Risk Boldly It’s great to see that the Australians of the Year are adventurers. The idea of adventure and learning in risk is central to all they represent. Even when they were in the midst of their rescue of the boys in the caves in Thailand they expected to lose some or all of the […]
Risk Aversion
Toilet Roll Safety
Toilet Roll Safety My eldest daughter has just graduated and has her first teaching work. So, we talk a lot about teaching, learning, curriculum, hidden curriculum, scaffolding, conversion, child development, psychology of learning, ethics, the politics of schooling and curriculum ideas. Last week we were sharing ideas about art and craft and I mentioned […]
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Safety Hits a Snag
Safety Hits a Snag The media and social media in Australia recently lit up over the overcooked Bunnings directive that sausage sizzle volunteers must place onions beneath the sausages in order to prevent slips and falls in their stores – supported by the trite platitude that safety is their “number one priority”. Funny that Bunnings […]
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The Bunnings Banger Bungle
The Bunnings Banger Bungle No wonder people think that safety is the industry of stupidity. Oh, here comes the safety nerd, the dork wrapped in orgiastic delight in the myth of hyper-safety. Here comes the risk averse wrecker and fun police worried about petty pissy safety (https://safetyrisk.net/petty-pissy-zero-harm/) whilst real risk (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/real-risk/) remains ignored. Petty pissy […]
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What Do Safety Signs Do To Us?
What Do Safety Signs Do To Us? I was strolling thru the Roma Street Parklands in Brisbane when I noticed a sign, hastily fastened to a post with cable ties. I have my own thoughts on the trajectory, effectiveness and by-products of these signs – I’m interested to hear yours? These are going straight to […]
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RISK OR BLAME
RISK OR BLAME As I sit here this morning drinking my morning coffee I started to think about risk and safety. Through reading material on risk I have learned that without risk taking we would not begin to learn what may or may not happen. From my personal experience’s I have taken many risks ( […]
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Safety in the Silly Season…
Safety in the Silly Season We often refer to this time of the year as the silly season. A time where we let our hair down, have a bit of fun and feel free to be a bit silly. There are parties, after work drinks, family catch ups and barbeques with friends. It’s often a […]
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And Safety Wonders Why Nobody Zero Hates It Anymore
And Safety Wonders Why Nobody Zero Hates It Anymore Just when you thought safety could not get any sillier or desperate, this is what all-risk aversion comes up with…….. My only question, to who ever thought this was a good idea, is: “have you thought through the by-products?” Us soldiers were first required to wear […]
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Short-sighted Safety
Short-sighted Safety There is nothing more debilitating to human ‘being’ than hyper-fear, hyper-risk aversion and hyper-safety. Hyper-fear and hyper-risk aversion is the outcome of blind safety and ignorance. I was contacted by a person who is a parent at a school that had just banned children in the school from doing handstands and cartwheels on […]
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Tackling Risk, A Field Guide to Risk and Learning
Tackling Risk, A Field Guide to Risk and Learning FOR A FREE PREVIEW YOU CAN DOWNLOAD CHAPTER 1 HERE: Tackling Risk Chapter 1 Following on from the very successful publication of the Risky Conversations video series and book, Dr Long and Roy Fitzgerald are proud to announce the publication of book six in the series on […]
