No Time to Walk, No Time for Conversation I often get opportunity to chat to safety people about their work in safety. Many write to me about what they are expected to do by their organisations … [Read more...] about No Time to Walk, No Time for Conversation
Due Diligence
Balancing Open and Closed Systems in Risk
Balancing Open and Closed Systems in Risk One of the lessons of Greg Smith’s book ‘Paper Safe’ is that completed systems in themselves are not an assurance of safety. Similarly, our series on … [Read more...] about Balancing Open and Closed Systems in Risk
200,000 SPoR Book Downloads
200,000 SPoR Book Downloads We’ve had a few milestones lately, first with the 1000th blog (https://safetyrisk.net/celebrating-1000-blogs-on-risk/ ) and now with over 200,000 book sales/downloads of … [Read more...] about 200,000 SPoR Book Downloads
A Typical Safety eBulletin
A Typical Safety eBulletin It is always amusing to receive safety newsletters and publications from associations and note the language/discourse used. The latest HSE mail out is typical. The leading … [Read more...] about A Typical Safety eBulletin
The Template Trap and Paper Safety
Safety is a printing business not a risk management business. As long as you have put the right paperwork in place and completed it the right way (usability mapping - … [Read more...] about The Template Trap and Paper Safety
All Risk is Subjective
The latest research confirms what SPoR has known for sometime, that all vision is subjective, objective vision is impossible … [Read more...] about All Risk is Subjective
The Futility of the Centralised Safety Management System?
Whenever I run the MiProfile diagnostic (https://www.humandymensions.com/services-and-programs/miprofile/) in organizations it always turns out that over 60% of people state that they do not … [Read more...] about The Futility of the Centralised Safety Management System?
The Perils of Excessive Safety Management Systems
In a recent case of unfair dismissal in the Fair Work Commission (FWC 5004:2019 under commissioner Williams Perth 24 July 2019) we learn how creating onerous bureaucracy creates its own … [Read more...] about The Perils of Excessive Safety Management Systems
Indicators of Risk
Indicators of Risk I often get sent presentations and training formats from safety people seeking my expertise on improvement, learning design and critique of safety presentations. One thing safety … [Read more...] about Indicators of Risk