Indicators of Risk I often get sent presentations and training formats from safety people seeking my expertise on improvement, learning design and critique of safety presentations. One thing safety people are not educated in is teaching, curriculum and learning. Amazing how the industry throws safety people in front of the bus and expects them to […]
Due Diligence
Perth Workshops–Due Diligence and Social Amplification of Risk
Perth Workshops–Due Diligence and Social Amplification of Risk Workshop One: Dr Long and Greg Smith present their highly acclaimed Two Day Due Diligence Workshop on 22 and 23 July. You can read about the program and register here: https://cllr.com.au/product/due-diligence-workshop-unit-13/ Workshop Two: Dr Long presents The Social Amplification of Risk Workshop on 25 and 26 July. […]
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Paper Safe is not Due Diligence
Paper Safe is not Due Diligence Next Due Diligence Workshop: Due Diligence Workshop Sydney 20,21 February 2019 I met Bob yesterday, a Construction Manager deeply shaken by an incident that happened on site with the possibility of multiple fatalities. Like many incidents in building and construction, he was lucky. The culture of the building and […]
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The UnKnown Unknowns of Due Diligence
The UnKnown Unknowns of Due Diligence One of the challenges in understanding Due Diligence for safety people is clouded by the Dunning-Kruger Effect . Put simply, Dunning-Kruger explains a cognitive bias that all humans have in not seeing their own blind spots, particularly in relation to expertise. A recent article by Dunning helps explain the […]
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Due Diligence Workshop Sydney 20,21 February 2019
Due Diligence Workshop Sydney 20,21 February 2019 Don’t miss your opportunity to join in on the Due Diligence Workshop with Dr Rob Long and Greg Smith on 20,21 February in Sydney. You can register here: https://cllr.com.au/product/due-diligence-workshop-unit-13/ This highly successful workshop makes plain what Due Diligence is all about and dispels myths that abound about formulas, […]
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The Fear of Freedom in Safety
The Fear of Freedom in Safety For some reason people have recently become most interested in the Two Day Workshop on Due Diligence run by myself and Greg Smith (https://safetyrisk.net/none-so-blind-as-those-that-dont-want-to-see-due-diligence/). The next Due Diligence Workshop is on 20,21 February (https://cllr.com.au/product/due-diligence-workshop-unit-13/) In feedback on the Workshop it became clear that people liked the idea of reducing […]
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None so Blind as Those That Don’t Want to See – Due Diligence
None so Blind as Those That Don’t Want to See – Due Diligence Last week Greg Smith and I delivered our Due Diligence workshop which was over subscribed by over 100 registrations. Registrations closed at 28. We will be offering a new set of workshops in 2019 including in New Zealand. As usual we held […]
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Due Diligence Workshops Oversubscribed
Due Diligence Workshops Oversubscribed If you are looking to attend the Due Diligence Workshop on 28,29 November 2018 (https://cllr.com.au/product/due-diligence-workshop-unit-13/) with Dr Rob Long and Greg Smith in Sydney there are no more places. The enrolment is ‘choc a block’ so we may run another workshop early in the New Year. Following on from the successful […]
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Due Diligence Workshop
Due Diligence Workshop Due Diligence is not a product of legislation. Due diligence is a broad organisational and individual responsibility that existed as a legal principle long before Work Health and Safety legislation. Every major accident inquiry anywhere in the world for the past 30 years has been critical of the failure of Due Diligence […]
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The Safety Worldview and the Worldview of Safety, Testing Due Diligence
The Safety Worldview and the Worldview of Safety, Testing Due Diligence Following the World Congress on Safety and Health 2017 (https://safetyrisk.net/no-evidence-for-the-religion-of-zero/) I begin to wonder just how more absurd the safety industry can become. It is clear from the Congress that safety is now the filter through which one views life rather than, life being […]
