The Problem With ZERO Goals and Results By Alan Quilley I've been doing a great deal of thinking and writing about the variety of associated problems with using injury data to support the belief that low injury/damage results equate to a corporation being safe. The truth is that very safely … [Read more...] about The Problem With ZERO Goals and Results
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Defending Zero-Injury Goals
Stop Worrying About Injuries: Defending Zero-Injury Goals Ok I have been accused of being unfairly critical of zero harm goals and those who support them – guilty! But I would like to share this blog article by Phil LaDuke – only because Phil has managed to produce a well considered argument, not … [Read more...] about Defending Zero-Injury Goals
Zero Incident Goals Motivate Risk-Taking, Not Excellence
Zero Incident Goals Motivate Risk-Taking, Not Excellence Great article from ProAct Safety Zero incident programs and goals are the desires of average safety cultures, not excellently-performing ones. Organizations that have achieved sustainability of excellent results in culture and performance … [Read more...] about Zero Incident Goals Motivate Risk-Taking, Not Excellence
ALARP is NOT Zero Tolerance, The Key to Psychosocial Health
Being sensitive to the language in risk and safety is so important when seeking to understand such things as ethical practice, legal compliance, Psychosocial Safety and risk assessment. As much as safety would like to maintain the delusion of objectivity, there is no objectivity when it comes to … [Read more...] about ALARP is NOT Zero Tolerance, The Key to Psychosocial Health
Psychosocial Safety is NOT Measurable
All that counts in life, work and being cannot be counted. It is pure mythology that ‘what cannot be measured cannot be managed’. What utter nonsense. Even the person who thought up this silly meme, recanted on it sometime later. Unfortunately, Safety has been conned by the promises of … [Read more...] about Psychosocial Safety is NOT Measurable
How to Do the Best Risk Assessment
A risk assessment is a form of strategic planning and strategy methodology. The process attempts to think about the future by reflecting on the past. Most strategies are built upon specific beliefs about the future unfortunately, the future is unpredictable. The worst risk assessment is the one that … [Read more...] about How to Do the Best Risk Assessment
Free Download – Real Risk – New Book by Dr Robert Long
Free Download - Real Risk - Human Discerning and Risk I have just received my copy of Dr Rob Long’s new book “Real Risk – Human Discerning and Risk” – probably one of the more useful and interesting books I’ve read on the subject. This is a really enjoyable book to read. It's not another deep, … [Read more...] about Free Download – Real Risk – New Book by Dr Robert Long
500 OF THE BEST AND WORST WORKPLACE HEALTH and SAFETY SLOGANS 2023
Find The Best, Worst, Catchy, Competition Winning Health and Safety Slogans, Memes and Safety Messages for Your Workplace – 2023 Firstly, should you really use Safety Slogans in your Workplace? quotable quote: “The use of silly and meaningless safety slogans matters, it creates a distraction and … [Read more...] about 500 OF THE BEST AND WORST WORKPLACE HEALTH and SAFETY SLOGANS 2023
Harming People in the Name of Good
We learned recently that there are always by-products in messaging. After all, the medium is the message. And we learned that despite good intentions that significant harm was caused. The reality is, it doesn’t matter how much passion you have or how much good will or intention, unless the … [Read more...] about Harming People in the Name of Good
Behavioural Safety is NOT a Foundation for Tackling Psychosocial and Mental Health
The foundation for behaviourism is the myth of ‘in and out’. This simplistic discipline imagines that fallible humans respond to positive and negative reinforcement like computer-like objects. Behaviour then becomes the sum of inputs and outputs. Nothing could be further from the truth. All of this … [Read more...] about Behavioural Safety is NOT a Foundation for Tackling Psychosocial and Mental Health
