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You Don’t Really Want to Learn in Risk, Do You?

March 20, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

You Don’t Really Want to Learn in Risk, Do You? I get contacted all the time by organizations who state they want to learn, particularly about a different way to tackle risk that works. Then when we … [Read more...] about You Don’t Really Want to Learn in Risk, Do You?

Filed Under: Learning, Robert Long Tagged With: cognitive dissonance, learning

Cognitive Dissonance and Safety Beliefs

September 29, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Cognitive Dissonance and Safety Beliefs Whenever we run the Introduction to the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) Module … [Read more...] about Cognitive Dissonance and Safety Beliefs

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: cognitive dissonance, safety beliefs

New Video Explains Cognitive Dissonance and Safety

February 13, 2017 by Admin Leave a Comment

New Video Explains Cognitive Dissonance and Safety Rob has been requested a number of times to explain cognitive dissonance and so has made a brief video for this purpose: https://vimeo.com/202589604 … [Read more...] about New Video Explains Cognitive Dissonance and Safety

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: cognitive dissonance

Humanising Workplace Health and Safety Management

February 9, 2017 by Admin Leave a Comment

Humanising Workplace Health and Safety Management Well who would have thought……….Safe Work Australia invited Dr Rob Long to take part in this ‘radical’ safety seminar – I am sure it would have … [Read more...] about Humanising Workplace Health and Safety Management

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: cognitive dissonance, safety seminar

Risk and Safety Starts with Being?

February 6, 2017 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

********If you are interested in knowing more about the Social Psychology of Risk then a one-off workshop is available this week in Sydney: … [Read more...] about Risk and Safety Starts with Being?

Filed Under: Compliance, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: cognitive dissonance

Inspirational Safety Ideas

November 12, 2016 by Admin 4 Comments

Inspirational Safety Ideas A recent plea, from a frustrated Safety Professional on a Facebook forum, sparked a very interesting discussion. I have certainly seen many similar comments on this blog … [Read more...] about Inspirational Safety Ideas

Filed Under: Creativity, Positive Safety Stuff, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: cognitive dissonance

Could Zero Harm be Unlawful?

June 16, 2015 by Admin 4 Comments

Could Zero Harm be Unlawful Although 2 days ago I committed to the goal of zero zero harm articles I could not let this can of worms sit unopened on the shelf! If this doesn't create a little … [Read more...] about Could Zero Harm be Unlawful?

Filed Under: FIFO, Zero Harm Tagged With: cognitive dissonance, DIDO, FIFO, mental health, Zero Harm

Our New Safety Risk Header

June 3, 2015 by Admin 19 Comments

Our New Safety Risk Header Regular readers would surely have noticed our new blog header. I want to thank my little sister Alison for her artwork. What makes her effort so incredibly amazing is the … [Read more...] about Our New Safety Risk Header

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: art, cognitive dissonance, embracing risk, header, Zero Harm

Suffering – Sometimes There Is No Reason

May 28, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 10 Comments

Suffering - Sometimes There Is No Reason In general when a puzzle sits in front of safety, it must solve it and in safety all problem solving is deemed good. There is little talk of faith, sustaining … [Read more...] about Suffering – Sometimes There Is No Reason

Filed Under: Accidents and Incidents, Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: cognitive dissonance, Safety, suffering, Zero Harm

In Praise of In-Between Thinking in Risk and Safety

May 26, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

In Praise of In-Between Thinking in Risk and Safety As much as Kahneman’s book Thinking Fast and Slow is helpful, it also sustains the idea that the human mind operates in a binary paradigm. As much … [Read more...] about In Praise of In-Between Thinking in Risk and Safety

Filed Under: critical thinking, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: binary paradigm, binary speaker, cognitive dissonance, perfectionism

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