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Talking Risk Videos – Humanising Workers Compensation

May 22, 2015 by Rob Sams 2 Comments

Humanising Workers Compensation – Conversation on the Couch with Rob and James In this 2 part video series, a couple of our authors, Rob Sams and James Ellis, have a chat about the dehumanizing … [Read more...] about Talking Risk Videos – Humanising Workers Compensation

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk, Talking Risk, Workers Compensation Tagged With: discourse, humanising, Workers Compensation

Talking Risk Video–The Unconscious In Communication

May 21, 2015 by Rob Sams 5 Comments

Talking Risk Video–The Unconscious In Communication Another great conversation on the Couch between two of our authors Rob Sams and Max Geyer - this is such a great explanation of the interaction … [Read more...] about Talking Risk Video–The Unconscious In Communication

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Safety Videos, Social Psychology of Risk, Talking Risk Tagged With: talking risk, unconscious communicaton

Talking Risk Video–Anti-Fragility

May 16, 2015 by James Ellis 7 Comments

Talking Risk Video–Anti-Fragility Dave Whitefield and James Ellis have a conversation on the couch around the concept of anti-fragility. They pose the question: “What is the opposite of … [Read more...] about Talking Risk Video–Anti-Fragility

Filed Under: Safety Videos, Social Psychology of Risk, Talking Risk Tagged With: anti-fragility, conversations about risk, taleb, talking risk

Measuring in Risk and Safety

January 9, 2015 by Rob Sams 2 Comments

Measuring in Risk and Safety It has become fashionable for organisations to use positive or leading indicators as a way to ‘measure’ their risk and safety ‘performance’. Leaders in some organisations … [Read more...] about Measuring in Risk and Safety

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Rob Sams, Safety Statistics, Safety Videos, Talking Risk Tagged With: conversations, measuring, safety videos

The Perils Of Planning

December 20, 2014 by Rob Sams 2 Comments

Conversations on the Couch – The Perils of Planning Latest Video by Gab Carlton and Rob Sams. See the whole series HERE In risk and safety, and in life, we do a lot of planning. This can include … [Read more...] about The Perils Of Planning

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Rob Sams, Safety Videos, Talking Risk Tagged With: management plans, planning, Safety

‘Conversations on the Couch’–Biases

December 7, 2014 by Rob Sams 6 Comments

'Conversations on the Couch' – Biases In this edition of 'Conversations on the Couch', Gab & Rob talk through how the various biases we all have. If we want to truly understand and deal with … [Read more...] about ‘Conversations on the Couch’–Biases

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Safety Videos, Talking Risk Tagged With: biases, conversations

Talking Risk Videos–Thinking Groups

November 25, 2014 by Admin 9 Comments

Talking Risk Videos–Thinking Groups In this next video from Gab and Rob's 'Conversations on the Couch' series, the guys talk about Thinking Groups. Rob talked about Thinking Groups in one of his … [Read more...] about Talking Risk Videos–Thinking Groups

Filed Under: Safety Videos, Talking Risk Tagged With: talking risk, thinking group

Dealing with Incidents

November 13, 2014 by Rob Sams 4 Comments

Dealing with Incidents Most approaches to incident investigation focus on technique and process. This is important, gathering facts and compiling important information is critical. However, what … [Read more...] about Dealing with Incidents

Filed Under: Accidents and Incidents, Gabrielle Carlton, Rob Sams, Safety Videos, Talking Risk Tagged With: biases, conversations about risk, incident investigation, talking risk

Communicating and Consulting About Risk

November 11, 2014 by Admin 5 Comments

Communicating and Consulting About Risk In this next video from Gab and Rob's 'Conversation on the Couch' series, the guys talk through a little known book that accompanies the Risk Management … [Read more...] about Communicating and Consulting About Risk

Filed Under: Safety Videos, Talking Risk Tagged With: communicating, consulting, conversation, risk

Gab and Rob–One Brain, Three Minds

October 13, 2014 by Rob Sams 11 Comments

Gab and Rob Talking Risk – One Brain, Three Minds In this video, we introduce a model developed by Dr Robert Long from Human Dymensions called One Brain, Three Minds. This model helps explain how we … [Read more...] about Gab and Rob–One Brain, Three Minds

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Rob Sams, Safety Videos, Talking Risk Tagged With: one brain, three minds

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