Articles by Dr Rob Long

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020

Wellness is Not a Commodity

I received a post this week from Worksafe Victoria arguing why strategies for wellness in the workplace make for: improved productivity, improved reputation, reduced absenteeism and reduced turnover. Of course these outcomes are supported by extensive research but what a… Read the rest

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

Online Studies with CLLR

All online courses in the Social Psychology of Risk with the Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk can be viewed here: https://cllr.com.au/elearning/ The free Introduction Module in SPOR is available here: https://cllr.com.au/product/an-introduction-to-the-social-psychology-of-risk-unit-1-free-online-module/ Assessment is by: readings, zoom, journaling, watching… Read the rest

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

A Different Moral Compass for Risk

One of the fascinating things about Petersen’s popular text 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos is that it is basically a moral Theology. The book is a re-read of many Biblical texts mixed with a smattering of Piaget,… Read the rest

July 5, 2020July 5, 2020

Is Just Culture Unjust?

One of the strange things about the Just Culture phenomenon in risk and safety is the strange idea that somehow Justice and Culture can be controlled. Most often what Safety does with most things it touches is redefine Justice or… Read the rest

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020

Questioning Skills and Investigations

It is unfortunate that the word ‘investigation’ in the risk and safety industry has come to mean ‘interrogation’. However, the word really just means a systematic enquiry and analysis. Perhaps this focus on interrogation comes from the idea that if… Read the rest