SEEK Investigations Workshop 5,6,7 July Canberra The next SEEK Investigations Workshop is in Canberra on 5-7 July at the Balcony Room, Tuggeranong Community Centre, Canberra. This is a great opportunity to experience a new and holistic way of investigations in the framework of the Social … [Read more...] about SEEK Investigations Workshop
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Making Sense of Safety Management Systems
Making Sense of Safety Management Systems Guest Post by George Stavrou - SH&E Manager. This was an assignment submitted as part of his studies at The Centre For Leadership, Learning and Risk My car has started showing signs of ageing, signalling upcoming costly repairs. In other words, it’s … [Read more...] about Making Sense of Safety Management Systems
The Great Heinrich Hoax
The Great Heinrich Hoax Perhaps the greatest evidence that Safety is not a profession is the acceptance by the industry of hoaxes and myths. There is no greater hoax in the safety industry than the myth that injury data or injury rates have any connection at all to causality or the management of … [Read more...] about The Great Heinrich Hoax
CLLR NEWSLETTER–March 2023
Theme - The Delusions of AI, Risk and Safety ‘Congratulations, we have just shifted all out Psychosocial data on you, into our hazards register’. Can you just imagine this message being forwarded to you any time soon as Safety takes on the task of implementing ISO 43005 … [Read more...] about CLLR NEWSLETTER–March 2023
SPoR Community Network
After long discussions with Rob Long, Craig Ashhurst and others in the Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk (CLLR) we have made the decision to develop a connected approach to communications for the Social Psychology of Risk by creating the SPoR Community Network. I (Matt Thorne Adelaide) have … [Read more...] about SPoR Community Network
Free Online Introduction to the Social Psychology of Risk
Free Online Introduction to the Social Psychology of Risk Start Videos 24 August, Face to Face 28 Sept We recently concluded the fifth series in the free online Introduction to the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR). Here are some of the reflections of participants. In the traditional world, we … [Read more...] about Free Online Introduction to the Social Psychology of Risk
Free Online Workshops
Free Online Workshops – Workshop 1: Culture and Safety, Workshop 2: Ethics Free Courses in 2023 If you are interested in these courses, register by email to robertlong2@mac.com Please DO NOT register for a course just because it is free. If you do not attend the first session of the course … [Read more...] about Free Online Workshops
CLLR Newsletter – Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
In the final newsletter for 2022 let me wish you in the risk and safety world, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. The last few years during the pandemic have been such a trying time of suffering for many, as well as much frustration and distress for such suffering. So, our best wishes for this … [Read more...] about CLLR Newsletter – Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Making Technicians Not Helpers
Making Technicians Not Helpers People have enrolled in the CLLR Certificate online and in face-to-face studies (https://cllr.com.au/register-to-study/) recently, many with graduate and post-graduate qualifications in Safety. Near all, without exception, are looking for the skills and knowledge that … [Read more...] about Making Technicians Not Helpers
Moral Fundamentalism in Safety
The worst feature of the AIHS BoK Chapter on Ethics is moral fundamentalism. Whilst the silences in the Chapter on personhood, care, power and helping are damming, what stands out most is a foundational encouragement for moral fundamentalism. This is assisted by blending the meaning of morality and … [Read more...] about Moral Fundamentalism in Safety
