Guest Post by Brian Darlington. His previous post: https://safetyrisk.net/my-thoughts-during-a-walk-in-the-forests-in-vienna/ In one of my previous blogs , I wrote about how crazy it is of governments to try control peoples habits like smoking during the lock-downs related to the Corona virus by … [Read more...] about Our World is not your Ash Tray
Covid-19
Asking For and Receiving Help
One of the outcomes of a society that fosters independence, individualism, self-reliance, self-ego and consumerism is the resistance to asking for help. Moreso, even in a crisis when professional helpers are provided on tap, most often they are not accessed … [Read more...] about Asking For and Receiving Help
The Heart of Wisdom at Covid Time
I have had numerous people contact me in the last few weeks about issues of resilience, pastoral care, helping, mental health and wisdom for the workforce and more broadly for families and community. One person contacted me and stated: ‘we need the heart of wisdom at this time’. Hmmm, ‘the heart of … [Read more...] about The Heart of Wisdom at Covid Time
Go and Stand in the Corner
Guest Post by Patrick Cini Do you feel like you are being punished at the moment? As children we are sometimes told to stand in the corner, as teens we are told to sit in detention, and as adults we can be segregated in a cell. Why is this isolation considered an effective form of … [Read more...] about Go and Stand in the Corner
How’s the Hot Desking Going Covid?
One of the benefits of the Covid-19 epidemic is a total rethink about how we live and work (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-28/coronavirus-could-reshape-how-australians-work-forever/12097124 ). One of those things which desperately needs to be eradicated is the non-innovation of ‘hot desking’. … [Read more...] about How’s the Hot Desking Going Covid?
When your take-away meal becomes a political statement
Special Guest Post by Mindful Millie Image source: https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/blaming-china-reveals-wests-weaknesses/ Like many families in the current environment, we are trying to support local businesses by choosing a takeaway meal from a different restaurant each week. Last Friday night … [Read more...] about When your take-away meal becomes a political statement
Let thy factsheet be thy shield
Special Guest post by Mindful Millie Last week I read a statistic (it was on the internet so it must be true) that Google searches about domestic violence had increased by 75 per cent since the first recorded COVID-19 cases in NSW. No sooner had eager thumbs finished scrolling their iphone … [Read more...] about Let thy factsheet be thy shield
Desensitization, Statistics and the Psychic Numbing of Numerics
One of the lessons Safety continually doesn’t learn is that numerics, metrics and statistics desensitize people to caring. This is known as psychic numbing and has been well researched by Slovic and others … [Read more...] about Desensitization, Statistics and the Psychic Numbing of Numerics
Safety Pandemic
Does anybody really believe this silly platitude that I spotted plastered all over our local McDonalds this morning? I’m not sure how many bugs are harbouring and multiplying behind them? Some thoughts from Linkedin: Keeping the restaurant clean and employees practicing proper hygiene is expected … [Read more...] about Safety Pandemic
How do we mourn?
Guest post by Frank Garrett What are we mourning for? In our busy, noisy complicated world we don’t have time for such questions. But this current quarantine situation has provided time to ask, to wonder, what have we lost, what do we stand to lose, how do we grieve for those? The very social … [Read more...] about How do we mourn?