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No Safety in Numbers

June 9, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 14 Comments

No Safety in Numbers I was asked to present recently to a group in the USA on the fixation/psychosis of Safety with numbers. I started with the title of this blog making two points: that you are no … [Read more...] about No Safety in Numbers

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: BBS, numbers

The ‘Roots’ of Behaviour

February 26, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 10 Comments

The ‘Roots’ of Behaviour It’s always fascinating watching the risk industry battle with behaviourism, because it doesn’t work (https://safetyrisk.net/the-curse-of-behaviourism/ ). It doesn’t matter … [Read more...] about The ‘Roots’ of Behaviour

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: behaviour, nsca

How Do Workers Make Decisions?

October 23, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

How Do Workers Make Decisions? This is the question on the tongue of Safety but has no idea of an answer. I saw a video recently about ‘predicting behaviour in safety’. This was a slick piece of … [Read more...] about How Do Workers Make Decisions?

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Unconscious Tagged With: AIHS BoK on Ethics, behaviourist, collective unconscious, decisions, human error

Brain-Centredness and Occular-Centredness in Risk

October 15, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Brain-Centredness and Occular-Centredness in Risk Such a small amount of what we ‘see’ is processed through the eyes and brain indeed, this amounts to less than 5% of all ways in which we sense the … [Read more...] about Brain-Centredness and Occular-Centredness in Risk

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Unconscious Tagged With: behaviourism, brain, inductions, positivism

Science and Acts of Faith in Safety

September 7, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Science and Acts of Faith in Safety The language of scientific ‘proofs’ is the language of positivism, behaviourism and empiricism. Such a language often gives away a discourse of control, power and … [Read more...] about Science and Acts of Faith in Safety

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: BBS, behaviorism, faith, scientific method

The BS of BS

September 6, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 29 Comments

The BS of BS Every time some antiquated BS about Behavioural Safety (BS) (https://safetyrisk.net/kicking-the-behaviourism-habit/) comes out you wonder just how more backward this industry can go. … [Read more...] about The BS of BS

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: arational thinking, BBS, Behavioural Safety

Next Generation Safety Leadership–Book Review

August 10, 2020 by Admin 1 Comment

by John Holt (first Published Here) Next Generation Safety Leadership: From Compliance to Care by Clive Lloyd First edition published 2020 by CRC Press Available CRC Press: Next Generation … [Read more...] about Next Generation Safety Leadership–Book Review

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Psychological Safety, Safety Books, Safety Leadership, Zero Harm

Motivation and de-Motivation in Safety

August 7, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

One of the delusions of Behaviourism is that guilt and punitive consequence are motivational. The opposite is the case. There is endless research to demonstrate that the assumptions of Behaviourism … [Read more...] about Motivation and de-Motivation in Safety

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Covid-19, Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS Chapter on Ethics, behaviourism, motivation

Scaffolding, Readiness and ZPD in Learning

August 1, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

In the first few weeks of a Teaching degree one is introduced to the fundamentals of learning theory and there are plenty of them (https://teacherofsci.com/learning-theories-in-education/ ). Every … [Read more...] about Scaffolding, Readiness and ZPD in Learning

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Learning, Robert Long Tagged With: BBS, scaffolding, Zone of Proximal Development

Next Generation Safety Leadership

August 1, 2020 by Admin 7 Comments

Next Generation Safety Leadership - From Compliance to Care New book by Clive Lloyd from gystconsulting.com.au  - available HERE From the Foreword: "Safety as an industry is in crisis. For … [Read more...] about Next Generation Safety Leadership

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Psychological Safety, Safety Books, Zero Harm Tagged With: clive lloyd

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