Safety Silences - Video Series We get asked so often about various topics and ideas that are never discussed in traditional safety (including ‘safety differently’) so, we decided to start a video series called ‘Safety Silences’. The purpose of this video series is to discuss topics that seem to be … [Read more...] about Safety Silences – Video Series
Safety Videos
Free Release of All Risky Conversation Safety Videos
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
Talking Risk Video–The Unconscious In Communication
Talking Risk Video–The Unconscious In Communication Another great conversation on the Couch between two of our authors Rob Sams and Max Geyer - this is such a great explanation of the interaction between our conscious and non conscious minds...great practical examples too thanks Max n Rob. The … [Read more...] about Talking Risk Video–The Unconscious In Communication
SPoR Ontology and Methods – A Video
Ontology simply means philosophy of being. What philosophy drives your method in safety? This should be a critical question for the safety industry. Unfortunately, in this industry, the moment one mentions a word over 5 letters it is classified as ‘academic’ and somehow irrelevant to the … [Read more...] about SPoR Ontology and Methods – A Video
Measuring in Risk and Safety
Measuring in Risk and Safety It has become fashionable for organisations to use positive or leading indicators as a way to ‘measure’ their risk and safety ‘performance’. Leaders in some organisations have proudly told us how they are ‘progressive’, ‘generative’ and ‘world class’ because they focus … [Read more...] about Measuring in Risk and Safety
Dealing with Incidents
Dealing with Incidents Most approaches to incident investigation focus on technique and process. This is important, gathering facts and compiling important information is critical. However, what most approaches don't consider the range of biases that come with being human. In particular, it is … [Read more...] about Dealing with Incidents
The Perils Of Planning
Conversations on the Couch – The Perils of Planning Latest Video by Gab Carlton and Rob Sams. See the whole series HERE In risk and safety, and in life, we do a lot of planning. This can include things safety management plans, daily work plans and in life we are planning all the time - what to … [Read more...] about The Perils Of Planning
Release the Safety Monster and Wreck a Good TV Show
There are calls by safety crusaders to have TV DIY Shows ensure they set a good safety example (compliance is the most commonly used word) – Dr Rob Long responds: Release the Safety Monster and Wreck a Good TV Show I'm not much of a fan of reality TV shows especially the home renovation type or … [Read more...] about Release the Safety Monster and Wreck a Good TV Show
Talking Risk Video–Anti-Fragility
Talking Risk Video – Anti-Fragility - 3 Part Series Dave Whitefield and James Ellis have a conversation on the couch around the concept of anti-fragility. They pose the question: “What is the opposite of fragile?” The answer is not what we would normally assume. The guys discuss the concept of … [Read more...] about Talking Risk Video–Anti-Fragility
Why are people not reporting incidents?
Why are people not reporting incidents? First of hopefully many conversations with Dave Whitefield, Andrew Thornhill and Matthew Thorne We need to anchor to learning rather than reaction and blame…………. What we aren't seeing in “incident reporting systems” is the trust, culture and … [Read more...] about Why are people not reporting incidents?