Making Safety Better by Using Our Adaptive Toolbox by Dr Rob Long The excellent work of Gerd Gigerenzer introduces us to the limitations of rationality and the need to validate our ‘adaptive toolbox’. In several of Gigerenzer’s books he shows how our use of statistical data is mostly ineffective … [Read more...] about Making Safety Better by Using Our Adaptive Toolbox
Social Psychology of Risk
Sexual Stereotyping Can Be Deadly
Sexual Stereotyping Can Be Deadly What’s in a name? Simply changing the name of a Cyclone or Hurricane from Tiffany or Heather to something more masculine like Tyson or Dave :-) could save dozens of lives. Severe storms which are assigned softer, more feminine names are perceived to have female … [Read more...] about Sexual Stereotyping Can Be Deadly
Be Alert, Safety Needs More Lerts
I recently read a claim by a Safety Consultant that they could eliminate injuries and improve safety culture by stopping humans from making errors - WT? Reminds me of the saying “The floggings will continue until morale improves”. Ask any elite athlete what happens when they ignore their “muscle … [Read more...] about Be Alert, Safety Needs More Lerts
Conducting a Psychology and Culture Safety Walk
Conducting a Psychology and Culture Safety Walk Not to be confused with the Gemba Safety Walk! Safety walks, observations and conversations are foundational to managing safety in organisations. Site walks, office walks or whatever you want to call them are a critical strategy in ‘management by … [Read more...] about Conducting a Psychology and Culture Safety Walk
Why Some People Never Achieve
Why Some People Never Achieve – Positive Thinking Causes Failure!!! I was lucky enough last night to attend a presentation by leading Sport Psychologist Phil Jauncey. He convinced us all that people fail because they are into positive thinking, attitude adjustment, focus and motivation – go … [Read more...] about Why Some People Never Achieve
THE INFLUENCE OF VISUAL STIMULI ON THE UNCONSCIOUS
This is one of the assignments from the Post Grad in Psychology of Risk being run by Dr Rob Long (more details about the course here) Felix has given me permission to send it to you, if you think readers would be interested. THE INFLUENCE OF VISUAL STIMULI ON THE UNCONSCIOUS by Felix Cheng – Oct … [Read more...] about THE INFLUENCE OF VISUAL STIMULI ON THE UNCONSCIOUS
There is no ‘Satellite Insightfulness’
There is no ‘Satellite Insightfulness’ Dr Rob Long’s Response to a recent Guest Post: When we imagine that there is a rational and objective self we will always look at others and their behaviour and create a superior status for ourselves because we would never do that. When we take this view we … [Read more...] about There is no ‘Satellite Insightfulness’