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Indicators of Risk

December 30, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

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 people are not educated in is teaching, curriculum and learning. Amazing how the industry throws … [Read more...] about Indicators of Risk

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Risk Assessment, Robert Long Tagged With: iCue, risk assessement training, risk homeostasis, swms

No Time to Walk, No Time for Conversation

December 3, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

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 compared to what they think they should be doing. Most are caught up in excessive paperwork, needless … [Read more...] about No Time to Walk, No Time for Conversation

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Robert Long Tagged With: iauditor, time

But We Have Safety Systems in Place

November 15, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

But We Have Safety Systems in Place One of the most successful myths of Safety is that one is protected by having systems in place. What we learned from Greg Smith in Risky Conversations, The Law, Social Psychology and Risk (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/risky-conversations/) was that … [Read more...] about But We Have Safety Systems in Place

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Robert Long, Safety systems Tagged With: Due Diligence, Safety Systems

Due Diligence is NOT Quantitative

August 25, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

One of the grand delusions of approaches to Due Diligence is that it is a quantitative concept. Due Diligence is similar to ALARP and is a 100% qualitative idea that cannot be measured. Our successful Due Diligence program will be run in Perth 3,4,5 October … [Read more...] about Due Diligence is NOT Quantitative

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Robert Long Tagged With: ALARP

The Safety Worldview and the Worldview of Safety, Testing Due Diligence

August 13, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Following the World Congress on Safety and Health I begin to wonder just how more absurd the safety industry can become. It is clear from the Congress that safety is now the filter through which one views life rather than, life being the filter through which one views safety. When one gets such a … [Read more...] about The Safety Worldview and the Worldview of Safety, Testing Due Diligence

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: Due Diligence, satisficing, worldview

Due Diligence and Holistic Ergonomics Workshops

July 28, 2022 by Admin Leave a Comment

Perth Workshops 3-7 October 2022 Due Diligence and Holistic Ergonomics The highly successful Due Diligence program will be delivered in Perth on 3-5 October. This program delivered jointly by Greg Smith (author of Paper Safe) and Dr Rob Long is a program that sets the cat among the safety pigeons. … [Read more...] about Due Diligence and Holistic Ergonomics Workshops

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: holistic ergonomics

Balancing Open and Closed Systems in Risk

October 27, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

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 Due Diligence (https://cllr.com.au/product/due-diligence-workshop-unit-13-elearning/ ) and resources … [Read more...] about Balancing Open and Closed Systems in Risk

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Robert Long, Safety systems Tagged With: iCue, paper safe

200,000 SPoR Book Downloads

September 13, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

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 Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR). This is in addition to over 100,000 video downloads … [Read more...] about 200,000 SPoR Book Downloads

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Ethics, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: AIHS BoK on Ethics, SPoR

Congruence in Messaging in Safety

June 13, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Congruence in Messaging in Safety Study in Semiotics demonstrates that congruence in messaging improves communication, incongruence creates miss-messaging. In order for communication to be effective there needs to be congruence not just in text, language and discourse (power in language) but also … [Read more...] about Congruence in Messaging in Safety

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, critical thinking, Due Diligence, Robert Long, Semiotics Tagged With: linguistics, safety message

A Typical Safety eBulletin

March 31, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

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 story is about a free webinar to manage risk. When one learns to think critically one knows how to … [Read more...] about A Typical Safety eBulletin

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Robert Long, Safety News Tagged With: discourse analysis, safety mythology

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