A typical Sunday in New Zealand James Kell is an adventurer, incredible photographer (see example on right) and great thinker – James wrote the the foreword in Dr Rob Long’s latest book “Real Risk” James has a blog called “Carpe Diem” (Seize The Day) and writes great stuff on the realities of … [Read more...] about Risk Aversion is Life Denying
Risk Aversion
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
Simple or Simplistic Risk and Safety
‘Argument progresses in three stages: superficial simplicity, confused complexity and profound simplicity. Mindful organisations and leaders are prepared to struggle through confused complexity to find profound simplicity. Mindless organisations tend to settle for the first superficial simplicity … [Read more...] about Simple or Simplistic Risk and Safety
Real Winners
Real Winners Dr Rob Long has announced the winners of our “Tell a Discerning Safety Story Competition”. There were lots of great entries and it is refreshing to know that there are lots of people out there who have a good appreciation of Real Risks. All winners receive a copy of Rob’s New Book: … [Read more...] about Real Winners
Compliance, Obedience and The Attraction of Risk
Compliance, Obedience and The Attraction of Risk Great Response by Dr Rob Long (thanks Rob) to our recent article: Our Obsession With Forbidden Pleasures. Please find detail of Rob’s next education program at the bottom of this article. Most people know of the experiments of Stanley Milgram back … [Read more...] about Compliance, Obedience and The Attraction of Risk
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
Binary Discipline and The Easy Road of Consequence
Binary Discipline and The Easy Road of Consequence There are many dimensions to the fallibility of being human and many inbuilt psychological mechanisms that operate unconsciously, individually and socially. The idea of behaviourist theory that humans are machines is nonsense. In the face of the … [Read more...] about Binary Discipline and The Easy Road of Consequence
Lies, Shortcuts and Lessons from Armstrong
First thought provoking article for the New Year by Dr Robert Long. I highly recommend his other Articles HERE and his new book: For The Love of Zero Lies, Shortcuts and Lessons from Armstrong Much has been made of the Armstrong scandal and many find it hard to believe that someone could be so … [Read more...] about Lies, Shortcuts and Lessons from Armstrong
Potato Head Risk and Safety
Potato Head Risk and Safety The purpose of this article is to introduce you to ‘potato heads’ and ‘spud heads’ in risk and safety. Before we get too deep into this risk and safety potato heads it might be useful to introduce some potato head background. Mr Potato Head (first called ‘funny face … [Read more...] about Potato Head Risk and Safety
The Role of Safety Advisor in Organisations
The Role of Safety Advisor in Organisations – Essential Reading Whilst everyone wants to do ‘safety differently’, it is not likely that reform will come within. The paradigm of safety with its primary focus on measurement actually mitigates any hope of innovation, creativity or critical thinking. … [Read more...] about The Role of Safety Advisor in Organisations