Three Lessons in How to be Unprofessional One of the critical skills of professionalism is Discourse Analysis. It is through Discourse Analysis that we understand the power in messages … [Read more...] about Three Lessons in How to be Unprofessional
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‘Professional’ Challenges for the Risk ‘Industry’
‘Professional’ Challenges for the Risk ‘Industry’ Download the full paper, including references: by Dr Robert Long Introduction I have been in conversation with large organizations/businesses … [Read more...] about ‘Professional’ Challenges for the Risk ‘Industry’
The Zero Safety Paradox
Found this interesting article posted recently by Jason Kunz and just wallowing in the Linkedin mud (HERE): The Zero Safety Paradox This is instalment four in a twelve-part series on the future of the … [Read more...] about The Zero Safety Paradox
Safety values, ideas, behaviours and clothes
Safety values, ideas, behaviours and clothes Safety values, thoughts, ideas and behaviours are a bit like clothes; we all have them, but knowing which to wear, recycle, or ditch is often a … [Read more...] about Safety values, ideas, behaviours and clothes
Essential Preparation for a Safety Job
Essential Preparation for a Safety Job Most of what makes up the WHS curriculum doesn’t prepare someone for undertaking the job of safety advisor. Training a parrot to recall legislation and … [Read more...] about Essential Preparation for a Safety Job
What You Profess in Safety
What You Profess in Safety There is no separation between claiming the word ‘professional’ and what you profess. What one professes determines if one is profess-ional regardless of whether one likes … [Read more...] about What You Profess in Safety
Data Cannot Drive Professionalism
Data Cannot Drive Professionalism Being professional is determined by an ethic not by labels, brands or spin. We know someone is professional by what they do not what marketing they employ. If … [Read more...] about Data Cannot Drive Professionalism
Not a Profession’s Bootlace
Not a Profession’s Bootlace How easy to let that word ‘professional’ roll off your tongue, when you are not in a profession! How easy to brand something that it is not and then wonder why people walk … [Read more...] about Not a Profession’s Bootlace
