I normally hold handrails, but not anymore. I normally touch things like touch screens but not anymore, I am now hyper aware of all that I touch. The Coronavirus has changed this and has amplified our awareness of all we touch and of hygiene. Strangely, the very people most susceptible to falling … [Read more...] about Don’t Hold the Hand Rail
Covid-19
AIHS Repeating the ‘Race to 80’ and ‘Live With COVID’ Rhetoric
AIHS Repeating the ‘Race to 80’ and ‘Live With COVID’ Rhetoric Interesting to see the AIHS buying the cool-aid of the ‘Race to 80’ and ‘live with COVID’ rhetoric. This is NOT the discourse of the Doherty Report . At best, this idea of ‘race to 80’, language of ‘freedom’ and ‘living with COVID’ are … [Read more...] about AIHS Repeating the ‘Race to 80’ and ‘Live With COVID’ Rhetoric
Working From Home Health and Safety Tips – Covid-19
Working From Home Safety Tips – Coronavirus https://safetyrisk.net/covid-19-work-from-home-safety-checklists-and-risk-assessments/ Working from home, or telecommuting, is becoming compulsory (furloughed) in the wake of social isolation due to the COVID-19 virus spread. I’ve done it for years … [Read more...] about Working From Home Health and Safety Tips – Covid-19
On Confinement
Thanks to Rob Long for sharing this article from https://www.theschooloflife.com/thebookoflife/on-confinement/ . A great read for all those furloughed at the moment and perhaps feeling like you are missing out on something: At some point in the 1650s, the French philosopher and mathematician Blaise … [Read more...] about On Confinement
The Common Sense Fallacy
We hear it all the time, this call for ‘common sense’: · https://www.examiner.com.au/story/6690707/time-for-common-sense-approach-to-covid-19/ · https://www.newsport.com.au/2020/march/coronavirus-facts-common-sense-and-compliance/ · … [Read more...] about The Common Sense Fallacy
Challenges and Opportunities for Learning in a Crisis
With so many people working or unemployed at home we have taken off with a ‘jump out of the blocks’ at the Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk (CLLR) with a number of courses and programs that are free and online. This week we had some very successful ZOOM (https://zoom.us/) sessions with our … [Read more...] about Challenges and Opportunities for Learning in a Crisis
Controls, Controllers and Controlling in Safety
There is nothing more scary in safety than not having control or at not being able to talk about controls. How strange that the subject of safety that is about risk and all about uncertainty should be so fixated on controls. Of course with control comes power but in safety when you read about … [Read more...] about Controls, Controllers and Controlling in Safety
Introduction to The Social Psychology of Risk – Free Online Module
Introduction to The Social Psychology of Risk Free Online Module Please Read this Post Completely In light of recent precautions about Covid-19 and the need for self isolation, the Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk (CLLR - https://cllr.com.au/ ) is pleased to make Module One An … [Read more...] about Introduction to The Social Psychology of Risk – Free Online Module
Down Time for Some Good Unlearning
Nothing is as poor for learning as busyness. You can be so busy that you have no time to reflect and ask yourself key questions like: · Where is this taking me? · What is the trajectory? · What is this process doing to me? · How is this process humanizing? · How can this be helpful? · Does … [Read more...] about Down Time for Some Good Unlearning
Paying the Price for the Pooling of Ignorance
One of the rewards of ‘dumb down’in post social media age is the rewarding of ignorance, conspiracy theories, armchair experts and lunacy. Amazing what one can learn on the back of a postage stamp. Kakutani calls this the ‘Death of Truth, Hedges The ‘Empire of Illusion’, Carr ‘The shallows’ Nichols … [Read more...] about Paying the Price for the Pooling of Ignorance
