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Culture Silences in Safety – Socialitie

May 30, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Culture Silences in Safety – Socialitie One of the biggest gaps in the way amateur safety defines culture is a complete absence of any discussion of socialitie. It was Meyer, Streeck and Jordan … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety – Socialitie

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture, Safety Culture Silences Tagged With: groupspace, socialitie

Culture Silences in Safety – Linguistics

May 26, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Culture Silences in Safety – Linguistics As we continue this theme of culture silences in safety we also must consider the nature of linguistics, language and discourse. Language is the bedrock of … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety – Linguistics

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture, Safety Culture Silences Tagged With: linguistics

Culture Silences in Safety – Embodiment

May 26, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Culture Silences in Safety – Embodiment So much that is critical to culture is never spoken about in safety. Safety is so noisy about zero ideology, whilst people voluntarily harm themselves under … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety – Embodiment

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture, Safety Culture Silences Tagged With: embodiment

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, Safety Culture Silences 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, Safety Culture Silences, 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, Safety Culture Silences 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, Safety Culture Silences, 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, Safety Culture Silences 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

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