Deciphering Safety Code

Deciphering Safety Code

Unfortunately, language in safety is rarely defined so in order to help decipher meaning, the following codes should to be applied:

• Lean means obese
• Learning means indoctrination
• Just culture means policing
• Human factors means systems
• Procedures means paperwork
• Regulation means paperwork
• Professional means amateur
• Participation means excision
• Motivation means policing
• Debate means telling
• Culture means behaviours
• Conference means marketing
• Due diligence means mechanics
• Risk means hazard
• Perception means looking
• Zero means bullying
• Choice means determinism
• Tolerance means intolerance
• Different means the same
• Safety means injury rates
• Behaviours means objects
• Communication means telling
• Observation means surveillance
• Teams means individualism
• Subjective means objective
• Ethics means morals
• Systems mean systems

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Dr Rob Long

Expert in Social Psychology, Principal & Trainer at Human Dymensions

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PhD., MEd., MOH., BEd., BTh., Dip T., Dip Min., Cert IV TAA, MRMIA Rob is the founder of Human Dymensions and has extensive experience, qualifications and expertise across a range of sectors including government, education, corporate, industry and community sectors over 30 years. Rob has worked at all levels of the education and training sector including serving on various post graduate executive, post graduate supervision, post graduate course design and implementation programs.