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Frame and Reframe

March 17, 2025 by Admin 1 Comment

By Frank Garrett Recently I watched an episode of Criminal Minds the serial killer was caught because of a seven year old photo, of a crime scene, with a bottle of wine in the frame, the label turned perfectly to the camera. Of course this was no ordinary bottle of wine, and the data in the … [Read more...] about Frame and Reframe

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: framing, heuristics

Nonsense Curves and Pyramids

January 22, 2025 by Dr Rob Long 15 Comments

Nonsense Curves and Pyramids Safety likes nothing more than curves and pyramids, nothing so exciting as parading out the Bradley Curve or Heinrich’s Pyramid to get the troops excited about failure and loss. The Bradley Curve was created by DuPont in 1995 to try and benchmark notions of culture and … [Read more...] about Nonsense Curves and Pyramids

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture, Simplistic Safety Tagged With: Bradley Curve, duPont, Heinrich’s pyramid, heuristics, pyramids, taleb

Its All In The Sign

January 4, 2025 by Max Geyer 18 Comments

Its All In The Sign A brilliant essay by Max Geyer, submitted as part of his study for the Graduate Certificate in the Psychology of Risk - published here with his permission: Norretranders (1998) provides ample evidence that the unconscious plays a major role in communication. This paper … [Read more...] about Its All In The Sign

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Max Geyer, Safety Signs, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: automaticity, exformation, heuristics, manage risks, signs, symbols, unconscious communicaton

Conversation with….. Gerd Gigerenzer

February 16, 2024 by Matt Thorne 4 Comments

Heuristics are an important topic in Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR), it helps us to understand how people think and move away from Brain Centrism. You can find it in the SPoR BoK under the Gut bubble. HB 327 also discusses Heuristics in relation to Risk. I believe that this is one of the … [Read more...] about Conversation with….. Gerd Gigerenzer

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: bounded rationality, Gigerenezer, heuristics

The Nonsense of ‘Safety Awareness’

October 1, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

One of the characteristics of the culture of Safety is throwing about terminology with not a clue what it means. Then once the code word is spoken everyone thinks they have an explanation. A classic example is the meaningless term ‘safety awareness’ paraded ignorantly in this incident investigation … [Read more...] about The Nonsense of ‘Safety Awareness’

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: complacency, heuristics, safety awareness

Tackling the Challenge of Heuristics in Safety

June 29, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The recognition of heuristics as the foundation for all human decision making is critical to skill development and implementation of SPoR (https://safetyrisk.net/spor-and-disposing-of-bad-myths/) in the workplace. One of the silly myths of behaviourism in safety is the complete ignorance of … [Read more...] about Tackling the Challenge of Heuristics in Safety

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Behaviourism, Robert Long, Safety Myths Tagged With: BBS, heuristics

HAZARDMAN Won’t Save You

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Hazard Man Won’t Save You Article by Dr Rob Long about a new comic based safety campaign about to be launched in Schools. The reaction from my two teenage boys: “Huh? - that’s just stupid!” and “Geez, Nooo!” Watch the video below and you will see what I mean! Quote: It is amazing that the … [Read more...] about HAZARDMAN Won’t Save You

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Training Tagged With: education, hazardman, heuristics, risk, School Safety

The Conundrum in Discerning Risk

June 27, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Dr Rob Long, Author of Real Risk – Human Discerning and Risk (download Ch1 Here), explains why we switch to autopilot when under normal work pressures, despite the safety world trying to impose rational thinking processes during inductions, tool box talks or via SWMS. The Conundrum in Discerning … [Read more...] about The Conundrum in Discerning Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: autopilot, discerning risk, heuristics, risk taking

All That You Don’t See in Messaging

June 24, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Elam presents all that happens in paralinguistics and messaging that is not seen in his work The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama. You can download the book HERE On pages 34-38 Elam presents all the codes that happen in any performance and communicative activity. This includes: Systemic codes … [Read more...] about All That You Don’t See in Messaging

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Robert Long, Semiotics Tagged With: heuristics, messaging

Culture Silences in Safety – Ritual

June 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Talking about ‘ritual’ in safety is a bit like talking about the war (see video below). Safety is so often noisy about petty risk and so silent about the many critical indicators of culture (https://safetyrisk.net/category/safety-culture-silences/ ). Just search for safety+culture+ritual and see … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety – Ritual

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Silences Tagged With: heuristics, paradox, rituals, safety moments

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