Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
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I’m asked many, many times this question: “how do workers make decisions?” And, I decided I’ll answer that with a brief … Learn more >>>>>
I had a friend send a documented toolbox talk this week that was delivered to a site team in a tier 1 civil construction company and it was embarrassing. Why do teams of grown adults put up with such childish, … Learn more >>>>>
Such a small amount of what we ‘see’ is processed through the eyes and brain indeed, this amounts to less than 5% of all ways in which we sense the world and make decisions. The idea that humans make decisions like a computer is completely … Learn more >>>>>
Safety is the industry of lower order goals (see Figure 1. Goal States). Safety functions under the false slogan ‘you can’t manage what you can’t measure’. It chooses to ignore a much better aphorism and that is: ‘you can’t count what counts’.
We have … Learn more >>>>>
Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?
Anthony Burgess
Most global corporate behemoths, especially American transnationals with militaristic command and control organisational structures are advocates of behaviourism. These include Esso, Bechtel, Alcoa, … Learn more >>>>>
