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What is excessive regulation doing to us all? Competition Winner

March 30, 2025 by Admin 3 Comments

What is excessive regulation doing to us all? by Dave Gettins Congratulations Dave Gettins – He’s coming to the Social Psychology of Risk Conference, on Dolphyn! A big well done to Dave Gettins for submitting the winning entry in Dolphyn’s competition to win a place at the inaugural Social … [Read more...] about What is excessive regulation doing to us all? Competition Winner

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Safety Legislation Tagged With: psychology of risk, regulations

There’s Nothing Better than a Blitz

January 11, 2025 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

There’s Nothing Better than a Blitz What a strange industry is safety, every time something goes wrong or an event occurs the assumption is that people have forgotten, are stupid or aren’t vigilant enough (or all three). Then the solution is to have a ‘blitz’. When I hear the word ‘blitz’ I think … [Read more...] about There’s Nothing Better than a Blitz

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Legislation Tagged With: safety blitz

Are You Creating an ‘Obeyience Culture’?

October 7, 2024 by Rob Sams 41 Comments

Are You Creating an ‘Obeyience Culture’? When I started consulting in risk and safety, people would regularly contact me and ask “are we meeting our legal requirements?” or “are we doing all we need to do, ‘under the law’”. Consulting in risk and safety seems to attract these questions, and people … [Read more...] about Are You Creating an ‘Obeyience Culture’?

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Rob Sams, Safety Culture, Safety Legislation Tagged With: Legislation, obedience, obeyience, rules and responsibilities, safety culture

Comply Or Be Human

September 8, 2024 by James Parkinson 2 Comments

I have been involved with safety in Australia for the past 15 years. In that period I would like to think I have grown and learned or would it be better to say try to understand what drives and motivates people to do certain things. I hear on several different job sites I have been on we have to … [Read more...] about Comply Or Be Human

Filed Under: Safety Legislation Tagged With: comply, golden rules, human, swms

Imagination and Safety

June 1, 2024 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Imagination? We’ll Soon Knock that Nonsense Out of You A safety friend of mind Ted rang the other day, he had just gone through the circus and charade of an OFSC Audit and 4801 Audit. He said, ‘ah, now we are safe’, I said, ‘no your not, you are probably less safe’. (I’ll get back to this point … [Read more...] about Imagination and Safety

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Safety Culture, Safety Legislation Tagged With: AS4801, court cases, imagination, JSA, OFSC, Safety, Safety Audits, safety culture, swms, workcover

Tape Down Those Leads

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Tape Down Those Leads One of the things that is curiously entertaining in safety is a lack of proportionality and critical thinking. I often present in facilities where arrangements have not been considered for how workshops are presented, including: lighting, power leads, power points, desks, … [Read more...] about Tape Down Those Leads

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Safety Legislation, Safety Professional, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: critical thinking, safety legislation

The Last Stick Wasn’t Big Enough

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

We hear a great deal in the safety industry about compliance and coercion but so little about creative solutions with a sense of imagination. Every time there is another event someone comes out with the bright idea that either we don’t have enough regulation or the last stick wasn’t big enough. This … [Read more...] about The Last Stick Wasn’t Big Enough

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Clutter, Safety Leadership, Safety Legislation Tagged With: behaviour, big stick, compliance, LTIFR, safety industry

Free Release of All Risky Conversation Safety Videos

June 28, 2023 by Admin Leave a Comment

Free Release of All Risky Conversation Safety Videos Following the success of the Risky Conversations series (https://vimeo.com/album/3938199) Greg and Rob have decided to release access to ALL the videos for free. This release follows on from their most successful presentation of their two day … [Read more...] about Free Release of All Risky Conversation Safety Videos

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Legislation, Safety Videos Tagged With: risky conversations, safety videos

Does our World Need More ‘Lore’ and Less ‘Law’?

June 27, 2023 by Rob Sams 6 Comments

Does our World Need More ‘Lore’ and Less ‘Law’? First published here: http://dolphyn.com.au/world-need-lore-less-law/ I can personally and very highly recommend Rob's new book "Social Sensemaking" - I'm on my 3rd read! I was at a function recently where the customary ‘Welcome to Country’ (see a … [Read more...] about Does our World Need More ‘Lore’ and Less ‘Law’?

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Safety Legislation Tagged With: laws

Focus on ‘Meeting’ people, not legislation – a path to risk maturity

June 23, 2023 by Rob Sams 2 Comments

Focus on ‘Meeting’ people, not legislation – a path to risk maturity ‘Due Diligence’ seems a buzz term in health and safety in Australia at the moment. I’ve heard many refer to ‘due diligence’ and it’s six steps, as the answer to what we have long been searching in health and safety. Many believe … [Read more...] about Focus on ‘Meeting’ people, not legislation – a path to risk maturity

Filed Under: Safety Culture, Safety Legislation, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: Legislation, matrix, maturity, people

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