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Due Diligence

No Time to Walk, No Time for Conversation

October 30, 2021 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 … [Read more...] about No Time to Walk, No Time for Conversation

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

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 … [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 … [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 … [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 … [Read more...] about A Typical Safety eBulletin

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

The Template Trap and Paper Safety

November 27, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 9 Comments

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

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

All Risk is Subjective

June 16, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

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

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: 5 whys, AIHS BoK on Ethics, ALARP, icam, risk, subjective

The Futility of the Centralised Safety Management System?

December 1, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

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?

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Robert Long, Safety systems, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: Due Diligence, safety management systems, sms, swms

The Perils of Excessive Safety Management Systems

August 25, 2019 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

  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

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Road Safety, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: Due Diligence, journey safety, paperwork, safety paradox, tick n flick

Indicators of Risk

May 17, 2019 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 … [Read more...] about Indicators of Risk

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

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