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Indiana Jones and the Hero Myth in Safety

June 16, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is due for release this week and reminds us of the myth of the hero. Particularly, the addiction of Safety to this myth. Here are a few examples: https://www.ergon.com.au/network/safety/safety-heroes … [Read more...] about Indiana Jones and the Hero Myth in Safety

Filed Under: Risk Myths, Robert Long, Safety Myths Tagged With: hero myth, indiana Jones

The Mythic Symbology of Safety

January 13, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Mythic Symbology of Safety One of the strange contradictions in the world of safety is between the positivist materialist paradigm that dominates the WHS curriculum/texts and the mythic symbology that dominates safety discourse about the activity of enacting safe-work. How strange that one … [Read more...] about The Mythic Symbology of Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Myths, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: hero myth, safety hero, STEM

The Last Thing Safety Needs is Champions

May 26, 2022 by Admin 22 Comments

It seems that the regulators and peak bodies are again wheeling out these silly safety champion and pledging to be safe campaigns. We’ve seen it all before and this stuff just doesn't work. Safety needs humble, caring and empathetic humans – not safety champions and super heroes. Particularly … [Read more...] about The Last Thing Safety Needs is Champions

Filed Under: Safety Leadership Tagged With: hero myth, safety champion

The Hero Myth in Modern Management

July 20, 2021 by Andrew Thornhill Leave a Comment

What is the ‘Hero Myth’? How is this Evident in Modern Management and Leadership Discourse? Unit 2 Essay – Graduate Certificate in the Psychology of Risk, Australian Catholic University. Lecturer: Dr Robert Long By: Andrew Thornhill Introduction The hero myth, appearing in writing since … [Read more...] about The Hero Myth in Modern Management

Filed Under: Safety Leadership, Safety Myths, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: hero myth, management, safety leadership

I Have the Power, I’m a Safety Hero

May 12, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 15 Comments

I Have the Power, I’m a Safety Hero I try to avoid attending safety conferences as much as I can as I find them depressing and lacking vision. Each time I am compelled to go I am never surprised by the kind of delusional stuff believed by the industry. The worst is the myth of the safety hero. … [Read more...] about I Have the Power, I’m a Safety Hero

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: hero myth, safety hero

Everyday safety

February 12, 2018 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Everyday safety I wrote recently about bells and whistles in safety (https://safetyrisk.net/bells-and-whistles-and-due-diligence/) and how easily Safety is seduced into some delusional campaign of heroes and nirvana. One of the core messages of safety ought to be that there is not utopia and no … [Read more...] about Everyday safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics, Simplistic Safety Tagged With: hero myth, sex to sell safety

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