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The Tyranny of Absolutes

March 2, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Guest Post by Dr Rob Long from www.humandymensions.com – for those of you who still have nothing to love! The text book approach to goal setting recommends that all goals should be SMART - Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Relevant and Time considered. Yet, when it comes to safety and risk many … [Read more...] about The Tyranny of Absolutes

Filed Under: FIFO, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: absolutes, goal setting, SMART, Zero Harm

Goal Setting in Safety is Easy

December 21, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

You would think that setting goals in safety would be difficult after hearing academics twist themselves in linguistic knots over zero (https://safetyrisk.net/since-when-did-zero-become-a-science/ ). But, setting goals for safety doesn’t have to be a linguistic gymnastic conundrum. I have written … [Read more...] about Goal Setting in Safety is Easy

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Science, Semiotics Tagged With: goal setting, Safety Goals

Understanding Safety Goals

June 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 11 Comments

Unless the safety community are prepared to be a bit more sophisticated and less simplistic about goal setting we will continue to fuel scepticism via non-sense prevention goals like zero harm, rather than safety promotion in the workplace.  Understanding Safety Goals ‘Rather than measure what we … [Read more...] about Understanding Safety Goals

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: goal setting, Safety Goals, safety slogan, Zero Harm

Toward Zero, A Failed Goal

December 27, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Toward Zero, A Failed Goal Generally when people set goals that fail, they reassess their goal and reframe the goal and seek a goal that is achievable and sense-able. This is the logic of SMART goals (https://safetyrisk.net/understanding-safety-goals/, … [Read more...] about Toward Zero, A Failed Goal

Filed Under: Road Safety, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: goal setting, toward zero

Important Stuff To Think About Before Setting Zero Goals

June 12, 2015 by Admin 9 Comments

WANTED: Non-marketing success stories and articles about the positives of zero harm targets and programs……… Full credit to the ASSE for daring to publish an article like this – very mature, progressive and refreshing – you impressed and motivated a lot of people! Important Stuff To Think About … [Read more...] about Important Stuff To Think About Before Setting Zero Goals

Filed Under: Safety Statistics, Zero Harm Tagged With: asse, goal setting, perfection, targets, Zero Harm

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