The language of ‘hope’ and ‘faith’ is not spoken in the safety industry despite extensive language about salvation and spirituality (https://safetyrisk.net/the-theology-of-blame-from-safety-science/; https://safetyrisk.net/safety-people-dont-save-lives/) in the safety industry. Recent comment about … [Read more...] about Hope, Faith and the Nature of Risk
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A short story of Faith and Karma
By Dr Nippin Anand - Republished with permission from HERE Synchronicity. The outer world will bring a meaningful experience to the inner Self when we learn to walk in awareness. Last night, after five days of intensive workshops and semiotic walks in Canberra, we moved to a different … [Read more...] about A short story of Faith and Karma
What’s Faith Got To Do With Safety
What’s Faith Got To Do With Safety Guest Post by Dr Rob Long from www.humandymensions.com Risk is all about uncertainty, and uncertainty is one of the things that characterises what it is to be human. There is little in human living that is certainly predictable, there is little that is … [Read more...] about What’s Faith Got To Do With Safety
Science and Acts of Faith in Safety
Science and Acts of Faith in Safety The language of scientific ‘proofs’ is the language of positivism, behaviourism and empiricism. Such a language often gives away a discourse of control, power and security in the face of uncertainty. It is one thing to seek knowledge ‘scientifically’ and … [Read more...] about Science and Acts of Faith in Safety
Wearable Technology and Safety
Wearable Technology and Safety It is interesting to watch Safety grapple for new saviours, Techniques (Ellul) to get to zero. The latest in the ‘faith in technology’ discourse is wearable devices to give massive data and as we know, big data is also a new saviour. Didn’t you know, big data can now … [Read more...] about Wearable Technology and Safety
Risk Without Faith is Not Risk
Risk Without Faith is Not Risk Risk is synonymous with uncertainty and so any risk involves a ‘leap of faith’. The word ‘faith’ is one of the many silences of safety, in fear that the word conveys some religious interpretation. The nervousness and anxiety around the word ‘faith’ says much about an … [Read more...] about Risk Without Faith is Not Risk
Envisioning Risk, Seeing, Vision and Meaning in Risk
Envisioning Risk, Seeing, Vision and Meaning in Risk (280 pages, 200 Illustrations) Dr Long is pleased to announce publication of Book 9 in the series on Risk: Envisioning Risk, Seeing, Vision and Meaning in Risk You can download the book for sale at $19.95 here: Buy Envisioning Risk, Seeing, … [Read more...] about Envisioning Risk, Seeing, Vision and Meaning in Risk
Predictably Arational, Safety as a Superstition
Predictably Arational, Safety as a Superstition One of the most annoying things about Daniel Ariely's book Predictably Irrational is that it allows risk and safety people to dismiss aspects of human decision making as stupid when they are not. The framing of the word ‘irrational’ is simply … [Read more...] about Predictably Arational, Safety as a Superstition
Blind Faith in Safety
Blind Faith in Safety If you are a child of the 1970s you will know of one of the greatest bands of all time – Blind Faith. One of the first ‘super groups’ comprised of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech. Blind Faith formed in 1968 from the break up of the first ‘super group’ … [Read more...] about Blind Faith in Safety
No Hope for Safety
No Hope for Safety One of the fascinating things about culture in safety is an extraordinary satisfaction with a lack of definition and a phenomenal acceptance of assumptions about critical issues. For example, you won’t find discussion anywhere in safety about the nature of Hope, nor the nature of … [Read more...] about No Hope for Safety
