Our founder Tane van der Boon on the Keep On Moving podcast
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Our founder and CEO Tane van der Boon recently joined Dave on the Keep On Moving podcast (part of the NZ Trucking Media family) for what turned out to be a pretty wide-ranging conversation. They started with how inviol works and ended up deep in the philosophical weeds of AI, automation, and what the future of work actually looks like.
If you work in logistics, warehousing, or transport (or anywhere people and machines share space, really), it's worth a listen. Dave asks the kind of "straight up" questions everyone wants answered, and Tane is his usual direct and honest self throughout. Here are some of the highlights.
"You can't do safety if you're not shifting the thing"
This was the moment that made Dave stop and ask if he could use it as a quote of the month on one of NZ Trucking Media's other shows.
Tane's point is one we often come back to at inviol: a business's number one job is to move its product. Get on the truck, out the door, to the customer. If that's not happening, nothing else matters. Safety has to work alongside that reality, not against it.
It's the thinking behind how we've built the platform. We designed it for teams that are genuinely busy, not ones with hours to spend looking at dashboards online. Short coaching conversations. Toolbox meetings using real video from real shifts. Just enough data to drive change without burying people who need to act on it. (Because let's be honest, if your safety tool makes people less productive, they'll stop using it.)
How a schedule change removed an entire risk zone
One of the stories that really stood out was about a large distribution centre. Their consolidation areas were getting flagged as high risk every morning, particularly between 7 and 9am. Trucks were queuing out the door, stock was flooding in all at once, and the team was under pressure to clear it.
When they actually looked at the inviol data, the fix turned out to be surprisingly simple. They broke the inbound delivery schedule into three parts of the day instead of one big morning rush. The risk in that zone dropped significantly, and the business ended up running about 30% more efficiently.
No new hardware, no construction work. Just a schedule change that nobody would have thought to make without the data showing them where the problem was. (This is one of my favourite things about what we do. The technology spots the pattern, but the solution is often something beautifully practical.)
60% reduction in machine-related costs over three years
Tane also talked about a customer who saw a 60% reduction in operational costs from machines hitting racking, dropping stock, and damaging goods. That's across six distribution centres, over three years. Their injuries and incidents dropped by 40% in the same period.
The thing that really comes through in the conversation is that the technology didn't do that on its own. It was coaching. Regular, consistent conversations with teams using footage from their own sites, which changed how people operated machines and created a genuinely different culture on the floor. The platform gave them the information, the people did the rest.
Privacy, security, and the trust question
Dave raised data security as a concern (something we get asked in almost every conversation and are always happy to answer). Tane walked through our approach: SOC 2 Type II accreditation, ISO work underway, a full-time security person on the team, and regular penetration testing where external hackers literally try to break into our systems and hardware. Some of our customers get attacked a hundred thousand times a day. It's a serious concern and we treat it seriously.
On the privacy side, inviol only captures short video snippets when something unsafe is detected. Everything else is discarded within seconds. It's not about monitoring people, it's about highlighting the moments that could hurt someone so teams can have better, more specific conversations about them.
The bigger picture: AI, automation, and what comes next
The second half of the conversation heads somewhere you might not expect from a safety tech podcast. Dave pushed Tane on the philosophical side: how do we make sure AI doesn't strip the humanness out of work? How do our kids learn to meet a stranger, start a conversation, build a partnership?
Tane's view (and I think this really reflects how we think about things at inviol) is that leaders need to choose tools that give people more time with each other, not less. That's part of why the platform is built around coaching conversations rather than automated enforcement. The goal is to give people a reason to talk to their teams, not a reason to stop.
He also shared some fascinating thoughts on New Zealand as a testing ground for tech businesses, the potential of Australasia as a regional force, and what the timeline for robotics and wider automation might actually look like. (His take: the technology will exist in five years, but wide adoption is more like 10 to 15 years away because of capital, maintenance, and all the infrastructure that still needs to be built around it.)
Listen to the full episode
The full conversation runs about 45 minutes, and honestly, this summary only scratches the surface. If you work in an industry where people move things for a living, it's well worth your time.
Author
Louise von Benzon
Marketing Lead
Frequently Asked Questions
What podcast did inviol's founder appear on?
Tane van der Boon, founder and CEO of inviol, appeared on the Keep On Moving podcast, part of the NZ Trucking Media family, in April 2026 for a Wider View interview covering AI, workplace safety, operational efficiency, and the future of work.
What is inviol's approach to workplace safety?
inviol uses computer vision AI on existing CCTV cameras to detect unsafe behaviours and near misses in real time, then turns those events into coaching conversations. The platform is designed for operationally efficient businesses that need to keep moving product while keeping their teams safe.
What results have inviol customers achieved?
Customers have reported up to 60% reduction in machine-related operational costs, 40% fewer injuries and incidents over three years, and significant risk reduction driven by regular coaching using real video footage from their own sites.