Petty, Pissy Zero Harm Just when you thought Zero couldn’t get any more unprofessional and stupid, out come some classics this week. Here is an ad for the Head of Zero Harm. I wonder what the KPIs for that job are? Do you get sacked for the first harm? Do you get sacked for the first psychological … [Read more...] about Petty, Pissy Zero Harm
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The Paradox of Positivism for Safety
The Paradox of Positivism for Safety Most people in safety would be unaware that the common philosophy driving the safety worldview is known as Positivism. You can get some background on positivism here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positivism. Positivism privileges information interpreted through … [Read more...] about The Paradox of Positivism for Safety
Happy New Year for 2021 and Theme
Happy New Year for 2021 and Theme As this is the first CLLR Newsletter for 2021, let me take this opportunity to wish you all the best for a fulfilling 2021. Our last newsletter was in October 2020. The theme for this newsletter is Gaslighting and the risks associated with its destructive … [Read more...] about Happy New Year for 2021 and Theme
The Art of Practicing Presence
The Art of Practicing Presence One of the trade-offs in Yo-Yo Safety (https://safetyrisk.net/the-yo-yo-delusion-and-conversations-about-risk/) is the delusion that trinkets and tricks (https://safetyrisk.net/trinket-safety/ ), entertainment and ‘noise’ trump substance and presence. In the world of … [Read more...] about The Art of Practicing Presence
The Psychic Effect of Safety
The Psychic Effect of Safety and What to Do About It One of the flow on effects of the politics of Safety is unconscious fear. I met a host of officials in safety associations recently and was overcome with the anxiety of some as we shook hands and exchanged pleasantries. I was due to stand up and give … [Read more...] about The Psychic Effect of Safety
Poisoning the Professional Waterhole
Poisoning the Professional Waterhole In the latest IOSH magazine you can find a host of safety gobbledygook , enough to turn you off an industry consumed with itself. We know about zero vision but did you know that a career in safety makes you an education expert? Apparently so. Wonderful how … [Read more...] about Poisoning the Professional Waterhole
Understanding Safety Incentive Schemes, A Question of Balance
There is no doubt that the darling of the safety industry is Behaviourism. Just look at the language of traditional safety and so called ‘safety differently’ and it’s all about capacity, people as objects, performance, measurement. Metrics, numerics and outputs. Behaviourism is a 1930s worldview … [Read more...] about Understanding Safety Incentive Schemes, A Question of Balance
Does Safety Have A Soul?
Does Safety Have A Soul? In Chapter 1 of my latest book Envisioning Risk, Seeing, Vision and Meaning in Risk , I discuss the linguistics of ‘soul’ in art, music and movies. In the top 500 songs of all time we find endless reference to spirit, transcendence, Afterlife, soul and the … [Read more...] about Does Safety Have A Soul?
Ways in Which the Workplace Harms Us
Ways in Which the Workplace Harms Us Guest post by one of the USA based students in The Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk (CLLR) online program https://cllr.com.au/online-courses-overseas-students/ There is an old phrase, “No man is an island”, that expresses the idea that human … [Read more...] about Ways in Which the Workplace Harms Us