Calculators, Matrices and Mumbo Jumbo Risk Assessment There is no more critical question the safety industry needs to ask than, ‘what is the trajectory?’ Or, ‘Where is this taking us?’ Unfortunately, the safety industry doesn’t ask this question, especially with regard to the social and … [Read more...] about Calculators, Matrices and Mumbo Jumbo Risk Assessment
Resilience
3 Things I learned about Safety from Buddhism
A recent article by Susan Zivcec, first published HERE and republished with permission: 3 Things I learned about Safety from Buddhism What if I told you we will never be safe? If you are a fan of Hudson's maturity model, you will recognise this as "chronic unease'' which is a prerequisite … [Read more...] about 3 Things I learned about Safety from Buddhism
Please Don’t Try to Fix Me – I’m Not a Machine
Please Don’t Try to Fix Me - I’m Not a Machine My good friend Brian is a ‘tinkerer’, a very good one. If there’s work to be done on a machine Brian is your ‘go to man’. He can analyse, adjust, maintain or fix most things mechanical. For example, I recently bought a second hand lawnmower that wasn’t … [Read more...] about Please Don’t Try to Fix Me – I’m Not a Machine
Qantas Wins Zero Crash Award–3rd Year in a Row
Qantas Wins Zero Crash Award–3rd Year in a Row www.AirlineRatings.com the world’s only safety and product rating website, today announced it’s top twenty safest airlines for 2016 from the 407 it monitors. They announce: “Top of the list for the third year is Australia’s Qantas, which has a … [Read more...] about Qantas Wins Zero Crash Award–3rd Year in a Row
Say Something that Makes Sense
This is definitely one for Safety People who like to think! Say Something that Makes Sense When Francis Fukuyama was asked what he thought was the most dangerous idea in the world he responded, ‘transhumanism’. Transhumanism is the quest to liberate humans from their biological constraints (eg. … [Read more...] about Say Something that Makes Sense
A Better Safety Goal Than Zero Harm?
A Better Safety Goal Than Zero Harm? Its that time of year again – To all the regular readers and commenters on this blog I would like to wish you all a Very Merry Xmas. To those of you who really don't like much of what you read here I’d like to wish you a Zero Misery Xmas (I chose the image just … [Read more...] about A Better Safety Goal Than Zero Harm?
Safety-1, Safety-2, Safety-3
Safety-1, Safety-2, Safety-3 The idea that there are two safeties endorses a binary mindset that supposes that the second safety is radically different from the first. The general idea is that Safety-1 is a system that focuses only on what goes wrong, Safety-2 is a system that focuses on what goes … [Read more...] about Safety-1, Safety-2, Safety-3
We are in Control and Other Such Delusions!
We are in Control and Other Such Delusions! First published August 2014, republished by request It was sad to hear about the death of the genius man, Robin Williams. It was even sadder to hear the reason why. This is a man many of us have followed, watched, laughed with, cried with and grown up … [Read more...] about We are in Control and Other Such Delusions!
Cultivating Resilience
Cultivating Resilience When I think of resilience one of the metaphors I would never associate with it would be engineering. Resilience is a human (social psychological), evolutionary and organic ‘way of being’. The idea of imposing a mechanistic mindset on resilience just doesn’t make sense. … [Read more...] about Cultivating Resilience