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You Can Fool Someone Some of the Time but, You Can Fool Safety All of the Time

May 12, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 16 Comments

One of the favourite pastimes of Safety is parading ignorance as expertise. We see this constantly with engineers writing on culture and psychosocial health. We even get Safety running programs on learning that have nothing to do with learning nor education. Ah, this is the Safety Way. I was … [Read more...] about You Can Fool Someone Some of the Time but, You Can Fool Safety All of the Time

Filed Under: Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: hierachy of control, IOSH, values

Competition Winner – Crazy Safety Campaigns

July 31, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Competition Winner - Crazy Safety Campaigns A few weeks ago, I set out a challenge for Crazy Safety Campaigns  after encountering the crazy religious campaign of ‘safety sensei’ . One of the most interesting outcomes of the competition is the number of people who posted me crazy stuff but who … [Read more...] about Competition Winner – Crazy Safety Campaigns

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: IOSH, work safe or die

Speak Up, Reporting and Trust in Safety

July 19, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Speak Up, Reporting and Trust in Safety One of the most vital characteristics of any organization focused on safety is trust. Without trust, there can be no reliable communication, review of events, learning or reporting. The recent article put out by IOSH on Investigations … [Read more...] about Speak Up, Reporting and Trust in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: IOSH, reporting, trust

Investigations the IOSH Way

July 9, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Investigations the IOSH Way IOSH recently published an article on Investigative Interviewing  written by an ex specialist criminal investigator for two elite UK law enforcement agencies. Then after considerable criticism IOSH released a response to considerable criticism of this article … [Read more...] about Investigations the IOSH Way

Filed Under: critical thinking, Investigation, Robert Long Tagged With: IOSH, transdisciplinarity

Poisoning the Professional Waterhole

January 21, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Poisoning the Professional Waterhole In the latest IOSH magazine you can find a host of safety gobbledygook , enough to turn you off an industry consumed with itself. We know about zero vision but did you know that a career in safety makes you an education expert? Apparently so. Wonderful how … [Read more...] about Poisoning the Professional Waterhole

Filed Under: Learning, Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS BoK, education program, IOSH

Zero Vision Creates Mindless Gobbledygook

January 20, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

Zero Vision Creates Mindless Gobbledygook When you commit yourself to a nonsense unachievable goal, idiotic language and binary targets, you have no choice but to speak endless gobbledygook. This is the only conclusion one can come to when reading the latest nonsense from IOSH magazine Whenever … [Read more...] about Zero Vision Creates Mindless Gobbledygook

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: IOSH, zero vision

Selling Out Safety

December 5, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Selling Out Safety I looked at this promotion from IOSH and continue to despair for an industry with no vision (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/envisioning-risk-seeing-vision-and-meaning-in-risk/ ). There is no leadership in ‘behavioural science’, behaviourism is not science but rather a … [Read more...] about Selling Out Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: behavioural science, IOSH

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