The Perceptions of Safety Alan Quilley recently posted an interesting point on LinkedIn (perhaps wasted on that forum) – he posed the question (accompanied by the image above): “So do you think human behaviour is both predictable and observable? If so how do we use that knowledge to help people in our lives manage risk?” […]
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THE DERELICTION OF BEHAVIOR-BASED SAFETY
An interesting article by Sydney Dekker, first published here by SafetyDifferently THE ORIGINAL HEARTS AND MINDS CAMPAIGN, AND THE DERELICTION OF BEHAVIOR-BASED SAFETY In 1960, shortly after his election, President Kennedy asked Robert McNamara to become secretary of defense in his new cabinet. McNamara, known as a star and a whiz-kid, had been president of […]
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The Emperor has no Clothes – Beyond Behaviour-Based Safety
A great, resurrected article by Clive Lloyd who says: Almost two years since I shared this piece, and I’m quite heartened by how things have changed in the "safety" space during that time. A movement towards Care rather than compliance, and trust-building rather than fear-based approaches seems to be evident. Thanks to the pioneering work […]
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The next OHS magic bullet to hit us in 2016?
The next OHS magic bullet to hit us in 2016? Great question just posted by Wayne Harris on Workplace health and Safety Leadership Linkedin page: We had them all over the last 30 years or so, BBS, Lean BBS, Zero Harm, Transformational Safety, Safe Start, Zero Risk, Transitional OHS, etc. Sometimes these schemes have only […]
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It’s not in the KPI or LTI but the MRI
It’s not in the KPI or LTI but the MRI The assumption of behaviourist psychology that people are the sum of inputs and outputs is the greatest weakness of BBS philosophy. There is plenty of evidence to show that people don’t respond to stimulus either in self interest or in ways that make rationalist sense. […]
