How can I know what I think or feel until I see what I say and do? – Prof. Karl E. Weick. I recently supported a friend in attaining their Building and Construction White Card on the Internet. I found the experience quite troubling. As an educator with more than 35 years experience, there were … [Read more...] about Cautions in eLearning Safety
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Workshops Dr Nippin Anand – Hong Kong, Singapore, Canberra, Melbourne
Dr Nippin Anand (https://novellus.solutions/) will be conducting workshops in Hong Kong, Singapore, Canberra, Melbourne and Perth in May 2024. You can find and register for all these events here: https://novellus.solutions/events/ Nippin will also be one of the key speakers at the annual SPoR … [Read more...] about Workshops Dr Nippin Anand – Hong Kong, Singapore, Canberra, Melbourne
Poisoning the Professional Waterhole
Poisoning the Professional Waterhole In the latest IOSH magazine you can find a host of safety gobbledygook , enough to turn you off an industry consumed with itself. We know about zero vision but did you know that a career in safety makes you an education expert? Apparently so. Wonderful how … [Read more...] about Poisoning the Professional Waterhole
What Theory of Learning is Embedded in Your Investigation Methodology?
What Theory of Learning is Embedded in Your Investigation Methodology? It is always entertaining watching Safety turn complexity into simplistic discourse. Most recently we have seen a slight change in language about understanding event analysis, investigations and event review. It is good that the … [Read more...] about What Theory of Learning is Embedded in Your Investigation Methodology?
Safety – Learning by Doing and Learning by Theory
See also: Learning Styles Matter I get amazed at the number of times I read safety people parading ‘dumb down’ as a badge of honour. This constant envy (or whatever) of academic learning versus practical learning seems more accentuated in the safety industry than any other I have encountered. There … [Read more...] about Safety – Learning by Doing and Learning by Theory
A Definition of Learning – A Video
There is much talk in the safety industry about learning, mostly coming from engineering and behaviourism, that knows little about learning. Most of this noise is not about learning, such is the safety code (https://safetyrisk.net/deciphering-safety-code/). So, I decided to provide a … [Read more...] about A Definition of Learning – A Video
You Can’t Believe in Zero and Learning at The Same Time
You Can’t Believe in Zero and Learning at The Same Time The next instalment from this rubbish IOSH magazine is an article on learning . Yes, you guessed it, from the same magazine that proudly parades the gobbledygook nonsense (https://safetyrisk.net/zero-vision-creates-mindless-gobbledygook/) of … [Read more...] about You Can’t Believe in Zero and Learning at The Same Time
Learning Styles Matter
There are so many factors that determine effective learning. The idea that safety is simply ‘tell the rule, repeat the rule, punish offenders’ is nonsense. The behaviourist approach to knowledge and comprehension only works if you are training robots. Amongst the many skills and knowledge teachers … [Read more...] about Learning Styles Matter
Learning from people who we don’t agree with
Learning from people who we don’t agree with I recently read this article, shared with me by a friend, and written by Mark Brandi a former ministerial adviser in the Bracks Labor government in Victoria, Australia. The article got me thinking of the many conversations I have had with good friend … [Read more...] about Learning from people who we don’t agree with
A Much Better Way To Think About Incident Investigations
I’ve recently seen and done a few incident investigations which really fell short of any mark except for ticking the box on the form that says ‘investigation completed’. There are ongoing debates about whether ICAM is better than TapRoot or if that is better than Root Cause Analysis or BowTie or … [Read more...] about A Much Better Way To Think About Incident Investigations
