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The Problem of Blame for Fallible People

March 19, 2024 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The foundation for understanding the psychology of blame is not with the action of blaming but rather the nature of fallibility (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/fallibility-risk-living-uncertainty/). The real challenge is not to focus on the action of blame but rather Everyday Social … [Read more...] about The Problem of Blame for Fallible People

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long Tagged With: blame, fallibility

Zero Harm and the Fear of Failure

November 25, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

J.K. Rowling describes in her book Very Good Lives, her fear of failure as a young child. She recalls how such fear limits creativity, imagination and vision. She also talks about ‘the fringe benefits of failure’. In SPoR, we call this ‘the by-products and trade-offs of fallible decision … [Read more...] about Zero Harm and the Fear of Failure

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: education, fallibility, learning

Shaping Change to Zero

November 19, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Vision Zero

One of the fascinating things about zero messaging is the normalisation of absurd contradictions in language. For example: the Safety and Health at Work ‘zero event’ congress website to be held soon in Sydney, states the mantra: ‘Shaping Change’ (https://safety2023sydney.com/ ). The last thing … [Read more...] about Shaping Change to Zero

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Vision Zero, Zero Harm Tagged With: fallibility

The Blessings of Fallibility

September 27, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

  The human condition is unique, paradoxical and ‘wicked’. If you want to understand fallibility, human mortality and human personhood then read some of the following as be a helpful start. If you want to condemn fallibility as some kind of ‘curse’ or negative projection, then just … [Read more...] about The Blessings of Fallibility

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: fallibility

If You Can’t Manage Fallibility, You’ll Never Tackle Psychosocial Health

September 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

  As long as Safety is founded in the nonsense of injury rate counting and zero, it will never ever be able to tackle the challenges of psychosocial health. The fundamental problem for Safety is, it doesn’t know what to do with fallibility, mortality, vulnerability, corporeal being and … [Read more...] about If You Can’t Manage Fallibility, You’ll Never Tackle Psychosocial Health

Filed Under: Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long, Vision Zero Tagged With: fallibility

Zero Hour Episode 3

August 14, 2023 by Matt Thorne Leave a Comment

Zero Hour Episode 3 Zero, Infinity and Fallibility. The third video in the Zero Hour series discusses the link between Zero, Infinity and Fallibility. This is important as fallibility and its inevitability is rarely discussed as we all drive for perfection in the workplace. This will never … [Read more...] about Zero Hour Episode 3

Filed Under: Zero Harm Tagged With: fallibility, infinity, mistakes

Emergence and Fallibility – A Video

June 29, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

A conversation about how events ‘emerge’ and the nature of fallibility is essential for understanding risk. The discussion is based upon the SPoR Emergence tool and the free book Fallibility and Risk. Unfortunately, you don’t hear the language of fallibility anywhere in safety because such language … [Read more...] about Emergence and Fallibility – A Video

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: emergence, fallibility

New Year Safety Trade-Offs and By-Products

June 27, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

New Year Safety Trade-Offs and By-Products Hassan Vally introduces us to the concept of ‘microlives’ (http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e8223) which attempts to measure the life value of directions taken in life. For example: every hour of TV on the couch adds up to 15 minutes off your life … [Read more...] about New Year Safety Trade-Offs and By-Products

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: by-products, fallibility, microlives, trade-offs, zero

The Quantitative and Qualitative Divide in Safety

June 27, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

The Quantitative and Qualitative Divide in Safety Risk and safety by their evolution through Engineering and Science have now become disciplines of quantity. Unfortunately, critical human skills like: communications, listening, dialogue, understanding persons, social psychology, community, ethics, … [Read more...] about The Quantitative and Qualitative Divide in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: fallibility, positivism, safety 2, safety moments, STEM

Why is fallibility so challenging in the workplace?

June 27, 2023 by Zoe Koskinas Leave a Comment

Why is fallibility so challenging in the workplace? First article by Zoe Koskinas - I am sure she would appreciate some support and feedback. This article has also been published HERE In a perfect world accidents do not happen, people do not make mistakes, and humans do not suffer- but we do not … [Read more...] about Why is fallibility so challenging in the workplace?

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk, Workplace Safety Tagged With: fallibility

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