Safety continues to struggle with the necessity of fallibility (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/fallibility-risk-living-uncertainty/ ) in ALL human orientation and action. In its quest for perfection (zero) traditional Safety obsesses about error and doesn’t know what to do with it. … [Read more...] about The Rights and Wrongs of Atonement in Safety
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Fallibility Realised is NOT ‘Drift into Failure’
One of the delusions of the idea of ‘drift into failure’ is that when things seem to be uneventful such is defined as success. Then when things go wrong somehow there has been a ‘drift into failure’. What a strange notion of causation. I recently read a supposed academic paper entitled … [Read more...] about Fallibility Realised is NOT ‘Drift into Failure’
The Theology of Blame from Safety Science
Listening to two theological amateurs and ‘safety science’ people talk about: atonement (I’m not a Jew), ritual, repentance, ‘spiritual need’, ‘spiritual resilience’, confession (I’m not a Catholic), learning and forgiveness is not something I would recommend to anyone. This was recommended to me, … [Read more...] about The Theology of Blame from Safety Science
Doing Away With Health and Safety–Language and People
‘Whenever Safety is used as an adjective whatever follows is moronic’ - Dr Rob Long In his book “Drift Into Failure”, the attention Sidney Dekker gives to the importance of language is critical as he states: ‘What we need is a language that can help us get to a more functional account … whose … [Read more...] about Doing Away With Health and Safety–Language and People
Do Persons and Systems ‘Drift’ into Failure?
Do Persons and Systems ‘Drift’ into Failure? The identity of personhood as defined by fallibility (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/fallibility-risk-living-uncertainty/ ) should be foundational to any ethic of risk. The vulnerability and mortality of being human ought to determine what one … [Read more...] about Do Persons and Systems ‘Drift’ into Failure?
The Triarchic Mind, Risk and Safety
The Triarchic Mind, Risk and Safety So much of how we think about decision making is centred on the brain. The common misconception is that the brain is a mainframe computer that directs actions. This is how binary reductionist thinking operates. The human will is centred here in the brain, that … [Read more...] about The Triarchic Mind, Risk and Safety
Safety’s Garden of Eden Complex
Safety’s Garden of Eden Complex One of the enduring myths of the risk and safety industry is the naive belief in paradise. Paradise is that mythical place where no-ne will be harmed. We see this nonsense yearning for utopia demonstrated in the Bradley Curve and the ideological nonsense of zero … [Read more...] about Safety’s Garden of Eden Complex
Resilience: Is it missing in safety?
How many band-aids are covering up your festering safety system? Great article by Trinette Jaeschke first published here on her Safety Mentor Blog Some extracts: Resilience: Is it missing in safety? Resilience is to adapt to change Often resilience is seen as something ‘we’ as individuals need … [Read more...] about Resilience: Is it missing in safety?
Please Don’t Try to Fix Me – I’m Not a Machine
Please Don’t Try to Fix Me - I’m Not a Machine My good friend Brian is a ‘tinkerer’, a very good one. If there’s work to be done on a machine Brian is your ‘go to man’. He can analyse, adjust, maintain or fix most things mechanical. For example, I recently bought a second hand lawnmower that wasn’t … [Read more...] about Please Don’t Try to Fix Me – I’m Not a Machine