NZISM is delighted to present you with a unique opportunity to work with Cam Stevens, founder and CEO of Pocketknife Group®, a safety innovation consultancy specialising in AI, digital transformation, and critical risk in high-hazard industries.
SafetyTech in Aotearoa
The world of work and the safety profession are being reshaped by data, technology, and innovation. Industry is shifting from a technology-first agenda to a human-centred one — and safety practice needs to shift with it, exploring how data, technology, and innovation can serve the people doing the work. Practitioners need a frame to think clearly about what's arriving, what's hype, and what to do next.
Three one-day workshops across Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland bring NZISM members together for one conversation about where safety practice is heading.
The day covers:
- From technology-first to human-centred safety — putting humans at the centre of technology-enabled work.
- Futures thinking and innovation mindset — what does your organisation and role look like in 2040, and what trends are shaping that?
- The current state of SafetyTech — data, connected work, automation, robotics, IoT, AR and VR.
- A deep dive on AI — what the technology can do now, future trends, how the profession is using and governing it, and how safety professionals can use AI as a thinking, learning, and building partner.
- Digital safety strategy and responsible innovation — partnering with IT, ethics, privacy, risks, opportunities and controls.
The whole day is grounded in Cam's philosophy of Better Work, By Design; using data, technology, and innovation to augment human-centred safety practice and design better, safer, healthier work.
It is designed for safety professionals at every stage of their digital journey.
Cam Stevens
Cam Stevens is the founder and CEO of Pocketknife Group®, a Perth-based safety innovation consultancy working at the intersection of health and safety, AI, and digital transformation in high-risk industries. His philosophy — Better Work, By Design — uses data, technology, and innovation to augment human-centred safety practice.
Cam is a Chartered Safety Professional and Chartered Fellow of the Australian Institute of Health & Safety, with postgraduate qualifications in ergonomics, safety and health, and AI ethics. His career spans clinical physiotherapy, safety leadership in oil and gas, and senior technology roles at Lenovo and RealWear.
He has led 200+ technology deployments across high-risk industries globally, educated more than 30,000 people on safety technology, and represents the safety profession on Standards Australia’s IT043 committee for AI standards.
