Theme – An Ecology of Mind and Holistic Ergonomics. I wish to take the opportunity in this Newsletter, the last for 2025 to wish you a Merry Christmas and happy New Year. Make sure you keep posted for the new years newsletter or on https://safetyrisk.net/ for news of free courses that will be on … [Read more...] about CLLR Christmas 2025 Newsletter
Safety’s Hidden Metaphors
by Simon Renatus As clear, transparent communication is key for helping to prevent or reduce the risk of serious incidents occurring in the workplace, perhaps it is time that those involved in OHS put their ‘linguistic house’ in order. (Everley, 2010) Why a house? And whose house, exactly? What … [Read more...] about Safety’s Hidden Metaphors
Full STEAM Ahead in Safety
The STEM vs STEAM debate has been about for a long time. I remember back in the 1970s as a teacher in the South Australian school system, a similar debate about allocated times to subjects in schools. Back then, the idea of alternatives to mainstream education were popular and, in those cases, (as … [Read more...] about Full STEAM Ahead in Safety
Learning From Other Worlds in Risk
One of the privileges of being a grandparent is learning about and from new and other worlds. Yesterday I returned from Sydney after an excursion to see two music groups I have never heard of, so a 16-year-old could see her favourite band. It’s rare to be given access to observe another world … [Read more...] about Learning From Other Worlds in Risk
Conversations Across and Within Disciplines About Transdisciplinarity
With over 30,000 disciplines a simple map as follows doesn’t really do it justice. However, all semiotics are useful but not perfect. When we talk about Transdisciplinarity, what we mean is being able to transverse across these disciplinary categories but also many non-academic disciplines. Indeed, … [Read more...] about Conversations Across and Within Disciplines About Transdisciplinarity
The 12 Days Of Silly Christmas Safety
The 12 Days Of Silly Xmas Safety They don't call it the silly season for nothing. You can always rely on the National Safety Council to treat us all like ignorant fools with their version of what they think safety and life are all about! Let’s have a break from dumb olde safety and vision zero … [Read more...] about The 12 Days Of Silly Christmas Safety
Icing on the Safety Cake and Transdisciplinarity
There are many models, tools and methods we offer in SPoR that clearly include traditional approaches to safety. We don’t talk about this much because why discuss traditional safety with people who already know what it is. Afterall, when the safety curriculum is 85-90% Technical/Engineering in … [Read more...] about Icing on the Safety Cake and Transdisciplinarity
Acceptable Risk as a Decision Making Process
Acceptable Risk as a Decision Making Process By Dr Rob Long We should all know that the assessment of risk is a subjective process, determined by hundreds of social and psychological factors. The idea that risk assessment is a rational process via assessment of frequency, consequence and severity … [Read more...] about Acceptable Risk as a Decision Making Process
Grace and Gratitude in Safety
These are not just religious virtues but human virtues. So many I know come into risk and safety with a passion for others, care for harm and a desire to help. What we learned from Rosa Carrillo’s book is that these virtues rarely find opportunity to flourish in the risk and safety world, they … [Read more...] about Grace and Gratitude in Safety
Where Have All the Questions Gone?
I’ve followed Safetyrisk.net since 2011 and have learned (and changed) a lot during this time. The site has, in the past, been a place for debate, discussion, and curiosity. There was a time when questions emerged, conversations flowed freely, and people engaged deeply, wrestling with ideas, … [Read more...] about Where Have All the Questions Gone?