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Safety Poems

Is Your Ethic of Risk Poetic?

January 12, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Is Your Ethic of Risk Poetic? I define risk as ‘the faith and trust required to suspend uncertainty to act’. When we discuss Ethics and Risk we must reflect on our worldview and how we are disposed … [Read more...] about Is Your Ethic of Risk Poetic?

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Poems Tagged With: poetics

Solace In Times of Uncertainty

January 8, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Solace In Times of Uncertainty Amidst the constant uncertainty of life, there are no answers found in measurables. There is no assurance to uncertainty in Qanta … [Read more...] about Solace In Times of Uncertainty

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long, Safety Poems Tagged With: measurement

Poetics of the Self

June 11, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Poetics of the Self When it comes to risk and safety, method is critical. Brutalizing and dehumanizing people to get a safety outcome doesn’t work … [Read more...] about Poetics of the Self

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Poems Tagged With: AIHS BoK on Ethics, numerics, poetics

Does Safety Have A Soul?

February 12, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Does Safety Have A Soul? In Chapter 1 of my latest book Envisioning Risk, Seeing, Vision and Meaning in Risk , I discuss the linguistics of ‘soul’ in art, music and movies. In the top 500 songs of … [Read more...] about Does Safety Have A Soul?

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Poems, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems, Zero Harm Tagged With: soul, STEM

Xmas Safety Poem–Safety Tells

December 11, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Safety Tells (sung to jingle bells) Dashing through the scrub On a scorcher Christmas Eve Slip, slap, slop the go Pulling down my sleeve Brim on hard hat wide Hi viz head to toe Sun protection … [Read more...] about Xmas Safety Poem–Safety Tells

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Poems Tagged With: christmas safety, xmas safety, xmas safety message

Christmas Safety Poem

December 1, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Enjoy our new 2020 Xmas Safety Poem “Safety Tells” (sung to jingle bells) HERE >>>>>>> Christmas Safety Poem – A Hazardman Christmas Republished in 2020 by demand, first … [Read more...] about Christmas Safety Poem

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Poems Tagged With: christmas message, hazardman, Holiday safety, Safety Poem

X to Zero and Zero to X

October 15, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

X to Zero and Zero to X People often ask me what I think is the opposite of zero expecting me to say ‘infinity’ but of course zero and infinity are the same thing. Whilst the quest for opposites is … [Read more...] about X to Zero and Zero to X

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Poems, Zero Harm Tagged With: poetics, X, Zero Harm

Sergeant Safety

May 19, 2020 by Admin 4 Comments

Guest Poem by Sergeant Safety Standing to attention, only receiving disdain, Telling, Yelling, Commanding, this is not a game. Feeble excuses to my ears, lame, Those that don’t obey must desire … [Read more...] about Sergeant Safety

Filed Under: Safety Poems, Social Psychology of Risk

Were We Ever in Control?

May 14, 2020 by Admin Leave a Comment

A Covid-19 Poem From the Safety Meteorologist The Clouds blew in so fast today They told me something, they didn’t say, They covered my mind with a shade of grey My blue was gone and plans … [Read more...] about Were We Ever in Control?

Filed Under: Covid-19, Safety Poems

The Poetics of Risk

December 31, 2019 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The idea of poetics stems back to Aristotle and denotes (https://www.iep.utm.edu/aris-poe/) experiences and non-technique (Ellul) focused modes of knowing and thinking (namely STEM). Poetry is one … [Read more...] about The Poetics of Risk

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