Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
Humans Don’t Bounce!We can’t measure resilience and neither should we! It’s absurd to think that we can somehow quantify a persons struggle or crisis and condense it down to a ‘helpful’ number.Yet this is what I find all the time with my research in resilience. ‘How to Guides’ on building, getting or striving for resilience. Such things as; 10 Things to Master and Become Resilient – What the … [Continue reading...] about Humans Don’t Bounce!
You Can’t Will AttentivenessThe idea that humans have an individual power (will) to override: the world around us, cultural heritage, history, social influence, technique design and emotions is a construct of an Augustinian/Cartesian worldview. All of the latest research in neuroscience, cognition and social psychology makes it clear that the idea of an individual will is nonsense. All of the … [Continue reading...] about You Can’t Will Attentiveness
Due Diligence Workshops OversubscribedIf you are looking to attend the Due Diligence Workshop on 28,29 November 2018 (https://cllr.com.au/product/due-diligence-workshop-unit-13/) with Dr Rob Long and Greg Smith in Sydney there are no more places. The enrolment is ‘choc a block’ so we may run another workshop early in the New Year.Following on from the successful Risky Conversations, The Law, … [Continue reading...] about Due Diligence Workshops Oversubscribed
Passionately Unethical About Safety‘I’m a Bully for Safety’ the T-shirt read, ‘Get some Thug into Ya, for Safety!’It seems you can present any nonsense in safety as long as it’s justified by passion. And don’t criticise anything because the person projecting the metaphor or symbol is passionate about it. It seems everything in safety is justified by passion. As long as you are passionate about … [Continue reading...] about Passionately Unethical About Safety
Bridge over troubled waterBridges are a fascinating and dynamic piece of infrastructure that link communities and open regions to opportunity. A successful collaboration between its architects, developers, construction companies, subcontractors and the public sector transforms the way people live and work. Several notable iconic examples include the Sydney Harbour, Brooklyn and Golden Gate … [Continue reading...] about Bridge over troubled water
Safety is an Art Safety has much more to do with Art, History and Philosophy than it has to do with Science, Engineering and Law. I recently wrote The Target Drives the Method about the subjectivity of determining ‘significance’ that is a precursor to this discussion. Despite the perception that so many in safety believe […]
Fire Risk Assessment Software or Fire Consultant for your business Guest Posting by UK Fire Safety Solutions All businesses in the UK now have to undertake fire risk assessment by law because of the change in The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order of 2005. The responsibility now falls onto business owners to ensure that fire […]
Ethical Behaviour for Safety Professionals Guest post by the late George Robotham See also: Safety Professionals Behaving Badly Introduction During my time in business I have had to face ethical issues. I have to say sometimes my behaviour has not been as squeaky clean as it could have been. Ethical behaviour Appropriate behaviour. It is […]
Simple Steps to Workplace Safety Guest Post It’s not forklifts, heavy machinery or chemicals that cause the majority of industrial accidents. Rather, slips, trips and falls cause most workplace injuries — and 15 percent of accidental workplace deaths, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Accidents in the workplace can occur, no matter what […]
Skid Steer Loader Safety In construction and farming, skid steer loaders are one of the most helpful tools for small-space excavating and farming tasks. However, because of their small size and bucket-heavy design, skid steer loaders can be one of the most dangerous tools with improper use. Let’s look at some free safety tips for […]
Pascal’s Wager and Sacred Safety Pascal’s Wager in the 1640s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal’s_Wager) sets out the fundamental idea of the Precautionary Principle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle ). The Precautionary Principle errs on the side of least loss, regardless of belief. So, in any situation of risk (any gamble) eg. Climate Change, one looses least by not taking the risk that […]
What If I Valued People And Not Safety? When organisations say that their number one priority is safety, it can have some unexpected outcomes. Setting, and stating, organisational priorities and values is a wicked problem to begin with. Nothing is neutral and everything has meaning, so when “safety” gets chosen as the poster child of […]
