What happens when credibility turns into marketing? In Episode 1242 of The Rated R Safety Show, Jay Allen takes aim at one of the industry’s growing trends — the five-day “practitioner” course promising mastery of Human and Organizational Performance. After stumbling across a company claiming eight years of implementation experience despite existing for less than three, Jay breaks down what this says about truth, perception, and the new economy of credibility.

From LinkedIn illusions to leadership buy-in buzzwords, he explores how safety training sometimes shifts from learning to theater, and how misplaced trust can derail organizational progress. This episode isn’t just a critique — it’s a mirror held up to a system that rewards branding over substance.

But that’s not all — Jay also takes listeners through the day’s headlines from Feature Story News, a wild run of “news of the weird” including a deer crashing a cafeteria and a dog-triggered shotgun accident, and even dives into why Thanksgiving costs are soaring past reason. Between humor, hard truths, and the sharp edges of reflection, The Rated R Safety Show continues to call it like it is — where logic meets the multiverse and safety meets skepticism.