Scapegoating and Safety The Scapegoat has always been a part of the way the Sacred deals with harm, suffering, uncertainty and guilt. All civilizations and religions have practiced various forms of … [Read more...] about Scapegoating and Safety
Asking the Wrong Questions
Asking the Wrong Questions to Get the Expected Answer in Safety When you define safety by injury rates the question asked is: ‘How many people do you want injured today?’ When safety is defined by … [Read more...] about Asking the Wrong Questions
Wearable Technology and Safety
Wearable Technology and Safety It is interesting to watch Safety grapple for new saviours, Techniques (Ellul) to get to zero. The latest in the ‘faith in technology’ discourse is wearable devices to … [Read more...] about Wearable Technology and Safety
Deciphering Safety Code
Deciphering Safety Code Unfortunately, language in safety is rarely defined so in order to help decipher meaning, the following codes should to be applied: Lean means obese Learning means … [Read more...] about Deciphering Safety Code
Echo Chambers and Thinking About Risk
Echo Chambers and Thinking About Risk One of the greatest challenges for the any industry is introspection, gazing into its own belly button hoping to find something new. We could call this ‘fortress … [Read more...] about Echo Chambers and Thinking About Risk
Podcast with James MacPherson
Podcast with James MacPherson For those who like podcasts, I had a nice discussion with James MacPherson here: https://podcasts.bcast.fm/e/2863q5pn It was great to get to know James who was prepared … [Read more...] about Podcast with James MacPherson
Passion and Safety
Passion and Safety I had fascinating discussion with a safety person this week about passion. We discussed an acquaintance who we both considered naïve but my friend thought this was OK, excused by … [Read more...] about Passion and Safety
Culture – Edgar Schein
Culture - Edgar Schein This weeks conversation is about Safety Culture, Dave Whitefield from Semiosphere and Andrew Thornhill from Clarity Enabled and myself discuss Edgar Schein's model as a … [Read more...] about Culture – Edgar Schein
