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A Guide to Psychosocial Safety Skills

June 28, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

A Guide to Psychosocial Safety Skills We last published a short article on Psychosocial Safety by Dr Robert Long here: What is Psychosocial Safety. Rob has kindly given us permission to publish the entire guide. DOWNLOAD THE PAPER HERE: A Guide to Psychosocial Safety Skills Extract: Psychosocial … [Read more...] about A Guide to Psychosocial Safety Skills

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Leadership Tagged With: behaviour based safety, Psychosocial Safety, safety culture, safety slogan

Is BBS Credible?

November 13, 2014 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Is Behavior Based Safety (BBS) Credible? or, ‘Don’t Mention the War’ Another controversial little gem by Dr Robert Long – If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE. I highly recommend you check out Rob’s new book “RISK MAKES SENSE” – click on image to read … [Read more...] about Is BBS Credible?

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: BBS, behaviour based safety

The 5 B’s of Safety Conversion

May 13, 2014 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

In his latest article Dr Robert Long looks briefly at each one of the commonly attempted conversion methods to see if the attempted method at the psychology of conversion works. I can think of a 6th B – and it always baffles brains! You should also read the whole series by Rob: CLICK HERE. I highly … [Read more...] about The 5 B’s of Safety Conversion

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Leadership, Wicked Problems Tagged With: behaviour based safety, Change Management, paperwork, safety conversion, safety culture, safety industry, safety slogan

There is no ‘Satellite Insightfulness’

December 7, 2013 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

There is no ‘Satellite Insightfulness’ Dr Rob Long’s Response to a recent Guest Post: When we imagine that there is a rational and objective self we will always look at others and their behaviour and create a superior status for ourselves because we would never do that. When we take this view we … [Read more...] about There is no ‘Satellite Insightfulness’

Filed Under: Robert Long, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: behaviour based safety, insightfulness

Behaviour Based Safety

December 1, 2013 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Behaviour-Based Safety Many will have you believe around 90% or more of accidents are caused by human behaviour. I have written elsewhere questioning this assertion, even if it were true it is unhelpful. My view is that there are a number of proponents of B.B.S. who make outlandish claims about … [Read more...] about Behaviour Based Safety

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: BBS, behaviour based safety, Safety Reflections

Injury Hiding-How do you stop it?

November 6, 2013 by Bill Sims 1 Comment

Injury Hiding-How do you stop it? By Bill Sims Jr. - See the rest of Bill’s Articles Here "I've inherited a safety incentive program that rewards people for lagging indicators and I'm worried there maybe injury hiding. How can I shift it to become behavior based?" All too often, safety … [Read more...] about Injury Hiding-How do you stop it?

Filed Under: Safety Incentives Tagged With: BBS, behaviour based safety, injury hiding, Safety, safety culture, Safety Incentives, safety manager

Behavior Based Safety Resources

February 12, 2013 by Admin Leave a Comment

Behavior Based Safety Resources Thanks to our friends at the new safetyawakenings.com website, we’ve come across this website put together by Scott Geller Ph.D, a long time researcher, consultant and proponent of BBS. We’ve never been fans of BBS and all the fundamentalists and slick consultants … [Read more...] about Behavior Based Safety Resources

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Workplace Safety Tagged With: BBS, behaviour based safety, safety resources

Cleopatra’s Nose, Circumstance and Predictability

October 1, 2012 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Cleopatra’s Nose, Circumstance and Predictability Another really enjoyable and thought provoking article by Dr Robert Long. Love the analogy of measuring safety performance by LTI as being like measuring effective parenting based on the number of smacks administered! Rob’s new book "For the … [Read more...] about Cleopatra’s Nose, Circumstance and Predictability

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: behaviour based safety, LTIFR, safety culture, Zero Harm

Arrogant Safety Professionals Take Note!

February 21, 2012 by Phil LaDuke 37 Comments

I always have a chuckle when safety people try to make out they are so clever and above everyone else by putting all these stupid letters after their names. Blokes on site have a great time making up derogatory interpretations of those acronyms – particularly juicy letters like F, W, C, S & P … [Read more...] about Arrogant Safety Professionals Take Note!

Filed Under: Phil LaDuke Tagged With: behaviour based safety, safety acronyms, safety professional

Safety Professionals Prepare for an Uncertain Future

February 18, 2012 by Phil LaDuke Leave a Comment

PREPARING FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE: WHAT TOMORROW’S SAFETY PROFESSIONAL SHOULD BE STUDYING TODAY Recent Article published by By Phil La Duke on the Fabricating and Metalworking Website. We will be publishing more of Phil’s insightful articles, in the near future, HERE. In a dynamic business … [Read more...] about Safety Professionals Prepare for an Uncertain Future

Filed Under: Phil LaDuke, Safety Training Tagged With: BBS, behaviour based safety, project management, safety professionals

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