was deployed in recording of this Podcast episode. All thoughts are those of the participants!By McCabes

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#136 - Combatting Burnout 18:34

2y ago18:34

18:34

All organisations, including insurers and law firms, are confronted with employees at the risk of burnout. In this episode of The Proper Lookout Podcast, Principal Peter Hunt discusses the issues with Associate Professor Joseph Suttie.https://sarsfieldconsulting.co/who-we-are/By McCabes

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Episode 101 - Bob Maynard Part III - The Black Box 35:27

2y ago35:27

35:27

Bob (left) on the Appalachian Trail. In Part 3 of our interview we pick up where we left off and get into how we evaluate accidents in the fire service, what we might be able to learn about that process from the airline industry, how to remove dominoes, and we give Bob “The Questions.”By The CTP Group

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Episode 100 - Bob Maynard Part 2: Purposeful Non-Compliance 38:31

2y ago38:31

38:31

Photo credit: Maarten Visser This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. Bob is the first guest we’ve had to show up to the recording with a powerpoint presentation. And while that gave us a chuckle, it’s a presentation filled with concepts that blew us away…and it’s a presentation that he “threw to…

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Episode 099 - Bob Maynard Part 1: The Most Interesting Man In The World 39:23

2y ago39:23

39:23

By The CTP Group

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#135 - Page Limits – A View From The Bench 17:40

2y ago17:40

17:40

In this very special episode, Principal Peter Hunt talks to The Honourable Geoffrey Bellew SC, a former Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW, about the challenges of life on the Bench, including those which arise when the parties tender large volumes of irrelevant material.The discussion is topical for CTP insurers and practitioners as the Personal …

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#134 - Borderline Personality Disorders 20:03

2y ago20:03

20:03

Most claims managers have probably experienced Claimants who demonstrate obsessive personality traits in the context of the management of their claim. In this episode, Principal Peter Hunt discusses Borderline Personality Disorders with Associate Professor Joseph Suttie and how they might impact the claims experience.…

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#133 - Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Vehicles 16:49

2+ y ago16:49

16:49

What happens if an autonomous vehicle thinks a tree blowing in the wind is a pedestrian about to run across the road? How might the autonomous vehicle behave when it perceives this "danger"? In this episode, Peter Hunt interviews Associate Professor Joseph Suttie about the AI used in autonomous vehicles.…

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#132 - Amendment to PAWE provisions 7:15

2+ y ago7:15

7:15

The Motor Accident and Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2022 made some amendment to the calculation of weekly benefits under MAIA. In this episode, Julia Douglas-Oliveira and Raissa Galang discuss the changes.By McCabes

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# 131 - Amendment to No-Fault Provisions 6:59

2+ y ago6:59

6:59

In this episode, Raissa Galang and Julia Douglas-Oliveira discuss how the Motor Accident and Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2022 amended the "no-fault" provisions in Part 5 of MAIA.By McCabes

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Episode 098 - Technical Expertise vs. Judgment 33:37

2+ y ago33:37

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By The CTP Group

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#130 - FEDERAL JURISDICTION – Are the Commission's power's administrative or judicial? 10:50

2+ y ago10:50

10:50

The Personal Injury Commission can not be exercising the judicial power of the Commonwealth if it does not exercise judicial power at all. In this episode, Peter Hunt discusses recent Court decisions which discuss whether the PIC's functions are administrative or judicial.By McCabes

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Episode 097 - George Cowgill on Resigning, Retiring, and Leaving the Birmingham Fire Department 1:13:24

2+ y ago1:13:24

1:13:24

Former Birmingham Firefighter George Cowgill posted a very personal account of his time as a firefighter, and why he’s leaving that behind. If you’ve read it, you’re probably not surprised that it went viral, which is how we came across it. In this episode, we interview George (in Birmingham) by telephone as he discusses how he decided it was time …

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Episode 096 - We Debate What the Hell a Psychological Contract Is (and Whether You Can Break One in Good Conscience) 40:45

2+ y ago40:45

40:45

Like the picture above, psychological contracts can be binding, circular, heavy, old, rusty, and sometimes broken. Before this episode, two of us hadn’t ever heard of a psychological contract, but apparently we all have them. What they really are, who you have them with, and whether or not it’s okay to break them are questions that aren’t so easily…

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Episode 095 - Know Your Enemy 15:11

3y ago15:11

15:11

Fire is where the glory is. They call us firefighters, not building fighters. But fire isn’t really the enemy, is it? How well do you know your enemy?By The CTP Group

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Episode 094 - Every...Single...One 20:18

3y ago20:18

20:18

Murder holes, force multipliers, and obstacles. All of them are components leading to what very well may be a unified theory of firefighters.By The CTP Group

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Episode 093 - We Solve The Pay Problem 46:04

3y ago46:04

46:04

Spoiler Alert: we don’t really solve the pay problem. That would break a long-standing tradition on our podcast of not solving anything. But there are virtual arms races in some regions as departments raise salaries to compete for what seems to be an ever-shrinking pool of firefighters. Pay is one of those things that we’re all talking about, but w…

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Episode 092 - That I May See 19:16

3y ago19:16

19:16

What happens when lightning doesn’t strike a house, and you don’t act like the other firefighters?By The CTP Group

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Episode 091 - The Pathfinder Part III 44:39

3y ago44:39

44:39

And we wrap up our series on The Pathfinder with Part III, which picks up right where we left off at the end of Part II.By The CTP Group

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Episode 090 - The Pathfinder Part II 30:40

3y ago30:40

30:40

We think that the Pathfinder concept is such an important one, that we actually recorded two separate episodes trying to get it right. But each episode went different directions, so they both ended up being valuable to the discussion.By The CTP Group

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Episode 089 - Damned Sweet 13:46

3y ago13:46

13:46

What do a fire recruit, a 70’s sitcom, and Walt Disney have to do with regret?By The CTP Group

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Episode 088 - The Pathfinder 48:56

3+ y ago48:56

48:56

Every organization has those persons who push the organization from the inside. They advocate passionately for change, but while they’re doing it they can cause discomfort for those around them. They challenge long-held assumptions. They champion new technologies and strategies. They hold up a beacon and ask everyone else to follow into unchartered…

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Episode 087 - The Ship of Theseus 10:52

3+ y ago10:52

10:52

This isn’t really an outtake; it’s just a short take on a topic that wasn’t really large enough to devote an entire episode to. Bill, all by his lonesome, talks into the mic about the paradox of The Ship of Theseus and what that means for organizational identity…and maybe all of us.By The CTP Group

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Episode 086 - Be Wrong Or Do Nothing? 47:02

3+ y ago47:02

47:02

A listener asked us: “At what point is a wrong decision actually worse than no decision at all?” It’s a great starting point for a roving conversation that gets into whether results matter in that calculus. We also rehash our earlier debate on the nature of luck in the fire service (Episode 082), what the role of intent is, how Pabel dissects an in…

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Episode 085 - On Hallowed Ground with Eriks Gabliks 48:58

3+ y ago48:58

48:58

The National Fire Academy is the home of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial; hallowed ground for any firefighter. To borrow a phrase from President Lincoln at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, PA (just 12 miles north of the NFA), the memorial on the NFA campus reminds us “that from these honored dead we take in…

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Episode 084 - For Bill Smith, A Battle Buddy 40:40

4y ago40:40

40:40

On June 6, 2021, Baldwin County Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Smith gave his life while saving others who got caught in a rip current off the Alabama shore. Two of our podcast crew (Shane and Bill V.) worked for Bill Smith for years before Bill retired as Deputy Chief of Operations for Dekalb County and went on to his second career in law enforcement. Rece…

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