Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
The dominant ideology of the safety industry is the ideology of zero (http://visionzero.global/node/6). This global ideology is founded on the binary mindset that believes there can be no other acceptable goal, objective, target or idea.
This ideology is the Ethic (methodology) that drives … Learn more >>>>>
‘Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it
all the days of your life’. Genesis 3:17
How Safety defines hurt or harm is a huge issue for the industry. The monster of injury statistics now defined … Learn more >>>>>
The problems of death and time lay at the heart of all religious consciousness. This is why Risk and Safety are fundamentally religious activities. Risk and Safety are all about ‘risk from’ and ‘safety to’. Risk and Safety are about … Learn more >>>>>
The lack of critical thinking in the safety industry allows nonsense like the Bradley Curve, matrices and pyramids to thrive. All of the assumptions of these models are seriously flawed, none more so than the Bradley … Learn more >>>>>
Is fallibility and mortality wrong? Is harm the enemy of safety? Are all accidents preventable? Are mistakes bad? Is it wrong to be human? Is risk essential to learning? Can people learn without risk? Is ‘trial and error’ a problem? … Learn more >>>>>
