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The Silver Bullet

December 3, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Safety Silver Bullet I found it! You can buy your official silver bullet HERE >>>> The idea of finding a silver bullet is that there is a perfect solution to a problem. It’s a simple idea that comes from binary absolute thinking. Such thinking is very common in safety and proposes … [Read more...] about The Silver Bullet

Filed Under: critical thinking, Robert Long, Semiotics, Simplistic Safety, Wicked Problems Tagged With: AIHS, safety silver bullet, silver bullet

If You’re Looking for Balance, Don’t Ask Safety

October 15, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

One thing is for sure, when you love the cult of zero (For the Love of Zero – free download), you lose all sense of balance. The language of zero, the global mantra for safety and darling of the AIHS, is the language of extremism. Any language of perfectionism cultivates cultic extremist … [Read more...] about If You’re Looking for Balance, Don’t Ask Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS, hindsight bias

The Enemy of Safety – Humans

August 13, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Read the AIHS Promo here: AIHS promo In the good tradition of insane propositions from Safety sponsored by the Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS), we have the clanger for all seasons - Humans are a ‘hazard’. Just think critically about this proposition (which Safety never does) and … [Read more...] about The Enemy of Safety – Humans

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS, AIHS BoK on Ethics, hazards, humans

AIHS Repeating the ‘Race to 80’ and ‘Live With COVID’ Rhetoric

August 28, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

AIHS Repeating the ‘Race to 80’ and ‘Live With COVID’ Rhetoric Interesting to see the AIHS buying the cool-aid of the ‘Race to 80’ and ‘live with COVID’ rhetoric. This is NOT the discourse of the Doherty Report . At best, this idea of ‘race to 80’, language of ‘freedom’ and ‘living with COVID’ are … [Read more...] about AIHS Repeating the ‘Race to 80’ and ‘Live With COVID’ Rhetoric

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS, Covid-19

Blinded by the Light

March 31, 2021 by Bernard Corden Leave a Comment

Blinded by the Light Scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living phenomena Wilhelm Reich Dear Member$, Welcome to the latest edition of the AHH$ fake newsletter. Our indoctrinating gala trivia ball is looming and all being well, we shall rise to the challenge and set the … [Read more...] about Blinded by the Light

Filed Under: Bernard Corden Tagged With: AIHS

AHH$ Covid$afe Chri$tma$ New$letter

December 20, 2020 by Bernard Corden Leave a Comment

AHHS Covidsafe Christmas Newsletter Greed i$ good - Gordon Gekko Dear Member$, In an era of unprecedented volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, the AHH$ remains resilient and is quite capable of turning any crisis into a lucrative opportunity to secure its fiefdom. The festive season … [Read more...] about AHH$ Covid$afe Chri$tma$ New$letter

Filed Under: Bernard Corden, Covid-19 Tagged With: AIHS, christmas safety

Is This Your AIHS?

November 29, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 10 Comments

What is it about the safety industry that thinks OHS qualifies one in everything? What is it about Safety that makes one a Teacher, Nurse, Social Worker, Epidemiologist, Hospital Administrator, Doctor, Lawyer and Brain Surgeon? Just because safety is a generic generalist study what gives Safety the … [Read more...] about Is This Your AIHS?

Filed Under: Health, Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS

A day in the life

November 8, 2020 by Bernard Corden 2 Comments

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

Filed Under: Bernard Corden, critical thinking Tagged With: AIHS, safety conference

Psychics, Safety and Zero Quackery

February 13, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 21 Comments

The history of fortune telling in Australia is amusing. In the early days fortune telling was declared a crime in statutory law but by the 21st century most jurisdictions repealed such laws and reduced the activity to a lesser charge of fraud. It still remains a crime to tell fortunes for payment in … [Read more...] about Psychics, Safety and Zero Quackery

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: AIHS, psychic

It was the SIA until someone wanted to swing from the Chandelier

February 12, 2020 by Matt Thorne 35 Comments

On the evening of Monday the 10th of February I attended the Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS) “Ethics and Professional Practice BoK (Book of Knowledge) Chapter launch (‘forum’)” It was a disappointing turnout with the room barely half full for such an important topic, the creation of … [Read more...] about It was the SIA until someone wanted to swing from the Chandelier

Filed Under: Ethics Tagged With: AIHS, AIHS BoK on Ethics

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