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Learning to Learn Socially

July 7, 2023 by Gabrielle Carlton 7 Comments

“LEADERSHIP is TIME and a simple CUP OF COFFEE” Brian Darlington, Mondi I took a leap of faith 3 years ago and stepped away from my consulting business to immerse myself into being an employee. I wanted to be part of the machinations, to connect, to engage and grow with the people all working … [Read more...] about Learning to Learn Socially

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Psychological Health and Safety, Psychosocial Safety, Resiliencing Tagged With: learning

What is Psychological Safety?

July 6, 2023 by Admin 18 Comments

Find Psychological Safety Resources HERE >>>> Mental Health is certainly a hot topic at the moment. Even the Safety Regulators are encouraging us to apply the same old ineffective safety methodologies to “fixing” the problem people. Emerging also are buzz words like “Mental First Aid” … [Read more...] about What is Psychological Safety?

Filed Under: Mental health, Psychological Health and Safety, Safety Culture Tagged With: Psychological Safety

No Help for Mental Health in Zero

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

No Help for Mental Health in Zero I came into work in the safety industry after many years in various professions including Community Services, not-for-profit services, Social Work, Education, Youth Services, Youth Detention, Pastoral Counselling, EAP and Corrections. In all of these professional … [Read more...] about No Help for Mental Health in Zero

Filed Under: Mental health, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: mental health, RU OK, suicide prevention

Not Just Another ‘Hazard’

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

When one reads ISO 45003 or any other Codes of Practice regarding Psychosocial Health it is clear that the engineers are in town. It is as if a ‘cut and paste’ has been done associating Psychosocial health as if it is just another hazard. It is NOT! Of course, the history of the safety industry … [Read more...] about Not Just Another ‘Hazard’

Filed Under: Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: iso 45003, psychosocial hazards

Hazards Near Me

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

I have just downloaded the NSW Emergency Services new app, ‘Hazards Near Me’ (https://www.nsw.gov.au/emergency/hazards-near-me-app). Of course, this compliments the recent Code of Practice for Psychosocial Hazards … [Read more...] about Hazards Near Me

Filed Under: Mental health, Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: apps

A Comparison of Safety Paradigms

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

A paradigm is a distinct set of concept and thinking that result in distinct practices. In recent times it has occurred to coroners at inquests, auditors and government that poor safety culture has a central role in normalising unsafe practice. Inspectors and auditors are now ever mindful that … [Read more...] about A Comparison of Safety Paradigms

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety, Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: Psychological Safety, safety culture, Safety Engagement, safety paradigm, Safety Paradigms, safety professional, safety programs, Safety Systems

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

The Sickness of Safetyism

June 27, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

The Sickness of Safetyism When I do training and safety people attend there is invariably someone who introduces themselves by the nominal ‘Safety Sam’ or ‘Safety Sally’. This is how they are known at work and want to be identified and unfortunately are proud of it. Funny, I’ve never met a ‘Teacher … [Read more...] about The Sickness of Safetyism

Filed Under: Mental health, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: mental health, safety sam, safetyism

How NOT to do Anything About Culture in Building and Construction

June 27, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

How NOT to do Anything About Culture in Building and Construction The recently released Culture Standard for the Construction Industry (https://www.cultureinconstruction.com.au/culture-standard/ ) is a classic example of how to look like culture is identified and being addressed, when it is not. … [Read more...] about How NOT to do Anything About Culture in Building and Construction

Filed Under: Construction Safety, Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long, Safety Culture Tagged With: culture

Conversations About Psychosocial Risk – Greg Smith, Dr Craig Ashhurst and Dr Rob Long

June 24, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

The second video in this series is now avilable here: Conversations About Psychosocial Risk Session 2 – Greg Smith, Dr Craig Ashhurst and Dr Rob Long Many in Safety will know of the new push into Psychosocial health. This push is understood as a ‘hazard’ … [Read more...] about Conversations About Psychosocial Risk – Greg Smith, Dr Craig Ashhurst and Dr Rob Long

Filed Under: Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: iso 45003

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