No Safety in Numbers I was asked to present recently to a group in the USA on the fixation/psychosis of Safety with numbers. I started with the title of this blog making two points: that you are no … [Read more...] about No Safety in Numbers
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The Big Safety NON-Debate
The Big Safety NON-Debate I read with amusement some claim to a ‘big debate’ in safety between Safety 1 (S1) and Safety 2 (S2) in the pages of an IOSH Magazine … [Read more...] about The Big Safety NON-Debate
The Certainty of Uncertainty
The Certainty of Uncertainty I have written recently on the nature of uncertainty (https://safetyrisk.net/radical-uncertainty/) and its relationship to risk. I have also written about a psychosis … [Read more...] about The Certainty of Uncertainty
Non-Conscious Safety
Non-Conscious Safety No-one in safety seems to show much interest in the nature of consciousness or about the unconscious. One thing is for sure, trying to locate the unconscious or consciousness … [Read more...] about Non-Conscious Safety
Science and Acts of Faith in Safety
Science and Acts of Faith in Safety The language of scientific ‘proofs’ is the language of positivism, behaviourism and empiricism. Such a language often gives away a discourse of control, power and … [Read more...] about Science and Acts of Faith in Safety
The BS of BS
The BS of BS Every time some antiquated BS about Behavioural Safety (BS) (https://safetyrisk.net/kicking-the-behaviourism-habit/) comes out you wonder just how more backward this industry can go. … [Read more...] about The BS of BS
Safety in Design as if Humans Matter
Safety in Design as if Humans Matter I always find it interesting when the discipline of objects attends to something. It’s how we get ‘human factors’ that is about systems, ‘resilience engineering’ … [Read more...] about Safety in Design as if Humans Matter
Scaffolding, Readiness and ZPD in Learning
In the first few weeks of a Teaching degree one is introduced to the fundamentals of learning theory and there are plenty of them (https://teacherofsci.com/learning-theories-in-education/ ). Every … [Read more...] about Scaffolding, Readiness and ZPD in Learning
