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Psychosocial Controls and Measures for Who?

August 2, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The fixation and psychosis of the safety industry with ‘controls’ and ‘measures’ creates the delusion that psychosocial issues can be controlled and measured. When it comes to psychosocial issues, the last thing that helps is quantitative language and simplistic mythology. And the latest Worksafe … [Read more...] about Psychosocial Controls and Measures for Who?

Filed Under: Psychological Safety, Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS BoK Chapter on Ethics, ALARP, Psychosocial Controls, Stress, worksafe

What is Psychosocial Safety

July 31, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

What is Psychosocial Safety? Psychosocial safety is really not a new concept but has been around industry for some time. The beginnings of psychosocial safety are usually linked to Herbert W. Heinrich an insurance investigator in the 1930s and 1940s. Interest in psychosocial safety as a discipline … [Read more...] about What is Psychosocial Safety

Filed Under: Psychosocial Safety, Risk Homeostasis, Robert Long, Safety Incentives, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: BBS, Behavioural Based Safety, Psychosocial Safety

A Guide to Psychosocial Safety Skills

July 31, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

A Guide to Psychosocial Safety Skills We last published a short article on Psychosocial Safety by Dr Robert Long here: What is Psychosocial Safety. Rob has kindly given us permission to publish the entire guide. DOWNLOAD THE PAPER HERE: A Guide to Psychosocial Safety Skills Extract: Psychosocial … [Read more...] about A Guide to Psychosocial Safety Skills

Filed Under: Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long, Safety Leadership Tagged With: behaviour based safety, Psychosocial Safety, safety culture, safety slogan

Understanding The Social Psychology of Risk And Safety

June 28, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Understanding The Social Psychology of Risk And Safety The article is a bit longer than usual and if you would prefer to download a copy for future reference then you can  DOWNLOAD HERE: Understanding-the-Social-psychology-of-Risk-and-Safety.docx In response to a number of emails I have … [Read more...] about Understanding The Social Psychology of Risk And Safety

Filed Under: ALARP, Psychological Safety, Psychosocial Safety, Resilience, Risk Aversion, Risk Homeostasis, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: Organisational Change, risk and safety, safety culture, social psychology, understanding

Psychological Core Stability for Wellbeing in Workers Comp

June 24, 2022 by James Ellis 3 Comments

Psychological Core Stability for Wellbeing in Workers Comp Recently I’ve been reading Scott Barry Kaufman’s book, Transcend - the new science of self actualisation. This book explains the evolution and utility of humanistic psychology, drawing heavily on the writings and teachings of Abraham … [Read more...] about Psychological Core Stability for Wellbeing in Workers Comp

Filed Under: Psychological Safety, Psychosocial Safety, Workers Compensation Tagged With: core stability, maslow

Readiness to NOT Learn Outside of Safety

March 12, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Readiness to NOT Learn Outside of Safety All Educators know about readiness - what Vygotsky called the ‘Zone of Proximal Development’. The point of ‘readiness’ in education is often spoken about in relation to ‘readiness to learn’, most often in reference to the acquisition of language and … [Read more...] about Readiness to NOT Learn Outside of Safety

Filed Under: Learning, Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS BoK, learning, readiness, resilience engineering, Transdiscplinarity

How NOT to do Anything About Culture in Building and Construction

November 11, 2021 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

Safety Engagement with Workspace, Headspace and Groupspace

October 25, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

So much of what we do in safety takes its focus on workspace. We call this the physical or ‘primary’ dimension of safety. This is easy to administer and regulate because what is required is visible and accountable through checklists matched to regulations. Most safety walks and observations are … [Read more...] about Safety Engagement with Workspace, Headspace and Groupspace

Filed Under: Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long, Safety Culture, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: groupspace, headspace, psychology of safety, Psychosocial Safety, safety communication, Safety Engagement, safety officer, Safety Systems, total safety organisation, workspace

Culture, Toxicity and Safety

June 26, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

Culture, Toxicity and Safety There are several reasons why Safety in its current state will never deal effectively with mental health: · The mis-definition of culture and, · The brutalism of zero The only way to drive for zero is to: · Suppress reporting (learning) · Focus on petty risk · … [Read more...] about Culture, Toxicity and Safety

Filed Under: Mental health, Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long, Safety Culture, Zero Harm Tagged With: archetype, Archetypes, mental health, safety archetype

The Social Psychology of Distance-Safety

June 19, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Social Psychology of Distance-Safety Or, Keeping in Touch Without ‘Touching’ There is nothing more important for human well-being than touch. Touch like gesture, is the foundational way of human knowing. Children learn how to communicate emotions and feelings by gesture and touch well before … [Read more...] about The Social Psychology of Distance-Safety

Filed Under: Covid-19, Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: social distancing

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