There is little doubt that Safety=Zero is a cult (https://safetyrisk.net/the-cult-ure-of-zero/). As I looked at the documentary Escaping Utopia (documenting the Gloryvale cult in NZ (https://iview.abc.net.au/show/escaping-utopia) I saw such similarities in the Indoctrination of … [Read more...] about How to Escape the Safety=Zero Cult
Making Sure There is No ‘Cultural Shift’ in Safety
In the latest instalment of Safety stating what is by what isn’t, we have this from NZ Worksafe (https://www.worksafe.govt.nz/about-us/news-and-media/ecostore-commits-323k-to-cultural-shift-in-safety/). When you read this article it becomes obvious, that this has nothing to do with … [Read more...] about Making Sure There is No ‘Cultural Shift’ in Safety
How to Make Ensure That People Don’t Speak Up
It is probably about time that we will see another ‘speak up’ campaign from one of the safety regulators. However, no marketing campaign can tackle the problem of under reporting. And, if risk, near-miss and accidents are not reported, there is no opportunity for learning. Here are some tips to … [Read more...] about How to Make Ensure That People Don’t Speak Up
It’s Not a Secret, We Just Don’t Talk About It
Another VERY interesting article by Dr Robert Long about choosing your words, slogans and messages with great care. I was only reading last night about the “elephant in the room” idiom!. If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE. I highly recommend you check out … [Read more...] about It’s Not a Secret, We Just Don’t Talk About It
Myth, Objectivity and the Subjectivity of Language in Safety
We all speak language unconsciously. This is because language is embodied from birth. We don’t need to think about what to say and process thought/language like a computer. We speak what we want to say most often without thinking. The words come out as we think and most often, we hear what we think, … [Read more...] about Myth, Objectivity and the Subjectivity of Language in Safety
There’s Nothing Better than a Blitz
There’s Nothing Better than a Blitz What a strange industry is safety, every time something goes wrong or an event occurs the assumption is that people have forgotten, are stupid or aren’t vigilant enough (or all three). Then the solution is to have a ‘blitz’. When I hear the word ‘blitz’ I think … [Read more...] about There’s Nothing Better than a Blitz
Linguistic Non-Intelligence with Safety Non-Experts
In the long tradition of claims in expertise that are not, we have the latest from Safety as non-experts in Linguistics (https://safetyrisk.net/more-of-safety-talking-to-safety-about-safety/). Apparently, counting repetition of words as data is ‘language intelligence’! Of course, it isn’t, but … [Read more...] about Linguistic Non-Intelligence with Safety Non-Experts
Poor Old George Griffiths
I was recently on holiday at Hill End (https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/country-nsw/bathurst-area/hill-end ), a preserved gold mining town from the 1860s just 3 hours west of Sydney (https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/hill-end-historic-site). You can find out more about … [Read more...] about Poor Old George Griffiths
More of Safety talking to Safety About safety
So, we can now add a new area of expertise that Safety has acquired. We don’t just have Safety presenting on Ethics and Culture, we now have Safety parading a lack of expertise in Linguistics. Through the so-called lens of ‘language intelligence’. Download HERE: Language Intelligence However, if … [Read more...] about More of Safety talking to Safety About safety
Safety Obsession as a Mental Illness
I never get surprised these days about the obsessions of Safety and of its fundamentalist extremism. The denialism of fallibility, the self-identity AS safety (https://safetyrisk.net/safety-is-not-your-life/) and the salvation theology is mindboggling … [Read more...] about Safety Obsession as a Mental Illness