Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
This is the question on the tongue of Safety but has no idea of an answer.
I saw a video recently about ‘predicting behaviour in safety’. This was a slick piece of multimedia that probably cost hundreds of thousands of dollars with executives speaking and … Learn more >>>>>
No one to follow and nothing to teach
Except that the goal falls short of the reach
Leonard Cohen – The Goal 1
Any research or discussions regarding transport disasters across Australia will inevitably recall the horrific but often forgotten bus crashes that occurred on the northern coast of News … Learn more >>>>>
The ideology of zero creates the most absurd language and symbols.
I read yesterday about a group in a government department who were hauled off to a zero harm campaign indoctrination session, complete with a forced ‘commitment statement to zero harm’ at the end. The presenter … Learn more >>>>>
The fixation of Safety with this little phrase and its misreading by the industry shows so clearly that the safety industry lacks the ability to think critically about error. A recent debate at an SIA conference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnMLHjrSFJw ) illustrates what happens when … Learn more >>>>>
Another pondering from sharp end for discussion – by James Parkinson from www.safety-consultant.com.au
In the safety field I have learned to accept that not all things can be controlled the way some people would like to think they can be. In saying this, it brings me … Learn more >>>>>
