Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
This cute little song by Slim Dusty lays out the ultimate challenge for Risk and Safety. So much of what characterizes Safety is about looking backward. Counting data, LTIs, TRIFR and counting lead indicators (positive activity) all focus on the past as if these are an indicator of the … Learn more >>>>>
One of the spin offs, trade-offs and by-products of Vision Zero is a lack of vision. The idea of vision comes from more than just seeing something but rather seeing beyond something. I will be writing about this in my next book Envisioning Risk, … Learn more >>>>>
It was Marx (The German Ideology) who said ‘as individuals express their life, so they are’. At the heart of this aphorism is the idea that what is normalized in a culture comprises what the culture is.
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Republished by request – Check out the new book by Rob Sams
Piggy in the Middle, do you remember playing that game when you were a kid? You know, the one where you stand in the middle of a group of … Learn more >>>>>
An interesting article below by EHS Today on some big statements made by GM’s Senior Manager for Health and Safety that they are to begin “throwing out the safety metrics”. You will see that their focus is still on counting, measuring and controlling hazards … Learn more >>>>>
