Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
There are several key factors in the safety industry that mitigate against envisioning and creativity, both are essential for a sense of vision. These are:
· The work of compliance creates compliance thinking
· Checklisting creates checklist thinking
· Regulatory … Learn more >>>>>
These days I watch a lot of Playschool, a children’s TV program on ABCTV (https://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/sites/playschool/). Playschool is a pre-school education program based entirely on imagination and play. Everything about the show is basic – no fancy props, no expensive sets and adults (usually … Learn more >>>>>
We learned a few days ago just how much money can be made from a safety checklist. (Meet Australia’s newest unicorn SafetyCulture and Billion dollar milestone: SafetyCulture Australia’s newest unicorn )
If anyone ever doubted ‘the seduction of the box’ mentalitie in Safety (https://safetyrisk.net/the-seduction-of-the-box-and-semiotic-visualisation/ ), here is the … Learn more >>>>>
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My favourite line: “Finally, we could spend a bit more time with our little kids and start practicing a way of thinking we have devalued for far too long and bring some fun back into making sense of risk.”
So you reckon you can calculate risk to 3 decimal places?? Think again. A recent article by Dr Robert Long, that may make you rethink your belief in Risk Assessment as being objective!. If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: … Learn more >>>>>
