Understanding The Social Psychology of Risk And Safety The article is a bit longer than usual and if you would prefer to download a copy for future reference then you can DOWNLOAD HERE: … [Read more...] about Understanding The Social Psychology of Risk And Safety
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The Safety Trifecta and Nothing Changes
The Safety Trifecta and Nothing Changes In Australia, the notion of a ‘trifecta’ is well known. It’s a gambling term that explains the prediction and win on forecasting the first three places in a … [Read more...] about The Safety Trifecta and Nothing Changes
You Don’t Fess Up Without Trust
You Don’t Fess Up Without Trust We saw a classic example of how Safety doesn’t work this week in the Australian election campaign … [Read more...] about You Don’t Fess Up Without Trust
Sense-Making and Decision-Making in Risk
Sense-Making and Decision-Making in Risk How we understand decision making and sense-making in time constructs how we explain risk and human enactment. Decision-making is about an enactment in the … [Read more...] about Sense-Making and Decision-Making in Risk
Understanding Real Risk
Understanding Real Risk When I wrote the book Real Risk, Human Discerning and Risk (2014), it was in response to engaging with the culture of the safety industry. I was never brought up in the … [Read more...] about Understanding Real Risk
Window Dressing, Theatre and More of The Same
Window Dressing, Theatre and More of The Same We read the sad news of yet another fatality in mining in the Zero Harm in Leadership state. Of course, zero ideology is anti-leadership and … [Read more...] about Window Dressing, Theatre and More of The Same
Keep Counting Every Time You Don’t Achieve Your Goal, That’s Professional
Keep Counting Every Time You Don’t Achieve Your Goal, That’s Professional One of the common attributes of the safety industry is speaking nonsense to people … [Read more...] about Keep Counting Every Time You Don’t Achieve Your Goal, That’s Professional
It’s Zero or Nothing for Global Safety
It’s Zero or Nothing for Global Safety The grand delusion of the safety industry is zero. This is the most divisive, dumb, unbelievable and ignorant development in the history of any industry. As … [Read more...] about It’s Zero or Nothing for Global Safety
The 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work – Vision Zero Survey
The 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work - Vision Zero Survey If you want to know what Safety believes and knows just listen to its noise and silences, especially in how it surveys. For … [Read more...] about The 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work – Vision Zero Survey
Real Harm, Real Risk and The Safety Way
Real Harm, Real Risk and The Safety Way One of the by-products of the zero delusion is the way it focuses the safety industry on petty ‘pissy’ risk. As long as Safety adores and identifies as Zero … [Read more...] about Real Harm, Real Risk and The Safety Way
