We all know the saying ‘you can’t see the forest for the trees’ meaning, when you are so deep in something you can’t see what you are in. The saying also captures the dynamic of immersion, of being so … Read the rest
Safety as a Knowledge Culture
So, You Want Culture Change
Grappling with culture is one of the issues Safety does poorly. After all, the industry and its STEM gestalt are not well equipped to even define culture well. This is most evident in the OHS Body of Knowledge (https://www.ohsbok.org.au/… Read the rest
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What Can Halloween tell us About Safety?
Halloween is not an Australian thing indeed, as a child in the 1960s and 1970s there was simply no interest in Halloween in Australia. However, with growing syncretism between US and Australian cultures since the Vietnam War the festival and … Read the rest
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What is Psychological Safety?
Mental Health is certainly a hot topic at the moment. Even the Safety Regulators are encouraging us to apply the same old ineffective safety methodologies to “fixing” the problem people. Emerging also are buzz words like “Mental First Aid” and … Read the rest
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FIFO Culture Survey
John Toomey ( https://safetyrisk.net/author/john-toomey/) has long had a passion for helping to improve FIFO Cultures to prevent mental health problems and has decided to write a book on the subject. As part of the project, he has created a … Read the rest
