Chronic Unease is Not Enough The concept of ‘chronic unease’ has been about in safety for some time. It was unfortunately put forward by Reason as a mindset to tackle complacency. Complacency is rarely well defined and is most associated with: in-alertness, lethargy, laziness, not being careful, inattentiveness, lack of attention and lack of […]
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Your Safety Communication Sucks
Your Safety Communication Sucks Marie-Claire Ross from Digicast was telling me today that she was lampooned by the “Nutbag and Knobhead Brigade” (my words) on a LinkedIn Forum (surprise, surprise – LOL!) for a recent article she wrote: You know you suck at Safety Communication when… She recently wrote in her newsletter: Oops – I […]
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Risk Homeostasis Presentation
Risk Homeostasis Presentation VIDEO With much trepidation I have decided to put it out there…….. my presentation on Risk Homeostasis for Unit 1 of Graduate Certificate in Social Psychology. The video was recorded and edited brilliantly by Rick Long (more of his work here) See it here: Dave Collins – Risk Homeostasis Intro by Dr […]
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Who is the Enemy and What War is Safety Fighting?
Who is the Enemy and What War is Safety Fighting? It is interesting after the last piece on the military as a model for safety leadership the responses that assumed that somehow the military was under attack. The idea that the military is a ‘lean, green safety machine’ was used on another blog to advocate […]
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Fire Risk Assessment Software
Fire Risk Assessment Software or Fire Consultant for your business Guest Posting by UK Fire Safety Solutions All businesses in the UK now have to undertake fire risk assessment by law because of the change in The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order of 2005. The responsibility now falls onto business owners to ensure that fire […]
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7 Incredible Ways To Diagnose Risk More Effectively
7 Incredible Ways To Diagnose Risk More Effectively Does taking 2 hours out of a persons day to complete safety paperwork make their job more unsafe by causing them to rush or possibly make them too overconfident and not entertain doubt or risk? Absolutely! Can Engineering or Law really figure out how to help people […]
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Safety is an Art
Safety is an Art Safety has much more to do with Art, History and Philosophy than it has to do with Science, Engineering and Law. I recently wrote The Target Drives the Method about the subjectivity of determining ‘significance’ that is a precursor to this discussion. Despite the perception that so many in safety believe […]
