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Safety as a Worldview

January 7, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Safety as a Worldview It is interesting observing the discourse (transmission of power) in safety regarding version 1, 2 or 3 as if Safety is about a ‘style’ of engagement and activity. A recent article by Kevin Jones highlights the problem (Golden Rules, ethics, leadership and workplace safety). … [Read more...] about Safety as a Worldview

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Differently, Safety Leadership, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: golden safety rules, leadership, safety 2, world view

Organisations are Social Institutions

December 3, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Organisations are Social Institutions I saw a meme the other day from the safety sphere that stated: ‘We, all of us, are just one new executive away from having to start again at the very beginning’. Of course, this is utter nonsense. The idea that ‘we’ (the organized) are shaped by the shifting of … [Read more...] about Organisations are Social Institutions

Filed Under: Just Culture, Robert Long, Safety Differently Tagged With: archetype, Archetypes, just culture, safety archetype, weick

Do we Need a Different Way of Being in Safety?

December 1, 2022 by Rob Sams Leave a Comment

Do we Need a Different Way of Being in Safety? There are many people working in Safety who seek a ‘different’ way of engaging with others, and rightly so. The current policing and patrolling approaches adopted by many, seem to be doing little to support people in how they tackle the challenges of … [Read more...] about Do we Need a Different Way of Being in Safety?

Filed Under: Humble Inquiry, Rob Sams, Safety Differently, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: humble enquiry, safety differently

There is No Objectivity, Deal With it!

August 6, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

One of the fascinating delusions of the safety industry is the myth of objectivity. There is none so, get used to it and work with it. This is why it’s important to educate people in critical thinking. Sorry to tell you, but every risk assessment design, form and checklist carries the bias of the … [Read more...] about There is No Objectivity, Deal With it!

Filed Under: critical thinking, Robert Long, Safety Differently Tagged With: framing, objectivity, satisficing, subjectivity

A Much Better Way To Think About Incident Investigations

July 17, 2022 by Admin 1 Comment

I’ve recently seen and done a few incident investigations which really fell short of any mark except for ticking the box on the form that says ‘investigation completed’. There are ongoing debates about whether ICAM is better than TapRoot or if that is better than Root Cause Analysis or BowTie or … [Read more...] about A Much Better Way To Think About Incident Investigations

Filed Under: Accidents and Incidents, Investigation, Learning, Robert Long, Safety Differently Tagged With: icam, incident investigation, taproot, thinking, thinking clock

The Dynamics of Dehumanisation

June 12, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

The Dynamics of Dehumanisation It is a very sobering experience to stand in a gas chamber and reflect on what happened there. I recently stood in the facility of Mathausen-Gusen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauthausen-Gusen_concentration_camp), one of the largest concentration camps in the Third … [Read more...] about The Dynamics of Dehumanisation

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Differently, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: dehumanisation

Safety Silences – Video Series

May 3, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Safety Silences - Video Series We get asked so often about various topics and ideas that are never discussed in traditional safety (including ‘safety differently’) so, we decided to start a video series called ‘Safety Silences’. The purpose of this video series is to discuss topics that seem to be … [Read more...] about Safety Silences – Video Series

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Silences, Safety Differently, Safety Videos Tagged With: archetype, Archetypes, safety archetype, safety silences

Safety Holistically a Case for Change

November 13, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Where you start in safety drives trajectories. Foundational beliefs and assumptions create directionality and a worldview that interprets reality. These foundations are a philosophy, ideology and methodology for what one normalizes as ‘safety work’. The foundational assumptions of ‘safety work’ are … [Read more...] about Safety Holistically a Case for Change

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Differently, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: discourse, holistic safety, safety 2

Safety How?

July 9, 2020 by Admin 2 Comments

Latest from Greg Smith, author of Paper Safe: Hi everyone. Apologies that I have been so inactive on LinkedIn lately, but I have been busy trying to finalise my next book - Reasonably Practicable: cases and commentary, which is designed to help safety managers understand all the elements which go … [Read more...] about Safety How?

Filed Under: Safety Differently, Safety Procedures Tagged With: paper safe

Letting Go of Safety, Differently

October 25, 2018 by Admin 5 Comments

Letting Go of Safety, Differently Criticisms  of the work of Robert Long and the Social Psychology of Risk (and “Safety Differently”), by people obviously frustrated with orthodox safety (Safety 1), include that it is: too “fluffy”; too academic; doesn't come with a step by step instruction … [Read more...] about Letting Go of Safety, Differently

Filed Under: Safety Differently Tagged With: safety 1, safety 2, safety differently, safety moments

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