Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
In Australia, we have this saying to try to explain why someone does something that doesn’t make sense, we call it a ‘brain fart’. It is a way of people accepting that someone did something that didn’t make rational sense and was out … Learn more >>>>>
If you are a follower of this blog you will know that we have often discussed the way safety and marketing go for crazy promotions to get people into safety. In the past we have discussed: Dumb Ways to Die, Hazardman, Sexy Sophie… Learn more >>>>>
One of the favourite words of the safety sector is ‘controls’. Hazards and controls, that’s the scope of safety.
However, the moment one engages in an ethic of risk one learns that life and being are not that simple. There is no objective, neutral notion … Learn more >>>>>
When it comes to risk and safety, method is critical. Brutalizing and dehumanizing people to get a safety outcome doesn’t work (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/it-works-a-new-approach-to-risk-and-safety/ ).
The best way to ensure a humanizing outcome in safety is to move away from zero, numerics and metrics and to focus … Learn more >>>>>
As long as what I do gets a safety outcome, it doesn’t matter what I do to get it. This is the declared philosophy of safety ‘ends justifies the means’ ideology. As long as the outcome is zero the means to get it doesn’t matter. … Learn more >>>>>
