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Organisations are Social Institutions

February 23, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Organisations are Social Institutions I saw a meme the other day from the safety sphere that stated: ‘We, all of us, are just one new executive away from having to start again at the very beginning’. … [Read more...] about Organisations are Social Institutions

Filed Under: Just Culture, Robert Long, Safety Differently Tagged With: just culture, weick

The Discourse of Just Culture in Safety

January 21, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

The Discourse of Just Culture in Safety ­­­One of the most important skills in Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is to look and listen to text-narrative and consider critical language omitted. … [Read more...] about The Discourse of Just Culture in Safety

Filed Under: Just Culture, Robert Long Tagged With: Critical Discourse Analysis, just culture

Do the Right Thing, It’s Common Sense

July 20, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Do the Right Thing, It’s Common Sense Wouldn’t it be easy and simple if risk was black and white and safety was as easy as ‘check your gut’ (AIHS BoK) and ‘do the right thing’ (Just Culture). … [Read more...] about Do the Right Thing, It’s Common Sense

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: common sense, habit, heuristics, just culture, Raffery Rules

Is Just Culture Unjust?

July 5, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

One of the strange things about the Just Culture phenomenon in risk and safety is the strange idea that somehow Justice and Culture can be controlled. Most often what Safety does with most things it … [Read more...] about Is Just Culture Unjust?

Filed Under: Just Culture, Robert Long, Safety Culture Tagged With: just culture, neuroscience

Understanding Just Culture

July 16, 2018 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Understanding Just Culture The idea of Just Culture is not a neutral concept. Within the mechanistic worldview of safety and positivism Just Culture often is defined to mean ‘fair systems’ or … [Read more...] about Understanding Just Culture

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Binary Opposites and Safety Goal Strategy

June 30, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

Republished by request and now with accompanying video (at end of article). This article was referenced in the must read new book: Risky Conversations, The Law, Social Psychology and Risk (follow that … [Read more...] about Binary Opposites and Safety Goal Strategy

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