Complacency and The Wayward Mind The issue of complacency is a preoccupation of the risk and safety industry yet one can find little research in the sector beyond the excessive use of the label. It seems once we have declared something as ‘complacency’ we somehow know what has occurred. Usually complacency is interpreted as laziness, […]
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Chronic Unease is Not Enough
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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The Convenience of Complacency
The Convenience of Complacency One of the cultural characteristics of the safety industry is fundamental attribution error . It seems that safety seeks blame before it breathes, you certainly need to if your job title includes zero. Whenever there is an event in comes safety to quickly ensure that everyone in the ‘wrong’ is deemed […]
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Dispelling the Complacency Myth
Dispelling the Complacency Myth By Phil La Duke first published here. Phil says: week’s post I take a hard look at the difference between worker complacency and attention fatigue. I hope you will read the article and tell me what you think. The latest scape goat for injuries seems to be complacency. The latest in […]
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The Icarus Deception
The Icarus Deception A little light banter on the recent post New Safety Risk Header in regards to the wings on one of the characters made me recall the story of Icarus. Remember Icarus? According to Wikipedia: Often depicted in art, Icarus and his father attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings that […]
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Is Complacency Evil?
Republished by request…… Is Complacency Evil? Lots of words are thrown around the safety sector with little definition. Everyone seems to know what everyone else is thinking and yet there is little clarification. The word ‘culture’ is perhaps the best example of an overused but under-defined word in safety. Most people when they talk about […]
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Legitimizing Risk
Legitimizing Risk Latest article by Phil La Duke from www.philladuke.wordpress.com More and more companies—faced with the difficult economic realities of the past years—have raised their tolerances of risk to new and dangerous heights. In this week’s post I look at how this trend developed and what, if anything can be done to reverse it. I […]
