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Understanding The Social Psychology of Risk And Safety

June 10, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

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

Filed Under: ALARP, Psychological Safety, Resilience, Risk Aversion, Risk Homeostasis, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: Organisational Change, risk and safety, safety culture, social psychology, understanding

The Safety Trifecta and Nothing Changes

May 14, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

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

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: gambling, Insurance

You Don’t Fess Up Without Trust

April 27, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Psychological Safety, Robert Long, Safety Culture, Zero Harm Tagged With: trust

Sense-Making and Decision-Making in Risk

April 25, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: fallibility, sense making, weick

Understanding Real Risk

April 15, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

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

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: real risk, Richard Harris

Window Dressing, Theatre and More of The Same

March 30, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Mining Safety, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: paperwork

Keep Counting Every Time You Don’t Achieve Your Goal, That’s Professional

March 25, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

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

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm

It’s Zero or Nothing for Global Safety

March 5, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

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

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: vision zero

The 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work – Vision Zero Survey

February 13, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

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

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, AIHS BoK on Ethics, safety culture, Safety Surveys, Zero Harm

Real Harm, Real Risk and The Safety Way

February 6, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

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

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: Safety Systems

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