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Perfectionism in Safety and the Denial of Humanity

April 21, 2024 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Perfectionism in Safety and the Denial of Humanity Article by Dr Rob Long in response to Safety Under Construction What a bizarre claim that someone can guarantee no accidents, no mistakes, no harm and that ‘100% zero harm is the irrefutable future coming towards the construction industry like a … [Read more...] about Perfectionism in Safety and the Denial of Humanity

Filed Under: Construction Safety, Human Error, Robert Long, Safety Books, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: denial, fear, humanity, motivation, perfectionism, Safety, safety books

FEAR AND CONTROL – Dialogue in a technological society

July 24, 2023 by Gabrielle Carlton 1 Comment

I have a teenage son who is showing signs of a typical teenage boy of grunts and ‘dunno’ replies to everything. It’s challenging as a parent and even more so for someone who tackles the art of listening and conversation in training almost everyday! I sit down and despair just as other parents do … [Read more...] about FEAR AND CONTROL – Dialogue in a technological society

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Resilience Tagged With: control, fear

The Psychic Effect of Safety

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Psychic Effect of Safety and What to Do About It One of the flow on effects of the politics of Safety is unconscious fear. I met a host of officials in safety associations recently and was overcome with the anxiety of some as we shook hands and exchanged pleasantries. I was due to stand up and give … [Read more...] about The Psychic Effect of Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: compliance, conformist, fear, fear of uncertainty, FIGJAM, ingroup, psychic, scapegoat

The Fear of Power and the Power of Fear

June 27, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Fear of Power and the Power of Fear One of the clear messages in the Netflix series House of Cards is the Fear of Power and the Power of Fear. The House of Cards series exemplifies what happens when one makes power the frame for exchange. The idea that coercion, compliance, power and fear are a … [Read more...] about The Fear of Power and the Power of Fear

Filed Under: Humble Inquiry, Robert Long, Safety Leadership, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: fear, power

Fear of Being-in-the-World

November 9, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Fear of Being-in-the-World One of the valuable contributions of the philosophy of phenomenology is the concept of Dasein. Dasein is German for ‘being-in-the-world’ articulated by Martin Heidegger . Heidegger is a controversial philosopher because of his complicity with the Nazi party during WW2. … [Read more...] about Fear of Being-in-the-World

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

Shock and Fear in Safety

September 29, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Shock and Fear in Safety There is a naïve belief in the safety industry that shocking people and the dynamics of fear are effective. We see this in the many ‘horror’ photos and clips in the sector as well as the countless injured people who are trotted out with the message ‘don’t be like me’. Even … [Read more...] about Shock and Fear in Safety

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: fear, safety shockers, scare tactics, shock

The Fear of Learning in Risk

May 3, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

The Fear of Learning in Risk There is no learning without risk and no risk without learning. I find it interesting when Safety gets on the learning bandwagon that confuses learning with cognitive knowing and training with education. There is no component of the WHS curriculum that deals with the … [Read more...] about The Fear of Learning in Risk

Filed Under: Learning, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: fear, learning

Coronavirus and the Dunny Paper Effect

March 5, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

The recent run on toilet paper by Australians in fear and panic of the coronavirus serves as a wonderful semiotic for understanding human decision making. We could call this the ‘Dunny paper Effect’. You can see here shoppers rushing for toilet paper stocks in Woolworths: … [Read more...] about Coronavirus and the Dunny Paper Effect

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, STEM Tagged With: anxiety, collective unconscious, coronavirus, fear, social amplification, toilet paper

Short-sighted Safety

November 11, 2017 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Short-sighted Safety There is nothing more debilitating to human ‘being’ than hyper-fear, hyper-risk aversion and hyper-safety. Hyper-fear and hyper-risk aversion is the outcome of blind safety and ignorance. I was contacted by a person who is a parent at a school that had just banned children in … [Read more...] about Short-sighted Safety

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long Tagged With: fear, risk aversion, short sighted

Promoting Dumb, Anxiety and Harm in the Name of Good

October 18, 2016 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Promoting Dumb, Anxiety and Harm in the Name of Good The by-products of not being educated in the challenges of ethics and ideology in safety training are many (https://safetyrisk.net/isnt-it-time-we-reformed-the-whs-curriculum/). The first by-product is the development of policy by naivety and … [Read more...] about Promoting Dumb, Anxiety and Harm in the Name of Good

Filed Under: Ethics, Mental health, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Stress, Zero Harm Tagged With: anxiety, fear, harm, Zero Harm

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