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Preventing Threats at Work with Philip Grindell

July 06, 2023 The HR Gazette Season 1 Episode 596
Preventing Threats at Work with Philip Grindell
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HRchat Podcast
Preventing Threats at Work with Philip Grindell
Jul 06, 2023 Season 1 Episode 596
The HR Gazette

The guest this time is Philip Grindell, a behavioral threat management and protective intelligence consultant preventing & resolving 'concerning & threatening behaviors' within private and corporate orgs.

Questions for Phillip include:

  • Your company, Defuse, is a behavioral threat management specialist, with expertise in preventing and resolving issues with concerning behaviors from problematic, fixated, and obsessive people. Tell us more.
  • So the mission of Defuse is to "enable the clients we work with to feel safer." In what situations may employees and leaders feel unsafe and how common is this?
  • What are some of the behaviors that should be reported?
  • Checks and balances - your behavioral analysis and profiling, you claim, enables you to provide your clients with a very bespoke response to any behavior or communications of concern. Tell us about the science behind behavioral analysis and profiling. How much remains subjective and what checks are in place to ensure you identify the correct perpetrators? 
  • You use a very loaded term, 'workplace violence'. What would you say to folks who'd argue that it's unfair to put all 'offenders' in a bucket labeled 'violent'? 
  • What are the 4 categories that makeup ‘workplace violence’?


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The guest this time is Philip Grindell, a behavioral threat management and protective intelligence consultant preventing & resolving 'concerning & threatening behaviors' within private and corporate orgs.

Questions for Phillip include:

  • Your company, Defuse, is a behavioral threat management specialist, with expertise in preventing and resolving issues with concerning behaviors from problematic, fixated, and obsessive people. Tell us more.
  • So the mission of Defuse is to "enable the clients we work with to feel safer." In what situations may employees and leaders feel unsafe and how common is this?
  • What are some of the behaviors that should be reported?
  • Checks and balances - your behavioral analysis and profiling, you claim, enables you to provide your clients with a very bespoke response to any behavior or communications of concern. Tell us about the science behind behavioral analysis and profiling. How much remains subjective and what checks are in place to ensure you identify the correct perpetrators? 
  • You use a very loaded term, 'workplace violence'. What would you say to folks who'd argue that it's unfair to put all 'offenders' in a bucket labeled 'violent'? 
  • What are the 4 categories that makeup ‘workplace violence’?


We do our best to ensure editorial objectivity. The views and ideas shared by our guests and sponsors are entirely independent of The HR Gazette, HRchat Podcast and Iceni Media Inc.   

Feature Your Brand on the HRchat Podcast

The HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score.

Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here.

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