Skills in Presentations, Toolbox and Inductions – Free Downloads!! I was recently requested to help an organization with their onsite induction, toolbox and presentations. So, the first thing I requested back was what they were currently doing. I wonder how surprised you would be if I told you their induction was 200 PowerPoint slides with […]
The Paradox of Positivism for Safety
The Paradox of Positivism for Safety Most people in safety would be unaware that the common philosophy driving the safety worldview is known as Positivism. You can get some background on positivism here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positivism. Positivism privileges information interpreted through reason and logic and is the most common worldview in the Discipline of General Science. Positivism […]
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The Stanford Experiment and The Social Psychology of Risk
The Stanford Experiment and The Social Psychology of Risk The Discipline of Social psychology is quite new, emerging strongly from the atrocities of World War Two in seeking to explain the actions and culture of the Nazis. You can read about the history of Social Psychology here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_psychology. The application of this Discipline to understanding […]
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Don’t Make Safety a Habit
Don’t Make Safety a Habit When I was in Canada I met a group of people in a safety association whose motto was ‘Make Safety a Habit’. When I met them I asked, ‘Do you think safety needs unthinking clones doing high risk tasks by habit’. I wasn’t the most popular person in the group […]
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The Doctrine of Atonement for Safety People
The Doctrine of Atonement for Safety People I was sent this one from a safety conference this week and just couldn’t pass up a comment on its absurdity. First of all Safety saves no-one and the language of salvation belongs elsewhere not at a safety conference (and people wonder why I present Safety as a […]
