Your Words Matter By Phil La Duke and first published here: https://philladuke.wordpress.com/2018/06/30/your-words-matter/ My blog was already written, locked down and in the vault. My time is at a premium, with a full-time job, two magazine deadlines looming, and a book in post production, so … [Read more...] about Your Words Matter
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The Impact of Curiosity vs. Compliance in Safety
The Impact of Curiosity vs. Compliance in Safety Insightful article by Jenny Krasny first published here but deserves a more discerning audience than the LinkedIn circle This post discusses the idea of progress in safety vs. a process of dehumanisation and, the changes we have seen over time. … [Read more...] about The Impact of Curiosity vs. Compliance in Safety
FREE Risky Conversations Videos and Talking Book
FREE Risky Conversations Videos and Talking Book All videos in the Risky Conversation series are now downloadable. Since the publication of book 5 in the series on the Social Psychology of Risk – Risky Conversations, The Law, Social Psychology and Risk, we have gradually released the accompanying … [Read more...] about FREE Risky Conversations Videos and Talking Book
I Do Not Understand…!
I Do Not Understand…! How can we understand? Why do we feel the need to understand? What is it that we think we understand? Gina was sharing her story, opening up about a situation where she didn’t feel appreciated. She was talking about her feelings of being betrayed after other people had taken … [Read more...] about I Do Not Understand…!
A Better Language for Risk and Safety
A Better Language for Risk and Safety Dekker (Safety Differently, 2015, p. vi-xi) calls for a new language in risk and safety and he is so right. We know that language is the bedrock of all culture and that the way we speak shapes the way we organize. Weick (The Social Psychology of Organising, … [Read more...] about A Better Language for Risk and Safety
In the World of Safety, Political Correctness Endangers Lives
In the World of Safety, Political Correctness Endangers Lives By Phil LaDuke – First published HERE on his blog https://philladuke.wordpress.com/ When I was a kid I worked with a man who was mentally retarded. He wasn’t “special”. He wasn’t “mentally challenged”. He wasn’t “alternatively … [Read more...] about In the World of Safety, Political Correctness Endangers Lives
I’m Not Playing Any More
I’m Not Playing Any More By Hayden Collins – First published here Have you ever felt that somebody is manipulating you for their own gain? That your vulnerabilities are being exploited, leaving you helpless? We have all been targets to this kind of behaviour, and I’m sure many of us have inflicted … [Read more...] about I’m Not Playing Any More
Safety Icons and Communicating to the Unconscious
Safety Icons and Communicating to the Unconscious It is not surprising that many organisations who ‘profess’ an interest in people use objects as their icons in safety. With slogans that are about how much they ‘care about safety’ (not care about people), they chose icons of hard hats, cones, … [Read more...] about Safety Icons and Communicating to the Unconscious
New Free Video Release–ALARP
New Free Video Release–ALARP Dr Rob Long has released a new video from the set from Risky Conversations, this time on the subject of ALARP. One of the fascinating points made by WHS Lawyer Greg Smith in the video is that the ideology of zero harm directly contradicts ALARP and hence the spirit of … [Read more...] about New Free Video Release–ALARP
Scenario Learning in Risk and Safety
Scenario Learning in Risk and Safety One of the best ways of learning safety is through scenarios. Scenarios are constructed to either replicate real situations to maximize perception of recognizable cues or, to enhance the imagination of possibilities. One of the greatest capabilities a safety … [Read more...] about Scenario Learning in Risk and Safety