Culture, Toxicity and Safety There are several reasons why Safety in its current state will never deal effectively with mental health: · The mis-definition of culture and, · The brutalism of zero The only way to drive for zero is to: · Suppress reporting (learning) · Focus on petty risk · … [Read more...] about Culture, Toxicity and Safety
Psychosocial Safety
The Language of ‘Hazards’ and Psychosocial, Mental Health
Safety is the industry of ‘hazards’ and ‘controls’. This is the most popular and frequently used language for an industry that struggles to be ethical and professional. Now with the advent of ISO 45003, all of a sudden, this industry has to become person-centric, human-centric and holistic, fat … [Read more...] about The Language of ‘Hazards’ and Psychosocial, Mental Health
Do Genders See Risk Differently?
Yes, of course. I have been conducting the MiProfile Diagnostic for over 20 years with over 75,000 participants and the evidence is clear, gender makes a difference when it comes to tackling risk. I just completed a huge MiProfile in India but have diagnostics from over 30 countries and the results … [Read more...] about Do Genders See Risk Differently?
It is NOT My Responsibility to Keep You Safe
You have to hand it to Safety, the great myth maker of all time. The constant speaker of nonsense to people (https://safetyrisk.net/safety-experts-in-speaking-nonsense-to-people/). Of course, this is from an industry that has no cognizance of linguistics, the effect or trajectory of … [Read more...] about It is NOT My Responsibility to Keep You Safe
The KISS of Death in Safety
I came across this Safety ‘goop’ a few weeks ago that serves as a good example of the nature of indoctrination in this industry (https://www.qmihsconference.org.au/wp-content/uploads/qmihsc-2008-writtenpaper-reynoldson.pdf). One of the most reliable things in safety and characteristic of its … [Read more...] about The KISS of Death in Safety
Is Your Safety World Too Small?
This meme (See Figure 1. Male and Female Safety) was circulated into my feed yesterday and it makes a great point. More women die in domestic violence in Australia than people killed in workplace accidents. Yet, the key definition of safety and the value of safety … [Read more...] about Is Your Safety World Too Small?
You Can Fool Someone Some of the Time but, You Can Fool Safety All of the Time
One of the favourite pastimes of Safety is parading ignorance as expertise. We see this constantly with engineers writing on culture and psychosocial health. We even get Safety running programs on learning that have nothing to do with learning nor education. Ah, this is the Safety Way. I was … [Read more...] about You Can Fool Someone Some of the Time but, You Can Fool Safety All of the Time
When Safety (Zero) is Abusive
We learn from Gabor Mate that trauma is the foundation of suffering and harm. In his movie The Wisdom of Trauma we learn how extremisms creates harm and suffering. Safety in zero is one such extremism. The Wisdom of Trauma should be mandatory viewing for any safety person. Of course … [Read more...] about When Safety (Zero) is Abusive
Hands Up the Best Safety Fraud!
In the Safety tradition of speaking nonsense to people here is the latest from IOSH: ‘We must predict to be preventative’ Of course, the same tradition upholds the idea that Safety is entitled to present or write on matter in which it has the least expertise, knowledge and experience. This is … [Read more...] about Hands Up the Best Safety Fraud!
Communicating Professionally in Risk
The foundations of communicating and messaging is: framing, priming, pitching, anchoring, reframing and suspending agenda. We learn this in many SPoR programs as a foundation for understanding communication and influencing effectiveness. We use a simple tool shown at Figure 1. Language … [Read more...] about Communicating Professionally in Risk