One of the many myths of Safety is the idea that ‘telling’ (https://safetyrisk.net/telling-the-safety-way/ ) works. This from an industry that never speaks of the psychology of comprehension, theories of education or the psychology of learning … [Read more...] about When Safety Delights in ‘I Told You So’!
Robert Long
Beware the Cult of Denial
Beware the Cult of Denial Everyone ought to know that denial is not a healthy psychological state. We know that denial is one of the stages of tackling suffering, loss and death as Elizabeth Kubler Ross articulated first in On Death and Dying in 1969. (Download here ) At a deeper level, the denial … [Read more...] about Beware the Cult of Denial
Understanding Safety as a Cultural Reproductive Process
One of the most useful understandings we gain from Marxist and post-Marxist readings on culture is the idea of ‘cultural reproduction’. This is never discussed in any Safety text on culture (https://safetyrisk.net/culture-silence-in-safety-cultural-capital/ ). The reproduction of culture is … [Read more...] about Understanding Safety as a Cultural Reproductive Process
Thinking Outside the Safety Bubble
Thinking Outside the Safety Bubble It is good to read that someone recognizes the ‘safety bubble’, OHS Thoughts Trapped In The Bubble = thanks Kevin. The metaphor of a ‘bubble’ conveys the idea of an insular, self-absorbed environment that is inflated by delusion. Image Source (I must get one of … [Read more...] about Thinking Outside the Safety Bubble
Understanding Language Influencing, A Video
For those interested in the way SPoR teaches practicality in its methods and, who want to learn, the following video discussion may be of value. The trouble is Safety is well known as an industry of telling not listening (https://safetyrisk.net/telling-the-safety-way/). There is very little in … [Read more...] about Understanding Language Influencing, A Video
Update on SPoR in India, Brazil and Europe
There have been recent developments in SPoR in Brazil and India that serve as good case studies that SPoR Works! Soon we are off again for two weeks of workshops in Europe (https://www.humandymensions.com/vienna-workshops/). All of this is supported and linked to a comprehensive learning program … [Read more...] about Update on SPoR in India, Brazil and Europe
It is NOT My Responsibility to Keep You Safe
You have to hand it to Safety, the great myth maker of all time. The constant speaker of nonsense to people (https://safetyrisk.net/safety-experts-in-speaking-nonsense-to-people/). Of course, this is from an industry that has no cognizance of linguistics, the effect or trajectory of … [Read more...] about It is NOT My Responsibility to Keep You Safe
Safety at the Margins
Safety at the Margins I note with interest the disappointment with mainstream Safety with being on the political margins, evidenced in recent blogs (The party politics of safety , The politics of safety, OHS is largely overlooked even on its special day ). However, there are good reasons why Safety … [Read more...] about Safety at the Margins
Research Basics for Safety
Nearly every person that has ever registered for study in SPoR in the past 20 years from the safety industry, doesn’t read. If they do read it is usually the same old suspects and never anything that challenges the safety worldview. This is indicative of an industry that can do quite well by … [Read more...] about Research Basics for Safety
Researching Within The Safety Echo Chamber
One of the most reliable things about Safety is that it has no interest in broad diverse research nor what it means to be professional. Such is the safety code that always describes what it is by what it isn’t. The latest example is the AIHS BoK Chapter 39 (2nd Edn) ‘The OHS Professional as a … [Read more...] about Researching Within The Safety Echo Chamber