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HRO

There is No Such Thing as an HRO

January 18, 2025 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The idea of a static organisation as a High Reliability Organisation (HRO) is a dream-myth that Safety wants to believe but it is NOT what LaPorte, Rochlin, and Roberts or Weick ever intended. I think LaPorte, Rochlin, and Roberts and Weick would be horrified to see what safety has done to their … [Read more...] about There is No Such Thing as an HRO

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: HRO

The Danger of Bad Safety Slogans in Traditional Safety

September 2, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

HOP blame fixes nothing

We know that silly slogans mislead people and create single statements that are not true. Such linguistics limit the way we think about risk and promote simplistic thinking when the truth is, risk is a wicked problem. (Our next module on Linguistics and Risk starts tomorrow). The trouble is, … [Read more...] about The Danger of Bad Safety Slogans in Traditional Safety

Filed Under: HOP, Robert Long, Safety Slogans Tagged With: HRO

Risk & Safety. IQ – EQ – iCue

March 28, 2024 by Decebal Marin Leave a Comment

When it comes to risk and safety, there are three strong predictors: cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence, and risk intelligence. If you want to know more about their role and the specific coefficients that measure them, I invite you to read the following article. Defining and testing … [Read more...] about Risk & Safety. IQ – EQ – iCue

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: EQ, HRO, iCue, IQ, STEM

What in the (Risk & Safety) World is Imagination?

May 11, 2023 by Gabrielle Carlton 7 Comments

"On a day like today, when there are very little clouds in the sky, and the grass is long, don't you think it would be a great day for some handstands in that long, long grass? Well, Jimmy did." (Toby CVB, 9 years old) Children don't lose sight of the ability to imagine possibilities. This … [Read more...] about What in the (Risk & Safety) World is Imagination?

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: HRO, imagination, resilience, safety models, weick

Breaking the Safety Code

March 18, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

What is the Safety code? Safety code is the in-group code to sell products. Once in-group-demand is assured then buying silver bullets seems a positive economic outcome, in the name of safety. I see recently the chance to learn about safety ‘code breaking’ but not the in-group code but rather the … [Read more...] about Breaking the Safety Code

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: HRO, NSCA Foundation, safety code, weick

Zero to HRO (High Reliability Organising)

September 8, 2017 by Bernard Corden Leave a Comment

Zero to HRO (High Reliability Organising) Abandoning antediluvian accident theory by Bernard Corden DOWNLOAD THE PAPER: [download id="86748"] Abstract The recent resources boom in Australia saw a commensurate focus on occupational health and safety management. It also presented a unique … [Read more...] about Zero to HRO (High Reliability Organising)

Filed Under: Bernard Corden, Zero Harm Tagged With: high reliability organisation, HRO, Zero Harm

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