I recently read a claim by a Safety Consultant that they could eliminate injuries and improve safety culture by stopping humans from making errors - WT? Reminds me of the saying “The floggings will continue until morale improves”. Ask any elite athlete what happens when they ignore their “muscle … [Read more...] about Be Alert, Safety Needs More Lerts
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The Easy Attribution of Complacency
Complacency is one of those favourites that Safety loves to evoke when it has no idea what has happened. It’s a projection usually given to others that has no meaning other than an attribution of smugness associated with ‘not thinking’. The truth is, the use of the word ‘complacency’ explains very … [Read more...] about The Easy Attribution of Complacency
Meditating on Dreams and the Unconscious Self
One of the primary ways we know our unconscious is through dreaming. Sometimes in a daydream or lucid dream it is even more real to us. One of the most significant researchers and geniuses that influences SPoR is C. G. Jung … [Read more...] about Meditating on Dreams and the Unconscious Self
How Do You Interpret Safety?
How Do You Interpret Safety? All safety is interpreted. There is no such thing as objective safety. The Act and Regulation are interpreted, just as are the Standards. Lawyers in safety know that precedent, case law and previous rulings give substance to the meaning of the Act, … [Read more...] about How Do You Interpret Safety?
More Pop-Psych on Failure and Other Safety Entertainment
I read the latest pop-psych instalment from Edmonston on the ‘science’ of failing well. It’s amazing how gullible people are when someone throws in the word ‘science’, when what follows has nothing to do with science. Heinrich used this strategy (https://safetyrisk.net/hoodwinked-by-heinrich/) years … [Read more...] about More Pop-Psych on Failure and Other Safety Entertainment
Hide Those Knives, There are Adults Around
I was on a Tier One construction site recently and was surprised that knives are still banned on site. I had brought a puzzle as part of training and needed a sharp knife to break the puzzle that had been wedged together. Unfortunately, there were no pocket knife or Stanley knives on site. I … [Read more...] about Hide Those Knives, There are Adults Around
Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced iCue Skills
Those who know SPoR and have completed studies in SPoR, know that learning the iCue method is not simple or easy. The benefits for safety people however, are significant. We have written a great deal about this foundational method (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/spor-and-semiotics/) … [Read more...] about Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced iCue Skills
CLLR June Newsletter 2024
Theme: The Challenges of Quantum Mechanics and Risk Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the development of Quantum Mechanics (Max Plank) (https://quantum2025.org/en/). As Kuhn warned us many years ago (https://www.lri.fr/~mbl/Stanford/CS477/papers/Kuhn-SSR-2ndEd.pdf), it takes a long time in … [Read more...] about CLLR June Newsletter 2024
Quantum Systems and Operationalising SPoR
I was asked as a result of the last blog and Newsletter how Quantum Mechanics (https://safetyrisk.net/what-does-quantum-tell-safety/) affects risk and safety and, how to ‘operationalise’ a method accordingly. At the heart of Quantum is uncertainty, paradox and ambiguity … [Read more...] about Quantum Systems and Operationalising SPoR
What Does Quantum Tell Safety?
Any exploration of Quantum Mechanics or the New Physics is an education in what we don’t know. Perhaps start with: Ball, P., (2018) Beyond Weird. Uni of Chicago Press. New York Carroll, G., (2020) Quantum Physics, For Beginners. … [Read more...] about What Does Quantum Tell Safety?
