Courting Infallibility in Safety One of the best questions one can ask of anyone spruiking zero is: please tell me what will happen tomorrow? Or perhaps next week? Of course they can’t, no one can. … [Read more...] about Courting Infallibility in Safety
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All Risk is Subjective
The latest research confirms what SPoR has known for sometime, that all vision is subjective, objective vision is impossible … [Read more...] about All Risk is Subjective
Leaps of Faith, Risk and Movement/Learning in Safety
One can’t live in the world without movement, stasis is death. In movement we live, learn and have our being, to do so defines the nature of risk. The purpose of living in the world is not to be … [Read more...] about Leaps of Faith, Risk and Movement/Learning in Safety
When Safety is Beyond Your Control
For over a month we have been breathing carcinogenic smoke from bushfires in my home city of Canberra. Many other cities and towns are in a similar situation but Canberra (because of its geographical … [Read more...] about When Safety is Beyond Your Control
ALARP/SFAIRP – One brain, three minds and satisficing
ALARP/SFAIRP – One brain, three minds and satisficing by Bernard Corden The following schematic may assist in explaining the objective and rational ALARP/SFAIRP approach and actual … [Read more...] about ALARP/SFAIRP – One brain, three minds and satisficing
ALARP, The Regulator and Alt-Facts
ALARP, The Regulator and Alt-Facts Post by Hayden Collins, First published here Don’t you just love ‘fact sheets’? Especially when they don’t contain ‘facts’. (Sound like something you may have … [Read more...] about ALARP, The Regulator and Alt-Facts
New Free Video Release–ALARP
New Free Video Release–ALARP Dr Rob Long has released a new video from the set from Risky Conversations, this time on the subject of ALARP. One of the fascinating points made by WHS Lawyer Greg … [Read more...] about New Free Video Release–ALARP
ALARP–What is Reasonably Practicable?
The is a lot of misunderstanding, misinformation and misinterpretation on what ALARP really means – this is one of the better explanations I have read. It is by WHS Lawyer Greg Smith and first … [Read more...] about ALARP–What is Reasonably Practicable?
Acceptable Risk as a Decision Making Process
Acceptable Risk as a Decision Making Process By Dr Rob Long We should all know that the assessment of risk is a subjective process, determined by hundreds of social and psychological factors. The … [Read more...] about Acceptable Risk as a Decision Making Process
There’s no taming of this beast, but you can reduce the risk
Latest post by Sarah-Jane who I know, like me, is looking forward to starting her post grad studies in social psychology of risk and writing more about people rather than objects. She also has some … [Read more...] about There’s no taming of this beast, but you can reduce the risk
