Some Occupational Health and Safety is BS – Should Safety be Third? Does making SAFETY FIRST make SAFETY LAST? YOU WILL LOVE OUR HOT TOASTER PAGE!! UPDATE October 2015 - THIS WAS ONE OF MY VERY FIRST BLOG POSTS - I'VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN and UNLEARNED A LOT OF TRADITIONAL SAFETY RUBBISH - … [Read more...] about OHS is BS
Simplistic Safety
Boxing-In Safety Can Be Dangerous
Boxing-In Safety Can Be Dangerous When I was a young boy I remember my parents buying their first automatic washing machine which came in a large cardboard box. I watched them fill it with clothes, a magic white powder and revolve around for about two minutes before turning my attention to the … [Read more...] about Boxing-In Safety Can Be Dangerous
Why Have Some Freedom in Safety When a Dose of Fear and Guilt Will Do?
Why Have Some Freedom in Safety When a Dose of Fear and Guilt Will Do? I was sent a rather sickening poster this today, another one of those pithy senseless aphorisms that now populate Linkedin. The poster read: ‘The person who choses safety is a person of conviction, character and caring’. This … [Read more...] about Why Have Some Freedom in Safety When a Dose of Fear and Guilt Will Do?
Dumbing Down Safety
Dumbing Down Safety - Safety In the Age of Wikipidiots By Phil La Duke first published on his blog here: Safety in The Age Of Wikipidioats. Phil says: I thought you might enjoy my recent post, Safety in the Age Of Wikipeidiots. Is anyone still out there? “It is better to keep your mouth … [Read more...] about Dumbing Down Safety
Simplifying Risk Management–Advice Needed
Simplifying Risk Management – Advice Needed Just received this email from a reader. I am sure we can all relate to his frustration and I thought his email would make a great topic for discussion: With the slowdown in the CSG super project in QLD I have started to have a look back at what we have … [Read more...] about Simplifying Risk Management–Advice Needed
The Ethics of Safety
A very popular article by Dr Rob Long from the recent past: The Ethics of Safety Quote: The key to the effectiveness of an ethic in safety is the humanization of others and the building of relationships. It is strange that the vice of intolerance is advocated in the workplace but we would never … [Read more...] about The Ethics of Safety
It’s a Fine Line Beyond Pleasure and Pain
It's a Fine Line Beyond Pleasure and Pain Safety could be the profession of the open Socratic question, yet again we don't find much about this in safety texts or training programs. The 'dumbing down' of workplaces by the 'tell, police, punish' formula has now lead to workplace cultures and … [Read more...] about It’s a Fine Line Beyond Pleasure and Pain
The Fallible Factor and What to Do About It
One of my favourites from the archives: The Fallible Factor and What to Do About It Being fallible doesn’t mean one is inevitably stupid, lazy, greedy or weak, there are as many advantages to being human and fallible as there are limitations. No one should want humans to be robotic - this would … [Read more...] about The Fallible Factor and What to Do About It
Weasel Words in Safety
Weasel Words in Safety – Words that promise much but deliver little One of my favourites by the late George Robotham Those of you who read my posts will know I am a big critic of the long, ponderous written communications, that seems to infect the safety world. Given a choice many people take a … [Read more...] about Weasel Words in Safety
Perfectionism in Leadership Discourse Part 2
Perfectionism in Leadership Discourse Part 2 Read Part 1 HERE In this two Part series of articles we are looking at absolutist leadership language and the likelihood that only a “perfect organisation”, could actually deliver perfection. We then look and what that means in terms of the meaning and … [Read more...] about Perfectionism in Leadership Discourse Part 2