We have decided to release the Introduction to SPoR series for free. ACCESS THE VIDEOS HERE This module comprises 8 lectures by Dr Long and Dr Ashhurst and, 17 short video tutorials by students. This program normally costs thousands of dollars but is now free to those who want to learn the … [Read more...] about Introduction to SPoR – Free
Common Sense Non-Sense
The recent comments by Jacob Rees-Mogg regarding the Grenfell Fire disaster highlight the nonsensical mythology of believing in common sense. Rees-Mogg like many use this mythology of common sense as an excuse for blaming. Indeed, the language of ‘common sense’ is one of the grand delusions of the … [Read more...] about Common Sense Non-Sense
Stand Behind The Yellow Line – Do Engineering Controls Affect Risk?
Standing on a train platform this morning I noticed that the old authoritative “STAND BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE” had been replaced with something a little more personable (see below, as opposed to ‘in front of this you get a fine’) and it reminded me of this article by Gab Carlton from a few years ago … [Read more...] about Stand Behind The Yellow Line – Do Engineering Controls Affect Risk?
Expertise by Regurgitation and Re-Badging
One of the fascinating things about the Coronavirus pandemic is watching Safety morph into epidemiology expertise. I would like a dollar for every flyer, presentation, podcast, powerpoint, checklist template, toolbox talk and poster set that had jumped into my inbox on a daily basis in the last … [Read more...] about Expertise by Regurgitation and Re-Badging
Gimmicks and Myths of Avoidance in Safety
Someone sent me a thing the other day labelled as ‘brilliance’ and it was yet just another safety gimmick that yet again served as a distraction from discussing the essentials in safety – listening, helping, caring and learning. This is what safety does so well. It creates gimmicks and labels them … [Read more...] about Gimmicks and Myths of Avoidance in Safety
The Brain as Computer Myth
It is so attractive to develop simple binary models of human ‘being’ that are mythical/symbolic but NOT real. Eg. Human thinking is not fast and/or slow (https://safetyrisk.net/the-myth-of-fast-and-slow/). The implications of myth implies that people act on it. We witness this in any form of … [Read more...] about The Brain as Computer Myth
Grade One Lessons in Culture
Grade One Lessons in Culture I picked up my granddaughter from school the other day and she showed me her work and it was delightful to see what they have been doing in Grade One in Primary School on culture. What a shame we don’t do such work with people in risk and safety. Instead, safety … [Read more...] about Grade One Lessons in Culture
The Myth of Fast and Slow Thinking
I was reading a book on numerics and statistics this morning and the author quoted Kahneman (as fact) as if humans make decisions in two speeds. According to Kahneman’s binary ‘theory’ humans only make decisions at two speeds – slow/rational/analytical and fast/automatic. This is a myth, there is … [Read more...] about The Myth of Fast and Slow Thinking
Skills in Presentations, Toolbox and Inductions
Skills in Presentations, Toolbox and Inductions - Free Downloads!! I was recently requested to help an organization with their onsite induction, toolbox and presentations. So, the first thing I requested back was what they were currently doing. I wonder how surprised you would be if I told you … [Read more...] about Skills in Presentations, Toolbox and Inductions
Why I do not support industrial manslaughter
Why I do not support industrial manslaughter Article by Greg Smith, author of Paper Safe and Risky Conversations (Free Download) - First published HERE See Greg’s related article: The Prosecution Problem In a recent comment on a LinkedIn post I asked for evidence of how Industrial … [Read more...] about Why I do not support industrial manslaughter
