Psychometric Testing and Safety Having had some exposure to the area, some of the problems I see with psychometric testing include- There is often a big gap between the test and the real world of work. Behaviour is situational. Often in these tests you are given black and white scenarios to … [Read more...] about Psychometric Testing and Safety
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Desensitizing to Kids Risk and Safety
I read with interest the idea that School students need better health and safety education (University of Adelaide News Thursday, 9 May 2013 ). It is interesting that this idea is put forward by ‘safety experts’. What a bizarre idea. Here we have a major problem in the workforce of people being … [Read more...] about Desensitizing to Kids Risk and Safety
7 Traits of a Safety-Focused Safety Leader – NOT!
Even when Safety attempts to discuss humanizing it does so through the lens of Technique (Ellul). The focus is rarely on persons but rather the safety program and safety outcomes. What a shame that when Safety endeavours to do something it can’t imagine outside of its own safety box! A good … [Read more...] about 7 Traits of a Safety-Focused Safety Leader – NOT!
Critical Sources of Harm Ignored by Safety=Zero
We heard today from Minister Rowland (Communications) about the extent and severity of online harm. We are also nearing the ‘zero event’ congress that promises progressive, diverse and extensive coverage of issues critical to safety. This is where the promise is to ‘Grab your popcorn and be ready … [Read more...] about Critical Sources of Harm Ignored by Safety=Zero
Guilt and Shame, The By-Products of Safety-Zero
One of the first things educators learn is that the projection of guilt and shame anchored to ‘performance’ is a disaster. It doesn’t matter whether this ‘performance’ is in maths or theatre, the subjectivities of measurement and the way they are declared, can create enormous distress and … [Read more...] about Guilt and Shame, The By-Products of Safety-Zero
A Guide to Psychosocial Safety Skills
A Guide to Psychosocial Safety Skills We last published a short article on Psychosocial Safety by Dr Robert Long here: What is Psychosocial Safety. Rob has kindly given us permission to publish the entire guide. DOWNLOAD THE PAPER HERE: A Guide to Psychosocial Safety … [Read more...] about A Guide to Psychosocial Safety Skills
What is Safety? Video
By Nippin Anand Here's the second in a series of podcasts about safety with Greg Smith. Some you you may have seen the last video (https://safetyrisk.net/two-new-videos-from-novellus/ ) in this series where we discussed how far the industry has onboarded his wisdom about papersafety. The … [Read more...] about What is Safety? Video
KISS Safety in a VUCA World
One of the conundrums of the safety industry is its addiction to simple, black and white thinking. We see this evidenced in the delusion of Zero (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/zero-the-great-safety-delusion/). Poor old Safety, noisy about the word ‘professional’ and resistant to any … [Read more...] about KISS Safety in a VUCA World
Understanding Cults and Safety/Zero
I always find it amusing when an engineer claims SPoR is a cult. These are the same who lecture the safety industry on cult-ure and who know nothing about both. The truth is, those most susceptible to cults are those most ignorant of cults. Of course, there is no greater cult than the cult of … [Read more...] about Understanding Cults and Safety/Zero
The Safety Belief System
Beliefs in Safety are assumed not discussed. Beliefs like zero are projected but not up for question under the assumption that zero is the only acceptable target (https://www.icmm.com/en-gb/stories/2022/zero-harm-only-acceptable-target). No-one questions the assumptions behind such statements or … [Read more...] about The Safety Belief System