The new book by Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Rob Long has been released called 51 Stories in Culture, To Live and To Be. You can purchase the ebook here: https://www.humandymensions.com/product/51-stories-in-culture/ This is book fourteen in the series on the Social Psychology of Risk. You can … [Read more...] about 51 Stories in Risk – Free Sample Download
Safety Culture
Safe Work Australia Continues to Perpetuate Safety Mythology
Safe Work Australia Continues to Perpetuate Safety Mythology In December 2014 Safe Work Australia published Work Health and Safety Perceptions: Construction Industry. Despite the intentions of the report yet again Safe Work Australia continues to perpetuate safety mythology just as it does by … [Read more...] about Safe Work Australia Continues to Perpetuate Safety Mythology
Culture is NOT What We DO Around Here! Yet Safety Believes It Is.
One of the many grand delusions of Safety is that culture is about behaviours. It is not. Human behaviour is such a small aspect of what culture is about. So much precedes behaviour in any understanding of culture. Let’s have a look at belief. Belief precedes behaviour just as does ethic, … [Read more...] about Culture is NOT What We DO Around Here! Yet Safety Believes It Is.
51 Stories in Culture – A Video Podcast
In this video the authors of 51 Stories in Culture, To Live and To Be, discuss their book. You can see the video here: You can purchase the ebook here: https://www.humandymensions.com/product/51-stories-in-culture/ Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Rob Long met a number of years ago and since then … [Read more...] about 51 Stories in Culture – A Video Podcast
Book Launch – 51 Stories in Culture, To Live and To Be
This is a book about culture and the nature of risk. The foundational premise is that culture cannot be known through books or propositions but is best known through the phenomenon of experience and felt knowing. So, in a way, the book is situated in a paradox. But paradox need not be a problem … [Read more...] about Book Launch – 51 Stories in Culture, To Live and To Be
How to Make Safety Culture Myths True
We know that knowledge of mythology is an essential aspect of understanding culture, except in the safety industry. At the foundation of all myth sits an element of truth that is symbolised and made true by a group, regardless of the evidence. This is certainly the case in the many myths that … [Read more...] about How to Make Safety Culture Myths True
Risk and Safety Rituals
Risk and Safety Rituals Rituals are the foundation of cultural belonging and identity. You can’t really understand or influence culture without a good grasp of rituals and artefacts. The idea that behaviours (‘what we do around here’) define culture is one of the grand delusions of simplistic … [Read more...] about Risk and Safety Rituals
Safety Surveys, Bias and Predictability
Safety Surveys, Bias and Predictability Rob’s new Book: “Following-Leading in Risk” is a MUST READ if you think you already know about Leadership. CHECK IT OUT This week Safe Work Australia released a report on Attitudes Towards Risk Taking and Rule Breaking in Australian Workplaces . The report … [Read more...] about Safety Surveys, Bias and Predictability
When Safety Culture is Toxic
Most times when the call or email comes in, it is often too late in the life of the organisation for a mild review. Furthermore, many of these organisations have tried all the same old stuff, same old management ideology, same old slogans, some old silver bullets, same old slick marketing and still … [Read more...] about When Safety Culture is Toxic
Ten Virtues for a Positive Safety Culture
Care Ethics gets no mention in the AIHS BoK Chapter on Ethics, a sure sign that it was written by an amateur. Similarly, this unprofessional Chapter makes no mention of other critical elements of safety culture eg. Power and Zero, a truly amateurish work. There is also no map to help one understand … [Read more...] about Ten Virtues for a Positive Safety Culture