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July 5, 2020July 5, 2020

Is Just Culture Unjust?

One of the strange things about the Just Culture phenomenon in risk and safety is the strange idea that somehow Justice and Culture can be controlled. Most often what Safety does with most things it touches is redefine Justice or… Read the rest

June 1, 2020June 10, 2020

I’m just not that into safety anymore

Read the sequel to this article: I’m Still Not That Into Safety Our most popular article out of 3007! Why do you think that is? Rob's courage and honesty has certainly touched some nerves! I’m just not that into safety… Read the rest

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

The Attraction of Simple and Easy in Safety

I was reading yesterday where someone is suggesting that culture is structure. Of course isn’t. Neither is culture just behaviours, values, systems, organising or beliefs. Culture is much more than all of these, combined. The reason why we read about… Read the rest

February 26, 2020July 5, 2020

The Visible and Invisible in Risk and Culture

In response to questions about culture as observable, measureable and behavioural Creative people dream and imagine, they see things and envision possibilities that don’t exist. They write poems, songs and stories about the things they see and ‘tell forward’ their… Read the rest

February 24, 2020July 5, 2020

Culture is NOT ‘What We Do Around Here!’

The KISS principle is alive and well in the safety industry under the belief that if you keep repeating slogans, myths and mantras, they must be true. Let’s look at how dangerous and harmful just one of these slogans is: … Read the rest