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Culture Silences in Safety – Holism

May 23, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Culture Silences in Safety - Holism There are so many critical parts of culture that Safety is silent about and yet it is so noisy about things in culture that are relatively unimportant. Just have … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety – Holism

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Tagged With: holistic safety, safety survey

Culture Silences in Safety The Collective Unconscious

May 21, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Culture Silences in Safety The Collective Unconscious An essential in understanding culture is understanding shared consciousness and shared unconsciousness. The work of Jung charted the frontier in … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety The Collective Unconscious

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture, Unconscious Tagged With: Archetypes, collective unconscious, memes

Culture Silences in Safety Artefacts

May 20, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Culture Silences in Safety Artefacts When you ask an Anthropologist about culture they most often think about artefacts, when you ask Safety, it’s always about behaviours. Artefacts carry a code and … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety Artefacts

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Tagged With: Anthropology, Archaeology, artefacts

Culture Silences in Safety Symbolism

May 19, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Culture Silences in Safety Symbolism When safety uses the word ‘culture’ it is most often define by behaviourist assumptions. Just look at how safety defines culture and it’s most often ‘what we do … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety Symbolism

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics Tagged With: mythology, symbolism

Culture Silences in Safety Mythology

May 16, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Culture Silences in Safety, Mythology One of the profound weaknesses of how Safety considers culture is its omission of many critical aspects of culture essential for consideration. When your … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety Mythology

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Tagged With: safety myths

The Safety Trifecta and Nothing Changes

May 14, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

The Safety Trifecta and Nothing Changes In Australia, the notion of a ‘trifecta’ is well known. It’s a gambling term that explains the prediction and win on forecasting the first three places in a … [Read more...] about The Safety Trifecta and Nothing Changes

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: gambling, Insurance

Sleep Dysfunction, Dreaming and Safety

May 12, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Sleep Dysfunction, Dreaming and Safety There are many common themes we find in music and song, many about love and the soul, and many about dreaming. The Beatles sang about sleep and dreaming on one … [Read more...] about Sleep Dysfunction, Dreaming and Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Unconscious Tagged With: dreaming, Sleep

Working Out What Makes Sense in Safety

May 9, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Working Out What Makes Sense in Safety Analytical philosophy is a branch of philosophy that uses logical analysis to understand the world. The school of thought is most associated with Bertrand … [Read more...] about Working Out What Makes Sense in Safety

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long Tagged With: bias, philosophy, sense making

How to Tackle Risk You Can’t See

May 6, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

How to Tackle Risk You Can’t See So often in strategic planning and goal setting people can’t see the trade-offs and by-products they are putting in place. You can’t see what you don’t know. We saw … [Read more...] about How to Tackle Risk You Can’t See

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: transdisciplinary approach

Human Factors is Never About Humans

May 4, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Human Factors is Never About Humans The first rule in reading safety is to understand that words essentially don’t have meaning. Zero never means zero, different doesn’t mean different and ‘human … [Read more...] about Human Factors is Never About Humans

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: human factors

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