The Quantitative and Qualitative Divide in Safety Risk and safety by their evolution through Engineering and Science have now become disciplines of quantity. Unfortunately, critical human skills like: communications, listening, dialogue, understanding persons, social psychology, community, ethics, … [Read more...] about The Quantitative and Qualitative Divide in Safety
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Paperwork and Usability in Tackling Risk
Most workers don’t ‘use’ paperwork, they just sign it just as many workers don’t read paperwork they just give it the ‘tick and flick’. The idea of excessive paperwork in safety is much more a middle management problem than a worker problem. The real decisions on the job where the greatest risk is … [Read more...] about Paperwork and Usability in Tackling Risk
Science and Acts of Faith in Safety
Science and Acts of Faith in Safety The language of scientific ‘proofs’ is the language of positivism, behaviourism and empiricism. Such a language often gives away a discourse of control, power and security in the face of uncertainty. It is one thing to seek knowledge ‘scientifically’ and … [Read more...] about Science and Acts of Faith in Safety
Letting Go and Playing Safe
The only way to engage in learning is to risk and because all risk is a step into the unknown, it is also a leap of faith. Even the act of imagining, dreaming or envisioning requires the ability to suspend what one knows and leap towards what is unknown. If you stay safe with what you know, … [Read more...] about Letting Go and Playing Safe
Tackling Ethics in Risk, A Philosophical Challenge
One of the reasons Safety does so poorly in understanding Ethics is because by nature, Ethics is a philosophical discipline. Philosophy is a discipline one benefits in learning through a Transdisciplinary approach to critical thinking https://safetyrisk.net/transdisciplinary-safety/ … [Read more...] about Tackling Ethics in Risk, A Philosophical Challenge
Models of Sensemaking and Suicide (and their challenges)
Note: the following paper explores concepts and ideas associated with Suicide. If this topic triggers distress, it may not be for you. If this paper does cause concern, within Australia you can contact Lifeline on 131114, or for outside of Australia, a list of support hotlines is listed HERE. The … [Read more...] about Models of Sensemaking and Suicide (and their challenges)
A day in the life
For the benefit of Mr Kite there will be a show tonight on trampoline Lennon & McCartney Welcome to an interim edition of the Australian Hinstitute of Heinrich and Skinner (AHHS) fake newsletter, which features Queensland’s forthcoming phantasmagorical virtual safety conference. This … [Read more...] about A day in the life
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
Don’t Make Safety Personal
Don’t Make Safety Personal This is one of the silliest safety slogans trending at the moment and of course, like all safety propaganda, it masks critical messages we should be thinking and talking about in tackling risk. One of the great silences in the safety non-profession is not just about an … [Read more...] about Don’t Make Safety Personal
What is Critical Thinking in Safety?
What is Critical Thinking in Safety? Everyone thinks but not all think critically…. There are countless books out there on supposed ‘critical thinking skills’ but many are not about critical thinking. Many of these books don’t even define critical thinking well. Let’s take for example Cottrell, … [Read more...] about What is Critical Thinking in Safety?