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The Dangers of Common Sense Language in Safety

July 1, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Dangers of Common Sense Language in Safety I have written previously as far back as 2015 about the dangers of common sense language: https://safetyrisk.net/non-common-sense-mythology/ … [Read more...] about The Dangers of Common Sense Language in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: common sense, humble enquiry

What Can Safety Learn From Playschool?

July 30, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

These days I watch a lot of Playschool, a children’s TV program on ABCTV (https://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/sites/playschool/). Playschool is a pre-school education program based entirely on … [Read more...] about What Can Safety Learn From Playschool?

Filed Under: Creativity, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: checklists, humble enquiry

In search of plan B in workers’ recovery

July 29, 2020 by James Ellis 1 Comment

The cumbersome systems that have evolved around workers compensation cause frustration and suffering for employers and workers. Employers get saddled with volatile costs and workers get labelled as … [Read more...] about In search of plan B in workers’ recovery

Filed Under: Psychological Safety, Workers Compensation Tagged With: humble enquiry, sensemaking

Do we Need a Different Way of Being in Safety?

May 28, 2018 by Rob Sams Leave a Comment

Do we Need a Different Way of Being in Safety? There are many people working in Safety who seek a ‘different’ way of engaging with others, and rightly so. The current policing and patrolling … [Read more...] about Do we Need a Different Way of Being in Safety?

Filed Under: Humble Inquiry, Rob Sams, Safety Differently, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: humble enquiry, safety differently

Disrupting the Methodology in Safety?

October 3, 2016 by Rob Sams 4 Comments

Disrupting the Methodology in Safety? There seems a real focus at the moment on finding better and ‘different’ ways (or methods) to ‘do’ Safety; both in organisations and for those working in the … [Read more...] about Disrupting the Methodology in Safety?

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Disruptive Safety, Humble Inquiry, Rob Sams, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: Disruption, disruptive safety, humble enquiry

The Art of Humble Inquiry as a Pathway to Safety Improvement

August 9, 2016 by Gabrielle Carlton 45 Comments

Gab Carlton's first article republished by demand. Seems to be a topic of interest at the moment. With 43 comments, one of our most popular articles.  The message here is so simple yet contradicts … [Read more...] about The Art of Humble Inquiry as a Pathway to Safety Improvement

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Gabrielle Carlton, Humble Inquiry Tagged With: conversation, humble enquiry, safety communication, telling

Imperfections and Humble Enquiry – A Great Team

July 14, 2016 by Admin 4 Comments

Imperfections and Humble Enquiry – A Great Team Another great article by Paul Nieuwoudt,  Author of:  Zero Harm and a Peasant in 16th Century Europe ,  Another side to the story and The Illusion Of … [Read more...] about Imperfections and Humble Enquiry – A Great Team

Filed Under: Humble Inquiry, Safety Leadership Tagged With: humble enquiry

How to communicate about safety – the art of humble enquiry

September 1, 2015 by Admin 31 Comments

Article co-authored by Rob Sams from Dolphyn and published here by Resilium How to communicate about safety – the art of humble enquiry Improving safety can be a tough job. According to Dave Collins … [Read more...] about How to communicate about safety – the art of humble enquiry

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Humble Inquiry Tagged With: communication, humble enquiry

Speaking Out

July 18, 2015 by Admin 2 Comments

I haven't published a post like this one for a while but I found Peter’s story very compelling. I had a few thoughts when reading this......... I agree that we all need to speak out but, perhaps more … [Read more...] about Speaking Out

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Humble Inquiry, Leadership, Road Safety Tagged With: humble enquiry, speaking out

Developing Our Inner Introversion

June 21, 2015 by Rob Sams 5 Comments

Developing Our Inner Introversion …..the art of questioning becomes more difficult as status increases. Our culture emphasizes that leaders must be wiser, set direction and articulate values, all of … [Read more...] about Developing Our Inner Introversion

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Humble Inquiry, Rob Sams, Safety Leadership, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: humble enquiry, introversion, schein

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