Window Dressing, Theatre and More of The Same We read the sad news of yet another fatality in mining in the Zero Harm in Leadership state. Of course, zero ideology is anti-leadership and anti-learning and it seems there’s not much learning going on in mining Queensland. We learned in 2020 that … [Read more...] about Window Dressing, Theatre and More of The Same
Robert Long
You Don’t Really Want to Learn in Risk, Do You?
You Don’t Really Want to Learn in Risk, Do You? I get contacted all the time by organizations who state they want to learn, particularly about a different way to tackle risk that works. Then when we first make contact it eventuates that they don’t really want to learn and certainly are not ‘ready’ … [Read more...] about You Don’t Really Want to Learn in Risk, Do You?
Readiness to NOT Learn Outside of Safety
Readiness to NOT Learn Outside of Safety All Educators know about readiness - what Vygotsky called the ‘Zone of Proximal Development’. The point of ‘readiness’ in education is often spoken about in relation to ‘readiness to learn’, most often in reference to the acquisition of language and … [Read more...] about Readiness to NOT Learn Outside of Safety
Don’t Stress on the Investigation
Don’t Stress on the Investigation Whenever we discuss culture and investigations in SPoR we always discuss the nature of stress and temperament (unconscious type) and how both of these affect interviewee, interviewer and the collective unconscious. We know from the Culture Cloud (See Figure 1. … [Read more...] about Don’t Stress on the Investigation
It’s Zero or Nothing for Global Safety
It’s Zero or Nothing for Global Safety The grand delusion of the safety industry is zero. This is the most divisive, dumb, unbelievable and ignorant development in the history of any industry. As long as this ideology, dogma and doctrine remain at its centre, the industry will never become … [Read more...] about It’s Zero or Nothing for Global Safety
Adversarial Collaboration for Learning in Safety
Adversarial Collaboration for Learning in Safety This is the title of a recent video published by Daniel Kahneman. It’s not surprising that Daniel Kahneman has found lots of fans in the safety industry. How neat and binary to fall for this fast and slow brain thing. It’s just unfortunate that it … [Read more...] about Adversarial Collaboration for Learning in Safety
Implicit Knowledge and Safety
Implicit Knowledge and Safety Most human judgment and decision making is implicit (tacit). What Polanyi described as knowledge that was felt but couldn’t be described. His famous phrase is: ‘we know more than we can say’. You can read Polanyi here: … [Read more...] about Implicit Knowledge and Safety
The 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work – Vision Zero Survey
The 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work - Vision Zero Survey If you want to know what Safety believes and knows just listen to its noise and silences, especially in how it surveys. For the critical thinker, the silences are the most revealing. Global Safety-Zero is now preparing for … [Read more...] about The 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work – Vision Zero Survey
Speaking Truth to Power and Safety
Speaking Truth to Power and Safety Recently, two very brave young women delivered speeches at the National Press Club (https://youtu.be/YO8IQ_rVM8g). If you think these speeches were about ‘women issues’ or ‘sexism’ you would be wrong. The common theme of both speeches was speaking truth to power. … [Read more...] about Speaking Truth to Power and Safety
Numbed by Spin, Desensitized to Risk
Numbed by Spin, Desensitized to Risk So much of what circulates across safety is little more than spin or propaganda. The best way to interrogate such discourse is by Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) Skills in CDA help reflection and insight into how text, narrative, myth, symbol and story are … [Read more...] about Numbed by Spin, Desensitized to Risk