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So, You Want Culture Change?

November 12, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

So, You Want Culture Change? When one’s definition of culture is either systems, behaviours or values (or all three) the strategies (methods) that result reflect the definition. Changing values, … [Read more...] about So, You Want Culture Change?

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Tagged With: checklists, transdisciplinary approach

Yes, It’s A Checklist

April 21, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Yes, It’s A Checklist So April 28 is 2021 World Day for Safety and Health at Work and Workers’ Memorial Day . What would be a good symbol/semiotic to capture the meaning of this day? What would be a … [Read more...] about Yes, It’s A Checklist

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Checklists, Semiotics Tagged With: checklists, workers memorial day, world safety day

Checklisting

December 6, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

One of the mythologies created by the safety industry concerns the effectiveness of checklists. Yes, checklists are useful and helpful. The Checklist Manifesto by Gawande is a reasonable read on the … [Read more...] about Checklisting

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Checklists Tagged With: checklists, iCue

Envisioning and Creativity in Safety

October 13, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Envisioning and Creativity in Safety 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 … [Read more...] about Envisioning and Creativity in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Checklists, Social Psychology of Risk, Vision Zero Tagged With: checklists, creativity in safety

What Can Safety Learn From Playschool?

July 30, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

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 … [Read more...] about What Can Safety Learn From Playschool?

Filed Under: Creativity, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: checklists, humble enquiry

Checklist Seduction and The Delusion of Data

April 10, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

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 … [Read more...] about Checklist Seduction and The Delusion of Data

Filed Under: Risk Assessment Templates, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: checklists

Incident Investigation and the Limits of Risk Imagination

October 15, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 32 Comments

Republished by Request 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 … [Read more...] about Incident Investigation and the Limits of Risk Imagination

Filed Under: Risk Assessment, Robert Long Tagged With: checklists, incidents, risk, Safety Culture, safety slogan

Objectivity, Audits and Attribution When Calculating Risk

August 7, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

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 … [Read more...] about Objectivity, Audits and Attribution When Calculating Risk

Filed Under: Risk Assessment, Robert Long Tagged With: audits, calculating risk, checklists, Risk Assessment Checklists, risk attribution, Risk Calculator, risk managers

9 Great Reasons Why You Should Stop Doing Hazard Inspections

June 10, 2016 by Admin 9 Comments

9 Great Reasons Why You Should Stop Doing Hazards Inspections Rob Sam’s recent article: How I Feel About Risk was posted on a few LinkedIn Groups. It was initially well received, but, almost as … [Read more...] about 9 Great Reasons Why You Should Stop Doing Hazard Inspections

Filed Under: Hazards, Humble Inquiry Tagged With: checklists, hazard hunt, hazard inspection

Where To Put the Port-a-loo is a Hazard!

June 26, 2014 by Gabrielle Carlton 41 Comments

Where To Put the Port-a-loo is a Hazard! I was on a worksite last year and came across this port-a-loo! Nothing too unusual or out of place considering it was a construction site. This toilet was put … [Read more...] about Where To Put the Port-a-loo is a Hazard!

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Hazards, Safety Culture Tagged With: checklists, hazard, housekeeping

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