80% of Safety Practitioners Are Idiots

80% of Safety Practitioners Are Idiotsby Phil La Duke. First published here: https://philladuke.wordpress.com/2018/12/02/80-of-safety-practitioners-are-idiots/ Startling title; nasty, mean, condescending and just plain unfair. It’s not right, it’s not fair, it’s not just. So how … Continue reading →

How Many Safety People Know What Schadenfreude Means?

How Many Safety People Know What Schadenfreude Means?From the Oxford Dictionary:NOUNPleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.‘a business that thrives on Schadenfreude’‘a frisson of Schadenfreude’Origin: German Schadenfreude, from Schaden ‘harm’ + … Continue reading →

The Search for Meaning in Safety Models

The Search for Meaning in Safety ModelsThere is a huge chasm between three things: the intent and design (assumed philosophy) of a model, the semiotic diffusion of the model and what humans make of the model.Models and symbols are not neutral nor objective. All models are semiotics and as such … Continue reading →

None so Blind as Those That Don’t Want to See – Due Diligence

None so Blind as Those That Don’t Want to See – Due DiligenceLast week Greg Smith and I delivered our Due Diligence workshop which was over subscribed by over 100 registrations. Registrations closed at 28. We will be offering a new set of workshops in 2019 including in New Zealand.As usual … Continue reading →