Psychology of Safety and Risk

November 15, 2019November 15, 2019

Why Safety Isn’t a Choice You Make

We know from child development that everything that is learned by doing becomes committed to body memory. From as young as three months children commit actions to muscle memory and this makes actions fast and efficient. When an action becomes… Read the rest

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019

And the Enemy of Safety is? … Humans!

One of the sad aspects of zero language and discourse are its by-products. The only trajectory of zero and its tandem fixations, numeric and metrics, is to demonize humans as the enemy of safety. Such is an industry that has… Read the rest

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019

The Challenge of the Consciousness Taboo

One of the by-products of STEM-only thinking in safety is the taboo of consciousness. You won’t find this challenging issue being discussed anywhere in the industry. How strange, because if there was any one subject that should be of critical… Read the rest

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019

And the Innovation is? More Controls…..

One of the great anxieties about Safety is the lack of control. If there was a favourite word for the safety industry, this would be it - controls. This is what attracts Safety to the language of numerics and mechanistic… Read the rest

November 6, 2019November 10, 2019

What Can Safety Learn From Desire Paths?

What Can Safety Learn From Desire Paths? Safety people often lament: “why do they take short cuts?”, “why do they ignore signs?”, “why cant they follow procedures?”, “why do they disable safety features?” – Simple answer: Because they are human!… Read the rest

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