We were recently asked if we could post this research survey, I hope you can all Take 5 to help them out Request: I have been following your website for a number of years. I am seasoned safety professional currently on my last stage of a masters degree. As part of my degree I am […]
The Great Safety Charade
You’ll Never Work Again – The Great Safety Charade Many of our readers will be familiar with the insightful and extremely thoroughly researched posts by Bernard Corden. To coincide with World Safety Day (28th April) Bernard has released his new Ebook: “You’ll Never Work Again – The Great Safety Charade”. All proceeds from the sale […]
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Perth Workshops–Due Diligence and Social Amplification of Risk
Perth Workshops–Due Diligence and Social Amplification of Risk Workshop One: Dr Long and Greg Smith present their highly acclaimed Two Day Due Diligence Workshop on 22 and 23 July. You can read about the program and register here: https://cllr.com.au/product/due-diligence-workshop-unit-13/ Workshop Two: Dr Long presents The Social Amplification of Risk Workshop on 25 and 26 July. […]
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Implications of Fatigue and Distraction Monitoring Systems
Implications of Fatigue and Distraction Monitoring Systems Guest Post by Danny Fay As part of my Unit 6 studies for the Diploma in Social Psychology of Risk, I am undertaking the subject of Holistic Ergonomics. For my assignment in this unit, I have chosen to evaluate the introduction of Fatigue and Distraction Monitoring systems into […]
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There is no root cause
Interesting article dispelling some “root cause” myths. First published here: https://www.kitchensoap.com/2012/02/10/each-necessary-but-only-jointly-sufficient/ Each necessary, but only jointly sufficient I thought it might be worth digging in a bit deeper on something that I mentioned in the Advanced Postmortem Fu talk I gave at last year’s Velocity conference. For complex socio-technical systems (web engineering and operations) there […]
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Dr Long Joins Federation University
Dr Long Joins Federation University Dr Long is pleased to announce he is joining Federation University and will be working initially in the Masters in Applied Science (OHS) at VIOSH. (https://study.federation.edu.au/#/course/DEH9) Whilst Dr Long continues to run programs through the Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk (https://cllr.com.au/), his work with the University now brings […]
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The Paradox of “Lifesaving Rules”
The Paradox of “Lifesaving Rules” Guest Post by Danny Fay As part of my assignment in Unit 5 of the Diploma in Social Psychology of Risk, I am evaluating the paradox of “Lifesaving Rules” against the five principles of collective mindfulness as developed by Professor Karl Weick. Collective mindfulness is an acceptance of equivocality; understanding […]
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Adverse Events: Eliminate or Anticipate?
Adverse Events: Eliminate or Anticipate? Blog by George Stavrou. Submitted as part of his assessment in Unit 5 of the Diploma in Social Psychology of Risk at The Centre For Leadership and Learning in Risk In an endeavour to assist organisations better manage risk, the safety industry have designed various assessment tools to identify likely sources […]
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People are not Rats–Moving Beyond Behaviour Based Safety
Interesting article by Clive Lloyd – first published here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/people-rats-moving-beyond-behaviour-based-safety-clive-lloyd People are not Rats–Moving Beyond Behaviour Based Safety You are entitled to your opinions – you are not entitled to your own facts! Lately it seems empirical evidence, peer-reviewed research and being guided by experts has given way to mere opinions and (to use the […]
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Real Risk – Free Download
Real Risk – Free Download Well, here is a gift from Dr Long to you for 2019, a free download of book three in the series on risk – Real Risk, Human Discerning and Risk. Enter your details for the free download here: https://www.humandymensions.com/product/real-risk/ After the absurd fear associated with empty toilet rolls (https://safetyrisk.net/toilet-roll-safety/) it […]
