Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
The place to start with any strategy is with ethos. Unless one knows the driving philosophy of the people and organisation (ontology), it is likely any strategy will just be much more than a pragmatic quest for more of the same. BTW, most … Learn more >>>>>
I was told today there is now something called ‘the 1% safer movement’, really? What is this industry that frames everything by a number? What is this psychosis with numbers? (https://safetyrisk.net/its-always-a-number/) and what does this mean? If I am 1% safer now than I … Learn more >>>>>
There’s nothing quite like that sinking feeling when you are inadvertently assaulted by the crusade of Safety. Just when you thought you were free to learn, discover, play and relax, you get confronted yet again by the Safety monster. It seems Safety lurks in … Learn more >>>>>
There is nothing in the risk and safety literature that tackles the power of the imagination, dreaming, curiosity or the unconscious. Combined, these faculties, capabilities and intuitive heuristics take us into alternate states of knowing, being and decision making. Being interested in imagination, creativity, … Learn more >>>>>
We read recently of the rise in car crashes In Australia caused by eating sultanas. Of course you have to laugh because this is the same binary logic that dominates the safety industry as a reality, driven by Zero.
Tim Minchin … Learn more >>>>>
