Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
One of the lessons Safety continually doesn’t learn is that numerics, metrics and statistics desensitize people to caring. This is known as psychic numbing and has been well researched by Slovic and others (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283318445_The_More_Who_Die_the_Less_We_Care_Psychic_Numbing_and_Genocide).
At the moment our TVs and media are filled … Learn more >>>>>
I’d been sitting in a crowded waiting room for hours with Julie, one of the executive assistants on my project. Julie was a sweet woman with a mean streak. I learned early on that … Learn more >>>>>
In every workshop I conduct the issue of measures, a STEM view of evidence and ‘controls’ are always raised. This week was no exception. I find it so amusing that the industry has this fixation with measures in working life and the opposite in our … Learn more >>>>>
When we look at people as people and not as a number, we will start to see them as people that are doing the same, thing we are doing. Supporting a family and making a living.
Since we are all human, we should never focus on zero. (David Collins from … Learn more >>>>>
When you are surrounded by Safety methodology it’s sometimes hard to believe that 2020 is almost upon us.
A well intentioned “safety professional”, from a multinational building materials company, just proudly posted this image on Linkedin. Despite what the sign says, only lost time injuries make it to the board. … Learn more >>>>>
