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Hard Conversations & Inclusive Sites: Changing Worksite Culture from the Ground Up with Jasmyn Smith

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Show Notes

What does leadership look like when your title isn’t ‘manager’, ‘supervisor’ or ‘boss’ and you’re trying to change an industry while still on the tools?

Jasmyn Smith is a Tassie sparky and co-founder of The GO Company, a business built around a problem that’s been on worksites for years but rarely talked about: access to basic hygiene onsite. Jazz has turned her experience into a movement raising standards across the industry.

In this conversation, we get into: • The courage it takes to start the hard conversations • Why making challenges visible is what lifts an industry • What sites getting inclusion right are doing differently • How everyday leadership shows up when you don’t hold the title

Chapters: 0:00 Meet Jasmyn Smith from The GO Company 3:04 Leading as a Role Model 4:12 Mentoring Women in Trade 5:26 Origins of The GO Company 8:54 Discussing Hygiene Access Onsite 11:16 Creating Visibility to Influence Change 13:12 Building a Business on the Tools 15:24 The Cost of Not Speaking Up 18:02 Set Up Sites Better for Inclusion 20:38 Acknowledge Your Progress 22:25 Wrap Up

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