Perth Workshops 3-7 October 2022 Due Diligence and Holistic Ergonomics The highly successful Due Diligence program will be delivered in Perth on 3-5 October. This program delivered jointly by Greg Smith (author of Paper Safe) and Dr Rob Long is a program that sets the cat among the safety pigeons. … [Read more...] about Due Diligence and Holistic Ergonomics Workshops
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Cultural Silences in Safety – Aesthetics
Whenever we do our culture program we work through the many beliefs, rituals and practices in societies that foster harm. So much for the nonsense of zero harm. Just watch the latest episode of 4 Corners to get an insight into just how much harm people want in order to fulfil a cultural myth. Why do … [Read more...] about Cultural Silences in Safety – Aesthetics
Risky Conversations, The Law, Social Psychology and Risk
Update: The Book is now FREE to Download HERE All of the videos from the book are now also free to download and watch HERE It is with pleasure we can announce the publication of book 5 in the series on the Social Psychology of Risk - Risky Conversations, The Law, Social Psychology and Risk. The book … [Read more...] about Risky Conversations, The Law, Social Psychology and Risk
Release the Safety Monster and Wreck a Good TV Show
There are calls by safety crusaders to have TV DIY Shows ensure they set a good safety example (compliance is the most commonly used word) – Dr Rob Long responds: Release the Safety Monster and Wreck a Good TV Show I'm not much of a fan of reality TV shows especially the home renovation type or … [Read more...] about Release the Safety Monster and Wreck a Good TV Show
Safety Starts with Us
When you don’t get language and discourse, don’t understand linguistics (https://safetyrisk.net/culture-silences-in-safety-linguistics/ ) or semiotics or, culture (https://safetyrisk.net/category/safety-culture-silences/ ), videos like this make sense … [Read more...] about Safety Starts with Us
Investigations and Heuristics
Investigations and Heuristics One of the traps investigators fall into is thinking that people are the sum of inputs and outputs, that the behaviourist myth is true. Decision making in complex and far more sophisticated than the naïve proposals of the behaviourist worldview. Rewards and punishments … [Read more...] about Investigations and Heuristics
Cultural Silences in Safety – Empathy
There are so many silences in safety I’m sure we could keep this series going for months (https://safetyrisk.net/category/safety-culture-silences/ ) but perhaps just a few more and we might call it ‘quits’. But you have to ask yourself, why is Safety so noisy on so many petty things and so silent … [Read more...] about Cultural Silences in Safety – Empathy
Dumb Down Safety on Full Show in Fake HSE UK Poster
Nothing surprises me in the world of dumb down safety like a cheap poster of misinformation, disinformation, sexism and condescension. This poster was passed to me this week doing the rounds on Linkedin. I got off ‘Dumbedin’ years ago. The poster is a mock up of the official HSE UK poster … [Read more...] about Dumb Down Safety on Full Show in Fake HSE UK Poster
Surveillance Doesn’t Work
A recent article and research posted here (https://hbr.org/2022/06/monitoring-employees-makes-them-more-likely-to-break-rules) shows that surveillance of employees doesn’t ‘work’. If you want to know what ‘works’ you can read here … [Read more...] about Surveillance Doesn’t Work
The Rhizome as a Learning Model for Risk
I have written before about the semiotic/metaphor of the rhizome (https://safetyrisk.net/like-a-rhizome-cowboy/ ), introduced by Deleuze as a model for understanding learning and knowing. Deleuze was interested in ‘becoming’ and in the ‘hidden third’, a common concept in Transdisciplinarity. Deleuze … [Read more...] about The Rhizome as a Learning Model for Risk