Connect –Teaching Young People About Safety and Life By the late George Robotham SU QLD's Connect Program (http://su-connect.org.au/) is a long-term adventure-based learning program designed to help young people who are "at risk" — facing exclusion from school, come from broken homes or are locked … [Read more...] about Connect –Teaching Young People About Safety and Life
Risk Management
What is Your Risk iCue?
What is Your Risk iCue? When we think of the concept of intelligence we often think of a person’s IQ. The idea of an Intelligence Quotient is not reliable and only tests certain selected forms of literacy constrained by cultural biases. For example: the early settlers in Australia deemed that the … [Read more...] about What is Your Risk iCue?
Building a Risk Culture
Building a Risk Culture Interesting article from Insurance Thought Leadership (uggghh - I know!) shared by John Wettstein from safetystrategies.ca Extract: “Young and old are dropping themselves from Wall Street at a pace we have not seen before” (sudden spade of suicides in 2014). “High … [Read more...] about Building a Risk Culture
The Craziness of Injury Goals
The Craziness of Injury Goals I used to work for a company that would budget to have a certain number of lost time injuries and fatalities each year. That may seem unconscionable today but it was not because they wanted or liked to hurt people or didn't care about them, it was for the Boardroom and … [Read more...] about The Craziness of Injury Goals
How I Feel About Risk
How I Feel About Risk “The earliest studies of risk perception also found that, where as risk and benefit tend to be positively correlated in the world, they are negatively correlated in people’s minds.” “If their feelings toward an activity are favorable, they are moved toward judging the risks … [Read more...] about How I Feel About Risk
Simplifying Risk Management–Advice Needed
Simplifying Risk Management – Advice Needed Just received this email from a reader. I am sure we can all relate to his frustration and I thought his email would make a great topic for discussion: With the slowdown in the CSG super project in QLD I have started to have a look back at what we have … [Read more...] about Simplifying Risk Management–Advice Needed
So I was thinking about learning and risk the other day…
So I was thinking about learning and risk the other day… It may be that the traditional language of risk elimination leads to a discourse that eliminates learning... For me learning and risk are inextricably intertwined. I can’t learn a new skill without also risking making a mistake? I can't … [Read more...] about So I was thinking about learning and risk the other day…
Organisational Risk Profiling by Consequences – a Failed Approach
Organisational Risk Profiling by Consequences – a Failed Approach By Goran Prvulovic from www.riskwisesolutions.com.au Reactive Risk Profiling It is interesting to note that when it comes to organisational risk profiling involving health, safety, environment and material risks, so many companies … [Read more...] about Organisational Risk Profiling by Consequences – a Failed Approach
We Need To Get Out of The Business Of Blame and Shame
We Need To Get Out of The Business Of Blame and Shame Latest article By Phil La Duke on his blog https://philladuke.wordpress.com/ Phil says: While there are variations on the behavioral theme, most approaches to safety still directly or indirectly result in blaming someone. It's … [Read more...] about We Need To Get Out of The Business Of Blame and Shame
Hind-sight, Risk Savvy and the Unexpected
Hind-sight, Risk Savvy and the Unexpected People often talk about the “benefit of hind-sight”; but does hind-sight prepare us to manage the unexpected? Hind-sight – it is a good thing right? It helps us make sense of the world right? It sometimes gives us the courage to continue right? These … [Read more...] about Hind-sight, Risk Savvy and the Unexpected