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How to Do the Best Risk Assessment

February 4, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

A risk assessment is a form of strategic planning and strategy methodology. The process attempts to think about the future by reflecting on the past. Most strategies are built upon specific beliefs about the future unfortunately, the future is unpredictable. The worst risk assessment is the one that … [Read more...] about How to Do the Best Risk Assessment

Filed Under: Resilience, Risk Assessment, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: predict the future, risk assessment, risk assessment tools, Zero Harm

The Mystery of the Emotions

November 10, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

The Mystery of the Emotions One of the puzzles of human ‘being’ is the uncontrollability of the emotions. The idea that the brain can just ‘will’ or ‘turn on or off’ the emotions is one of the delusions of the behaviourist/cognitivist construct. Why is it that some people have less fear than … [Read more...] about The Mystery of the Emotions

Filed Under: Resilience, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: emotional intelligence, emotions

Ecological Resiliencing

July 14, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Resilience is not something one has or achieves as if it can be ‘engineered’. The idea that resilience can be ‘engineered’ is a nonsense. Resiliencing is an ongoing ecological state of social meaning, purpose and hope. One cannot talk about resilience without also discussing Hope. Coupled with the … [Read more...] about Ecological Resiliencing

Filed Under: Resilience, Robert Long Tagged With: ethic of hope, hope, resilience engineering, resiliencing

Understanding The Social Psychology of Risk And Safety

June 28, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 3 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 Health and Safety, Psychosocial Safety, Resilience, Risk Aversion, Risk Homeostasis, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: Organisational Change, Psychological Safety, risk and safety, safety culture, social psychology, understanding

Social Resilience

September 17, 2021 by Matt Thorne 2 Comments

Social Resilience Today’s drop with Matt Thorne from RiskDiversity,   Dave Whitefield from Semiosphere and Andrew Thornhill from Clarity Enabled, Episode 5 “Social Resilience” with Gabrielle Carlton, Head of Workplace Wellbeing & Education at Mental Illness Education ACT (MIEACT) “Sometimes … [Read more...] about Social Resilience

Filed Under: 3 Small Chat Rooms, Gabrielle Carlton, Resilience Tagged With: silver bullet

Resiliencing Wisdom for Covid Safety

October 16, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Resiliencing Wisdom for Covid Safety Wise sayings are all about living and being (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/wise-sayings) and mostly don’t provide answers. If you are stressed out, lonely, frazzled or confused: go for a walk, say hello, coffee with someone, smell the flowers or take in a … [Read more...] about Resiliencing Wisdom for Covid Safety

Filed Under: Covid-19, Psychological Health and Safety, Resilience, Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS BoK, resiliencing, wisdom

Social ‘Resiliencing’

January 7, 2020 by Rob Sams 8 Comments

Australia is currently facing unprecedented devastation through both bushfires and drought. It’s hard to escape the images, where in some regions frightening fires are raging through towns at a pace that’s difficult to imagine. With the drought there are vast amounts of desolate land, an … [Read more...] about Social ‘Resiliencing’

Filed Under: Resilience, Rob Sams Tagged With: bushfire, resiliencing

When Safety is Beyond Your Control

January 4, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

For over a month we have been breathing carcinogenic smoke from bushfires in my home city of Canberra. Many other cities and towns are in a similar situation but Canberra (because of its geographical nature) is worst . The levels of hazardous smoke is 20 times an acceptable level. Even with an air … [Read more...] about When Safety is Beyond Your Control

Filed Under: Resilience, Robert Long Tagged With: ALARP, bushfire

Resiliencing….. (and other such ‘ings’…)

January 3, 2020 by Rob Sams 8 Comments

Two experiences over the Christmas/New Year break have been the cause of much reflection and contemplation. Firstly, I was privileged to be presented with a manuscript for Kerrie Atherton’s latest edition of her book Stories of Hope. Secondly, I was grateful for the time spent with a dear friend … [Read more...] about Resiliencing….. (and other such ‘ings’…)

Filed Under: Mental health, Resilience, Rob Sams Tagged With: hope

Why Resilience Cannot be Engineered

November 26, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

  ‘A social and community psychology of resilience is needed if we are to understand why many of us are not always able to preserve well-being and sustain our progress toward the goals we have set ourselves and for those about whom we care’ Reich, J., Zautra, A and Hall, J. S., (2010) Handbook … [Read more...] about Why Resilience Cannot be Engineered

Filed Under: Resilience, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Unconscious Tagged With: resilience engineering, transdisciplinary approach

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