Risk Homeostasis Presentation VIDEO With much trepidation I have decided to put it out there…….. my presentation on Risk Homeostasis for Unit 1 of Graduate Certificate in Social Psychology. The video was recorded and edited brilliantly by Rick Long (more of his work here) See it here: Dave Collins … [Read more...] about Risk Homeostasis Presentation
Absolute Shocker of the Week
Absolute Shocker of the Week Guest Post By Dr Rob Long – see more of his articles HERE Isn’t it amazing how people in the safety profession think it is wonderful to parade photo-shopped images of people being illogical, irrational and nonsensical? It primes the population with the idea that … [Read more...] about Absolute Shocker of the Week
The First Rule of the Titan, Don’t Talk About Safety Culture
If you watch the documentary Titan, The Oceangate Submersible Disaster you will know that the first rule of safety culture is to talk about safety culture. You will also know that the second rule of safety culture is not to listen to engineers tell you not to talk about safety culture. The … [Read more...] about The First Rule of the Titan, Don’t Talk About Safety Culture
‘Pause and Ponder’ – what we can learn from social psychology academics
‘Pause and Ponder’ – what we can learn from social psychology academics I’ve had the privilege over the past few days to attend the Society of Australasian Social Psychologist (SASP) Annual Conference held in my hometown of Newcastle, NSW. The SASP Conference brought together more than 170 … [Read more...] about ‘Pause and Ponder’ – what we can learn from social psychology academics
Safety Aphorisms and Platitudes
Safety Aphorisms and Platitudes Someone recently posted a photo of an old safety sign from NC Transport Museum on LinkedIn. Its a great find of an interesting artefact. I am not sure how old it is and it was probably considered to be amazingly insightful in its day. We often laugh at these very … [Read more...] about Safety Aphorisms and Platitudes
You Spell the Devil L-T-I and God P-P-E
This story by Dr Long would seem totally ludicrous if it weren’t true! We hear these stories every day yet those with the most to gain and the ability to change it are the only ones in fear and denial. I wrote previously about The Safety Revolution or the “Tipping Point” coming but in the context of … [Read more...] about You Spell the Devil L-T-I and God P-P-E
Meaningless Non-Vision in Safety
It’s always amusing to see Safety throw language about with no meaning such as ‘revolutionary’, ‘visionary’, ‘trailblazer’ and ‘thought leader’. This is the language one uses when traditional Safety talks to traditional Safety about traditional safety. Apparently, one is a ‘visionary trailblazer’ … [Read more...] about Meaningless Non-Vision in Safety
Propositions to Not Live By
When we run our Poetics module (https://cllr.com.au/product/poetics-flyer-module-22/) we get people to share a poem, song, music, art or aesthetic experience of significance. It is one of the most profound things we do and, everyone struggles to limit their choice to just one piece/example. People … [Read more...] about Propositions to Not Live By
51 Stories in Culture, To Live and To Be – Free Download
The book 51 Stories in Culture, To Live and To Be is now available for free download. If you want to learn about culture and safety culture, this book will help. DOWNLOAD IT HERE This is book 14 in the series on the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) with many other books available for free … [Read more...] about 51 Stories in Culture, To Live and To Be – Free Download
Agnotology, What We Don’t Want to Know in Safety
We know that moment when Donald Rumsfeld, the US Secretary of State, declared in 12 Feb 2002, that we have: ‘known knowns, unknown knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns’ (https://youtu.be/GiPe1OiKQuk?si=lrtA5UwvImfvdI1i ). This was in response to a journalists question about why the USA … [Read more...] about Agnotology, What We Don’t Want to Know in Safety