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Lead and Lag Indicators

Measurement and Psychosocial Safety

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

  If you ask the wrong questions, you collect the wrong data Rather than measure what we value, we seem to value what we can measure - Unknown Generalisations are always problematic, because there are always exceptions. However, it is sometimes handy to use generalisations like a story, to … [Read more...] about Measurement and Psychosocial Safety

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: lti, LTIFR, Psychological Safety, safety acronyms, safety data, Safety Statistics

Do You Believe in Good and Bad Luck?

April 13, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

  Do You Believe in Good and Bad Luck? First published in Sept 2012 Soon it will be the football final and Melbourne Cup season again and millions of Australians will prove to each other that they believe in good and bad luck. There will be arguments about odds and probabilities, bank … [Read more...] about Do You Believe in Good and Bad Luck?

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Risk Management, Robert Long, Wicked Problems, Zero Harm Tagged With: bad luck, good luck, Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate, LTIFR, Zero Harm

The Psychology of Conversion – 20 Tips to get Started

April 1, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Psychology of Conversion – 20 Tips to get Started We can learn a great deal from our fundamentalist friends and people with addictions after all, these are the experts in conversion. If you are a safety officer or a risk manager you must wonder why it is so hard to convert people to becoming … [Read more...] about The Psychology of Conversion – 20 Tips to get Started

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems, Zero Harm Tagged With: safety culture, safety slogan, Zero Harm

Numerology and Psychic Numbing

January 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

  Numerology and Psychic Numbing Numerology is the belief in a mystical relationship between numbers and events. I can remember as a kid being challenged by the coincidence between numbers and events, later learning that the fascination between numbers and proofs dates back to the Early … [Read more...] about Numerology and Psychic Numbing

Filed Under: Accidents and Incidents, Lead and Lag Indicators, Robert Long, Safety Statistics, Social Psychology of Risk

Near Miss or Near Hit

August 1, 2020 by Admin 6 Comments

Near Miss or Near Hit One of the Great Misnomers of Nomenclature in Safety. A very difficult one for most organisations to get their heads around. Do we report, don’t we report, do we just ignore it? This article is probably the best I have ever seen on the subject and well worth a read. As the … [Read more...] about Near Miss or Near Hit

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Workplace Safety Tagged With: incident reporting, near hit, near miss

Misleading Indicators

June 12, 2019 by Phil LaDuke 11 Comments

Misleading Indicators By Phil La Duke on HIS BLOG Nearly every safety professional worth his or her salt has been told that he or she needs to look at both leading and lagging indicators; it’s good advice, in fact, it’s advice I’ve given many times in articles and speeches over the years.  But … [Read more...] about Misleading Indicators

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Phil LaDuke Tagged With: lag indicators, lead indicators, near miss reporting

Target Trade-Offs and Numeric Goals

June 3, 2018 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Target Trade-Offs and Numeric Goals We learn recently that Victorian Police – a supposed institution of trust, has fabricated numbers over the past 5 years  in order to meet targets. It is reported today that Victoria Police have fabricated 258,000 breath tests in order to meet targets. How is this … [Read more...] about Target Trade-Offs and Numeric Goals

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Robert Long, Safety Statistics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: safety targets

3 Steps to Xmas Holiday Safety Management

December 7, 2017 by Admin Leave a Comment

Latest article by WHS Lawyer Greg Smith first published here. The message is clear: Your current WHS system probably isn't working as well as you think it is (nor is anyone else’s) and your current lead and lag indicators are unlikely to prove the effectiveness of Safety Management and will be of … [Read more...] about 3 Steps to Xmas Holiday Safety Management

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Lead and Lag Indicators Tagged With: lag indicators, lead indicators, xmas safety message

Everything is Green: The delusion of health and safety reporting

August 27, 2017 by Admin 2 Comments

Great article by WHS Lawyer Greg Smith. First published here Quotes from the article: “How do you know the supervisors or managers are not just wandering around practicing random acts of safety, reinforcing unsafe behaviors and generally just pissing everybody off?” "What is your health … [Read more...] about Everything is Green: The delusion of health and safety reporting

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators Tagged With: reporting

Groundhog Safety Day

February 28, 2017 by Mark Taylor 7 Comments

Groundhog Safety Day Everything we see, smell, hear, feel and taste leads our brains to think equal to everything familiar in our reality. Neuroscience theory tells us that our brains are organised to reflect everything we know in our environment, in the form of knowledge and experience. Our … [Read more...] about Groundhog Safety Day

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