Safety Career Highlight The experience I had yesterday was a very special moment in my career and life and I’m still buzzing. I had the incredible honour of speaking at the launch of the new book Following-Leading in Risk by Dr Robert Long and Craig Ashhurst. The lead up to the event was a … [Read more...] about Safety Career Highlight
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The Metaphysics of Safety
The language of salvation (soteriology) is metaphysical language. Any talk about ‘saving lives’ is metaphysical language. The question has to be asked: saved from what? And, saved to what? The language of salvation already deems that it knows best about your future. ‘Believe in X and thou shalt … [Read more...] about The Metaphysics of Safety
Change in Safety and Cognitive Dissonance
It is rare that any change or shift in worldview comes without discomfort and Cognitive Dissonance. Cognitive Dissonance is more than just discomfort and, invokes a threat to identity, belonging and worldview. Cognitive Dissonance was first explained by Leon Festinger. Festinger (1919-1989) is a … [Read more...] about Change in Safety and Cognitive Dissonance
Risk and Safety Communities of Practice and the Practice of Community
Risk and Safety Communities of Practice and the Practice of Community Dr Rob Long’s third book entitled “Real Risk, Human Discerning and Risk” will be launched in early October. For those of you who have read and enjoyed For The Love of Zero and Risk Makes Sense I am sure you will be looking … [Read more...] about Risk and Safety Communities of Practice and the Practice of Community
The Behaviourist Human and Human Being
The Behaviourist view of what it is to be human is A view, not THE view of human ‘being’. Indeed, if you want to understand human judgment and decision making or ‘human error’ the last place to consult is a safety behaviourist. We see the problem in a recent article by Cooper. The kind of human … [Read more...] about The Behaviourist Human and Human Being
FREE RISK and SAFETY EBOOKS
Free Safety E-Books To Download Risk Homeostasis Theory - Target Risk 3 by Gerald Wilde Download Here: Target Risk 3 Free Download Human beings can never be totally sure of the outcome of their decisions. Ergo, all decisions are risky decisions. You have already taken a risky … [Read more...] about FREE RISK and SAFETY EBOOKS
I was just trying to Help
I was just trying to Help A friend called me recently to tell me that they’d lost their job. They couldn’t understand the decision and we spoke for an hour or so working through the roller coaster of emotions they were feeling, from anger, to frustration, to anxiousness and amazement. I just … [Read more...] about I was just trying to Help
Workshop – Introduction to the Social Psychology of Risk
Workshop - Introduction to the Social Psychology of Risk A new group started their journey in the Social Psychology of Risk studies in Sydney on 10-12 May at the Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross. Participants came from all over Australia, Malaysia and New Zealand and from a range of industries. The … [Read more...] about Workshop – Introduction to the Social Psychology of Risk
The Safety and ‘New View’ Debate
The Safety and ‘New View’ Debate How Many Angels Can Dance on a Pinhead? Introduction Let me first acknowledge that I do not find any ranking of safety such as S1 or S2 helpful, so I try to avoid such language and will do my best to avoid it in this paper. Indeed, ranking language in safety is … [Read more...] about The Safety and ‘New View’ Debate
Happy New Year for 2021 and Theme
Happy New Year for 2021 and Theme As this is the first CLLR Newsletter for 2021, let me take this opportunity to wish you all the best for a fulfilling 2021. Our last newsletter was in October 2020. The theme for this newsletter is Gaslighting and the risks associated with its destructive … [Read more...] about Happy New Year for 2021 and Theme