Don’t Criticise Safety
I find it fascinating that Safety thinks that criticism of safety is being anti-safety. In real professions, criticism is…
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Culture Cloud Tour part 9; Language, Linguistics and Paralinguistics
We resume the culture cloud tour after a week’s hiatus, because even Dave C needs a break from work…
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No Place for Military Metaphors in Safety
One day Safety may discover that language, metaphor and semiotics are critical for communication and messaging. The latest nonsense…
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Failed Safety Initiatives. You’re Just Not Motivated
By Simon Renatus – HSE Adviser, 30 years References: Tory Higgins E. (2012). Beyond pleasure and pain. How motivation…
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Linguistics and responsibility transfer
In one of the WhatsApp groups that brings together OSH managers in Romania, the other day I watched a…
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Frames of Mind and How the Mind Frames Risk
All language is interpreted according to a multitude of factors: culture, context, intent, grammar and orientation. This is why…
