Reflection from the late GEORGE ROBOTHAM - See his other articles HERE This is probably one of the most significant pieces of work that I have published for sometime. I have been involved with its evolution for quite a while now and it has been peer reviewed of over 50 professionals and modified … [Read more...] about The Things You Need To Know About Health and Safety Leadership
Embracing the deluge: Rethinking Risk and Safety through art and myth
by Billy Snead Joseph Désiré Court’s painting, Scene of Deluge, 1826 You see a person trying to save his father and completely ignoring his wife and kid (son) who are closer to him. The wife represents the present life, the son the future and the grandfather on the other hand represents the … [Read more...] about Embracing the deluge: Rethinking Risk and Safety through art and myth
Inattentional blindness
Just because you look at something doesn't mean you see it. By Decebal Leonard Marin Your wife asks you to take the packet of butter out of the fridge, and although it's right in front of you, you can't see it. You watched the news last night, but you don't remember the weather information because … [Read more...] about Inattentional blindness
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 from Safety confirms that it has no idea what safety is about. We’ve seen this before from other traditional safety sources such as so called ‘safety … [Read more...] about No Place for Military Metaphors in Safety
The Influence of C.G. Jung in SPoR
One is not likely to read the works of C.G. Jung or consider such works as relevant if one is committed to the dominant paradigm of risk and safety – Behaviourism & Positivism. Similarly, if one has a worldview anchored to Scientism and Engineering one is not likely to give any metaphysical view … [Read more...] about The Influence of C.G. Jung in SPoR
Sacrificing Truth for No Blame
One of the by-products of the positive psychology cult is: the massaging of truth, the creation of false narratives, linguistic spin and ethical gymnastics. Whilst there is nothing wrong with positive psychology in itself its evolution as a reaction against perceived negative analysis such as: … [Read more...] about Sacrificing Truth for No Blame
Culture Cloud tour part 5; Values Attitudes and Beliefs
These are helped from by the central Ontology or World View at the centre of the cloud. Attitudes values and beliefs have their own trajectory and we need to know where this takes us. This can also be shaken by the very Turbulence of the Cloud and Stressors. This can manifest for example with a … [Read more...] about Culture Cloud tour part 5; Values Attitudes and Beliefs
The Danger of Bad Safety Slogans in Traditional Safety
We know that silly slogans mislead people and create single statements that are not true. Such linguistics limit the way we think about risk and promote simplistic thinking when the truth is, risk is a wicked problem. (Our next module on Linguistics and Risk starts tomorrow). The trouble is, … [Read more...] about The Danger of Bad Safety Slogans in Traditional Safety
The Blame Game of HOP
The HOP club seem to think that reality can be reshaped by a collection of slogans and memes. One of the classics is the slogan ‘blame fixes nothing’. Of course, the reality is that blame fixes things, this is the foundation of the justice system. The court decides where the blame lies and what … [Read more...] about The Blame Game of HOP
Absolute Error Prevention
Absolute Error Prevention Safety is so easy, it’s all about error prevention. Safety is so simple, it’s all about risk aversion. Whilst both of these statements appear to be true, both are wrong. Safety is not simple and is not just about error prevention or risk aversion. Indeed, binary thinking … [Read more...] about Absolute Error Prevention
