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 that accompanies the fear of uncertainty … [Read more...] about The Certainty of Uncertainty
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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. Here is this antiquated theory that’s been smashed by so many as a false construct being paraded by … [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’ that is not about human resilience and Behavior-Based Safety that is not about behaviours or safety … [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 teacher knows that the simplistic nonsense of behaviourism – in and out, reward and punishment, black … [Read more...] about Scaffolding, Readiness and ZPD in Learning
The Attraction of Simple and Easy in Safety
I was reading yesterday where someone is suggesting that culture is structure. Of course isn’t. Neither is culture just behaviours, values, systems, organising or beliefs. Culture is much more than all of these, combined. The reason why we read about such simplistic projections on culture in safety … [Read more...] about The Attraction of Simple and Easy in Safety
Why Do Anything About Injuries When You Can Pretend to Take Action Instead?
Why Do Anything About Injuries When You Can Pretend to Take Action Instead? by Phil La Duke. First published on his blog HERE Safety is not a humanitarian effort. We all know the story of the days of yore when the loss of life—from building the pyramids to building the Brooklyn Bridge—was just … [Read more...] about Why Do Anything About Injuries When You Can Pretend to Take Action Instead?
The Curse of Behaviourism
The Curse of Behaviourism One of the greatest curses inflicted on the industry of safety is the toxicity of behaviourism. Behaviourism is that 1940s ideology that constructed the human being as machine, as the sum of inputs and outputs. Nothing could be further from reality. Behaviourism … [Read more...] about The Curse of Behaviourism
The Perceptions of Safety
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 … [Read more...] about The Perceptions of Safety
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. … [Read more...] about THE DERELICTION OF BEHAVIOR-BASED SAFETY
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 … [Read more...] about The Emperor has no Clothes – Beyond Behaviour-Based Safety