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Post Graduate Safety Potato Heads

October 21, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Post Graduate Safety Potato Heads Current Post Grad group have completed the Grad Certificate (4 Units) in the Psychology of Risk, many going on to Post Grad Diploma and Masters. More about the course here Today we pulled out our potato heads. Good days of 'followership' and 'leading, listening, … [Read more...] about Post Graduate Safety Potato Heads

Filed Under: Potato Head, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: post graduate study, potato heads, psychology of risk

It’s a Risky Christmas

December 19, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

It’s a Risky Christmas - A Xmas Safety Poem without the word Safety In it: “So what is the rush to complete stuff before the end of the year about... here is a little poem that puts the highlight on the dangers of rushing to complete at Christmas time; it is about safety without mentioning safety” … [Read more...] about It’s a Risky Christmas

Filed Under: Creativity, Potato Head, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: christmas, Safety Poem

Safety – Learning by Doing and Learning by Theory

August 9, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

See also: Learning Styles Matter I get amazed at the number of times I read safety people parading ‘dumb down’ as a badge of honour. This constant envy (or whatever) of academic learning versus practical learning seems more accentuated in the safety industry than any other I have encountered. There … [Read more...] about Safety – Learning by Doing and Learning by Theory

Filed Under: Learning, Potato Head, Robert Long, Safety Training, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: community, learning, safety industry, theory, Unconscious Learning

Safety Potato Returns

August 8, 2015 by Admin Leave a Comment

Its been quite a while since we ran our Safety Potato Campaign (see Potato Head Risk and Safety) but one of our readers, Brian SJ, recently went to some trouble to put this together and I thought it was kinda neat: Some of the colleagues of Safety Potato. Mr Hardnut - He is why Safety Potato … [Read more...] about Safety Potato Returns

Filed Under: Potato Head Tagged With: safety potato, spud head

Zero Harm Means Zero Growth

May 6, 2015 by Admin 12 Comments

Zero Harm Means Zero Growth News out today that an underground mine employee had his case for unfair dismissal denied by the Fair Work Commission. He refused to shave his goatee beard so that he could effectively wear a half face respirator to ensure he was protected from silica dust and the … [Read more...] about Zero Harm Means Zero Growth

Filed Under: Potato Head, Safety Humor, Safety Satire, Zero Harm Tagged With: military, ppe, safety crusader, WHS Act, Zero Harm

Safety Potato in The US

November 12, 2014 by Admin 25 Comments

Safety Potato in The US Our own Safety Potato (see Potato Head Risk and Safety) was the inspiration for a Potato Head safety initiative at printing company in Connecticut. They write: Hi, I was ‘volunteered’ and somehow became Lead of Safety here at Liturgical Publications. I have attached a … [Read more...] about Safety Potato in The US

Filed Under: Positive Safety Stuff, Potato Head Tagged With: safety potato, Sharps

I Wasn’t Thinking Mr Spock

August 2, 2014 by Dr Rob Long 18 Comments

I Wasn’t Thinking Mr Spock “We make thousands of decisions everyday in automatic mode without a mistake. Yet we don’t reflect and celebrate this wonderful mode of human decision making at work rather, we put the blow torch on the one moment when it doesn’t work and something goes wrong” So much of … [Read more...] about I Wasn’t Thinking Mr Spock

Filed Under: Potato Head, Robert Long, Safety Professional, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: abductive reasoning, cognitive mind, Fodor Paradox, human factors, Spock, spud head

Potato Heads Make Great Safety Advisors

June 26, 2014 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Potato Heads Make Great Safety Advisors www.safetypotato.com A potato head is able to switch body parts and take on a different persona. Each character a potato head takes on is both genuine and different; to some degree all people are potato heads. One of the lessons we learn from social … [Read more...] about Potato Heads Make Great Safety Advisors

Filed Under: Potato Head, Robert Long Tagged With: potato head, safety advisor, safety potato, safety spud

Potato Head Risk and Safety

June 24, 2014 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Potato Head Risk and Safety The purpose of this article is to introduce you to ‘potato heads’ and ‘spud heads’ in risk and safety. Before we get too deep into this risk and safety potato heads it might be useful to introduce some potato head background. Mr Potato Head (first called ‘funny face … [Read more...] about Potato Head Risk and Safety

Filed Under: Potato Head, Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Wicked Problems, Workplace Safety, Zero Harm Tagged With: potato head, safety potato, safety spud

Spud Head Safety Diagnostics

June 24, 2014 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Spud Head Safety Diagnostics What is a Spud Head? FIND OUT HERE I was at a conference last week where people were presented with supposed diagnostics that could determine in someone was a risk taker. The general idea was to run people through the diagnostic tool, and weed out the risk takers. Or, … [Read more...] about Spud Head Safety Diagnostics

Filed Under: Potato Head, Robert Long, Simplistic Safety Tagged With: safety diagnostics, spud head

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