How to Make Safety Incentive Schemes Successful Since seeing the by-products of poorly designed and implemented safety incentive schemes I have never been a big fan of them, particularly those that reward for not getting injured (or not reporting those injuries). Although they once supported and … [Read more...] about How to Make Safety Incentive Schemes Successful
Think Different, Act Differently in Risk
Think Different, Act Differently in Risk The ‘think different’ campaign for Macintosh (Think_different) was a highly successful campaign to differentiate one computer platform against another. The campaign was launched by this successful video. The campaign marked the return of Steve Jobs to Apple … [Read more...] about Think Different, Act Differently in Risk
Free Release of All Risky Conversation Safety Videos
Free Release of All Risky Conversation Safety Videos Following the success of the Risky Conversations series (https://vimeo.com/album/3938199) Greg and Rob have decided to release access to ALL the videos for free. This release follows on from their most successful presentation of their two day … [Read more...] about Free Release of All Risky Conversation Safety Videos
Understanding iCue, a Visual, Verbal, Semiotic Method for Tackling Risk
If you really want to do safety differently you need a method that is different too. You can’t do safety differently using the same old systems and methods. More so, you can’t do safety differently from the same mechanistic paradigm. This is why I developed the iCue Method for tackling risk and … [Read more...] about Understanding iCue, a Visual, Verbal, Semiotic Method for Tackling Risk
Due Diligence Workshop
Due Diligence Workshop Due Diligence is not a product of legislation. Due diligence is a broad organisational and individual responsibility that existed as a legal principle long before Work Health and Safety legislation. Every major accident inquiry anywhere in the world for the past 30 years has … [Read more...] about Due Diligence Workshop
A creative safety initiative but beware of the by-products
A creative safety initiative but beware of the by-products Video of this “life saving” road safety initiative by Samsung has gone viral on Youtube. I can understand that, its a pretty cool idea. However, the number of hits on Youtube or the use of technology to provide a relatively simple … [Read more...] about A creative safety initiative but beware of the by-products
Zero Harm–The Maintenance of a Dangerous Idea
Zero Harm–The Maintenance of a Dangerous Idea Rob Long and Gabrielle Carlton discuss the issues associated with zero harm language and its effects on organisational culture. This extended video tackles many of the questions and ideas put forward by proponents of zero language and ideology. Gab and … [Read more...] about Zero Harm–The Maintenance of a Dangerous Idea
More Realistic Swiss Cheese Symbol
Dr Rob Long’s recent Safety Myths Series touched quite a few nerves in the safety industry, particularly his piece: Myth and Symbols in Safety, where he suggested that we should deconstruct the projected ‘truths’ of linearity and causality of models such as Swiss Cheese, Dominoes, Bow Tie and … [Read more...] about More Realistic Swiss Cheese Symbol
Safety and The Sunk Cost Fallacy
Safety and The Sunk Cost Fallacy In a recent debate on LinkedIn the discussion turned to the effectiveness or otherwise of concepts such as zero harm, BBS and other safety fads. Someone asked the question: “if so many people realise that this stuff doesn't work or is even harmful then why do we … [Read more...] about Safety and The Sunk Cost Fallacy
The 10 Definitive Rules For Safety Culture Improvement
The 10 Definitive Rules For Safety Culture Improvement: I really did want to stop at 10 but 11 is such an underrated number and rule No11 provides a great summary and round up of the top 10. After 30 years in risk and safety and 6 years posting 3000 articles and reading all the awesome comments on … [Read more...] about The 10 Definitive Rules For Safety Culture Improvement