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Covid 1984 – The Shake Hands Maskerade and Vial Diplomacy

February 25, 2021 by Bernard Corden 3 Comments

Covid 1984 - The Shake Hands Maskerade and Vial Diplomacy Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past George Orwell Boys from the Blackstuff was a highly acclaimed British television drama series written by the Liverpool playwright Alan Bleasdale. It was … [Read more...] about Covid 1984 – The Shake Hands Maskerade and Vial Diplomacy

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Zero Vision Creates Mindless Gobbledygook

January 20, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

Zero Vision Creates Mindless Gobbledygook When you commit yourself to a nonsense unachievable goal, idiotic language and binary targets, you have no choice but to speak endless gobbledygook. This is the only conclusion one can come to when reading the latest nonsense from IOSH magazine Whenever … [Read more...] about Zero Vision Creates Mindless Gobbledygook

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: IOSH, zero vision

Measurement Anxiety in Safety

January 15, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Measurement Anxiety in Safety When we say that something has affected us ‘beyond measure’ we express one of the truisms of life. Many times in life we not only experience things ‘without measure’ but we are also ‘lost for words’. It is often in moments of ecstasy, suffering, awesomeness and … [Read more...] about Measurement Anxiety in Safety

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long Tagged With: measurement, measuring safety, psychic numbing

Merry Covid Xmas–2020

December 23, 2020 by Admin 2 Comments

Thanks to all of our loyal and somewhat naughty (according to the safety crusaders) authors, readers, sharers, commenters and critics – bring on 2021! HAVE THE XMAS AND NEW YEAR THAT YOU HAVE – NO PRESSURE! Cartoon thanks to my talented little sister: … [Read more...] about Merry Covid Xmas–2020

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AHH$ Covid$afe Chri$tma$ New$letter

December 20, 2020 by Bernard Corden Leave a Comment

AHHS Covidsafe Christmas Newsletter Greed i$ good - Gordon Gekko Dear Member$, In an era of unprecedented volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, the AHH$ remains resilient and is quite capable of turning any crisis into a lucrative opportunity to secure its fiefdom. The festive season … [Read more...] about AHH$ Covid$afe Chri$tma$ New$letter

Filed Under: Bernard Corden, Covid-19 Tagged With: AIHS, christmas safety

The Swiss Cheese Addiction and Covid Delusion

October 28, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Swiss Cheese Addiction and Covid Delusion Symbols say much more than themselves just as intuition is more than we can say (Polanyi). However, when it comes to safety that deems symbols to be truth and metaphors to be reality we have addictions to models and symbols that are neither truthful nor … [Read more...] about The Swiss Cheese Addiction and Covid Delusion

Filed Under: Covid-19, critical thinking, Robert Long Tagged With: Swiss Cheese Model

Data Ethics and the Ethics of Data in Safety

October 17, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Data Ethics and the Ethics of Data in Safety I received an email yesterday about data mining and safety data with promises of making unseen risks visible using artificial intelligence (AI). The marketing is ‘choc-a-block’ with promises of what AI can do and how algorithmic analysis can tell you … [Read more...] about Data Ethics and the Ethics of Data in Safety

Filed Under: Covid-19, critical thinking, Ethics, Robert Long Tagged With: AI, data, politics

Resiliencing Wisdom for Covid Safety

October 16, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Resiliencing Wisdom for Covid Safety Wise sayings are all about living and being (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/wise-sayings) and mostly don’t provide answers. If you are stressed out, lonely, frazzled or confused: go for a walk, say hello, coffee with someone, smell the flowers or take in a … [Read more...] about Resiliencing Wisdom for Covid Safety

Filed Under: Covid-19, Psychological Safety, Resilience, Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS BoK, resiliencing, wisdom

Listening, Learning, Helping and Caring about Risk

October 9, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

Listening, Learning, Helping and Caring about Risk I was with a group of managers yesterday and as I often do asked them to list the words they associate with safety. We brainstorm in teams for a bit and then once each team has 10 words we put them in rank order from most important to least … [Read more...] about Listening, Learning, Helping and Caring about Risk

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: AIHS BoK on Ethics, caring, helping, learning, listening, numerics

Freedom in Necessity

October 2, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

Freedom in Necessity The characteristics of fallibility are the benefits of fallibility. Unless humans are fallible we can never know the delights of love, forgiveness, relationship, passion, care, helping or learning. The quest for immutability, to be robotic and without error is delusional … [Read more...] about Freedom in Necessity

Filed Under: Covid-19, Ethics, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: AIHS BoK on Ethics, ethic of risk, fallibility, safety management system

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