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Welcome to the Nightmare, Safety Creates its Own Minefield (as usual)

January 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Well, you have to hand it to the zero industry. Going into the abyss in a tissue box armed with a Cert 4 OHS. And what is this minefield? ISO 45003:2021 OHS Safety Management – Psychosocial Health and Safety at Work – Guidelines for Managing Psychosocial Risks. Only the industry of zero, metrics, … [Read more...] about Welcome to the Nightmare, Safety Creates its Own Minefield (as usual)

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

Confirmity in Conformity

January 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

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Confirmity in Conformity Safety is the industry of conformity. This is despite the fact that many of the things people believe they must conform with are mythical. In the very brief history of safety we now have the situation where the dominant Safety worldview is mechanistic, focused on - safety … [Read more...] about Confirmity in Conformity

Filed Under: ALARP, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: confirmation bias

Numerology and Psychic Numbing

January 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

  Numerology and Psychic Numbing Numerology is the belief in a mystical relationship between numbers and events. I can remember as a kid being challenged by the coincidence between numbers and events, later learning that the fascination between numbers and proofs dates back to the Early … [Read more...] about Numerology and Psychic Numbing

Filed Under: Accidents and Incidents, Lead and Lag Indicators, Robert Long, Safety Statistics, Social Psychology of Risk

Thinking of Mortality

January 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

We learned today that the Coronavirus has led to a surge in people completing wills (https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-leads-surge-wills-thinking-mortality/story?id=69874540 ). We learn from this news that people a seeking to make or update their will has risen by 220%: “Renee Fry, the CEO … [Read more...] about Thinking of Mortality

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long Tagged With: mortality

Safety is the Wrong Anchor

January 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Safety is the Wrong Anchor We are all shaped by starting points, what Jung called Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions (SDICs). SDIC is sometimes known as the 'butterfly effect'. This is the idea central to Chaos Theory that a simple starting point can lead to wickedity. Foundational to SDIC … [Read more...] about Safety is the Wrong Anchor

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: anchoring, zero

Foresight Blindness, Hindsight Bias and Risk

January 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Foresight Blindness, Hindsight Bias and Risk One of the beauties of fallibility is what Alan Watts called The Wisdom of Insecurity . Watts describes how binary worldviews create fear and dogma, making people frightened and concocting securities that don’t exist. Watts thinking helps one step out of … [Read more...] about Foresight Blindness, Hindsight Bias and Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: fallibility, foresight, hindsight bias, iCue

Getting the Balance Right in Tackling Risk

January 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

One of the core principles in SPoR is balance. We see this visualised in the SPoR risk maturity model. See Figure 1. Risk Maturity. Figure 1. Risk Maturity. This simple semiotic makes clear all of the ‘steps’ that need to be considered in tackling risk. Whilst we tend to start risk … [Read more...] about Getting the Balance Right in Tackling Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: balance, groupspace, headspace, workspace

What is SPoR?

January 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) is a Discipline and Worldview that takes its foundation in Socialitie, that all living and being is social. This is what Martin Buber called i-thou (https://www.maximusveritas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/iandthou.pdf). This includes relationships with persons … [Read more...] about What is SPoR?

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: SPoR

How Bias Inhibits Learning in Safety

January 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Tim Minchin is an Australian composer, musician, entertainer and comedian who really knows how to reveal the human condition. In this short video he ‘nails’ the challenges of Confirmation Bias (see below). Confirmation Bias is one of hundreds of unconscious filters we use every moment of every day … [Read more...] about How Bias Inhibits Learning in Safety

Filed Under: Bias, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: bias, confirmation bias

Afraid to Let Go of What Doesn’t Work in Safety

January 17, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

One of the common attributes of the safety industry is ‘playing it safe’. Of course, this makes sense to this industry and is consistent with the archetype of compliance and conservativism common to its culture. This attribute also limits creativity, imagination, discovery and learning. It also … [Read more...] about Afraid to Let Go of What Doesn’t Work in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Tagged With: confirmation bias

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