It was an absolute pleasure to participate in celebrations of Lifeline on its 60th birthday celebrations (https://60years.lifeline.org.au/) this week. The wonderful thing about Lifeline is that they save lives but don’t brag about ‘saving lives’. The last thing one ever needs in the work of mental … [Read more...] about Celebrating 60 Years of Lifeline
Psychosocial Safety
Liking and Not Liking in Safety, A Tale of In-Group and Out-Groupness
One of the foundations in the development of Social Psychology was the study of the Nazis and in-group and out-groupness. Most Histories of Social Psychology trace its roots back to Kurt Lewin. Lewin (a Jew) like many of the founders of Social Psychology like Milgram, Zimbardo etc. simply … [Read more...] about Liking and Not Liking in Safety, A Tale of In-Group and Out-Groupness
Duty of Care is NOT Duty to Care (for persons)
The darling of Psychosocial ‘hazards’ is ‘duty of care’. It is important to understand that duty of care’ is not about care or caring. Duty of care does not mean duty to care (for persons). The change in preposition is so slight but make all the difference. Similarly, the deletion of the word … [Read more...] about Duty of Care is NOT Duty to Care (for persons)
Safety, Ethics, SPoR and How to Foster the Abuse of Power
There seems this strange belief in the industry of safety, that any action can be justified if the intent, passion and outcome is safety. As long as the outcome is zero, any action is OK. This belief comes from a long tradition in engineering and behaviourism that commits the industry of safety … [Read more...] about Safety, Ethics, SPoR and How to Foster the Abuse of Power
Psychosocial Spin – Naming Bad as Good, Good Work Safety!
One of the things Safety is good at is spin, reframing language so that meaning is anchored to gobbledygook. The use of spin, propaganda and misinformation is a ready way to market to the undiscerning to distract from Real Risk (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/real-risk/). For an industry … [Read more...] about Psychosocial Spin – Naming Bad as Good, Good Work Safety!
How to Manage Psychosocial Risks in your organisation
By Narelle Stoll, first published HERE I was very honoured to have been invited by Dr Robert Long along with Dr Craig Ashhurst and Lawyer Greg Smith to participate in this panel discussion on such an important issue facing community organisations … [Read more...] about How to Manage Psychosocial Risks in your organisation
The Delusions of AI, Risk and Safety
‘Congratulations, we have just shifted all out Psychosocial data on you, into our hazards register’. Can you just imagine this message being forwarded to you any time soon as Safety takes on the task of implementing ISO 45003 and the Codes of Practice associated with ‘controlling’ Psychosocial … [Read more...] about The Delusions of AI, Risk and Safety
Health, the Poor Cousin of Safety
The use of OHS, WHS and AIHS really doesn’t indicate the way Safety works. There is no sense of balance of Safety with Health in the safety industry. The reality is it’s: OS & H, WS & H and, AIS & H. Health has always been the poor cousin of safety and this is no more evident than the … [Read more...] about Health, the Poor Cousin of Safety
Psychosocial Health Conversations – Three
With Narelle Stoll, Greg Smith, Dr Craig Ashhurst and Dr Robert Long In this third conversation on Psychosocial Health/Risk NOT ‘Hazards’ we tackle the subject of care, caring and Duty of Care. FIRST VIDEO: HERE SECOND VIDEO: HERE You can watch the video here: Psychosocial … [Read more...] about Psychosocial Health Conversations – Three
Conversations About Psychosocial Risk – Greg Smith, Dr Craig Ashhurst and Dr Rob Long
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
