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The Last Stick Wasn’t Big Enough

July 15, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

We hear a great deal in the safety industry about compliance and coercion but so little about creative solutions with a sense of imagination. Every time there is another event someone comes out with the bright idea that either we don’t have enough regulation or the last stick wasn’t big enough. This … [Read more...] about The Last Stick Wasn’t Big Enough

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Clutter, Safety Leadership, Safety Legislation Tagged With: behaviour, big stick, compliance, LTIFR, safety industry

Cleopatra’s Nose, Circumstance and Predictability

July 6, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Cleopatra’s Nose, Circumstance and Predictability Rob’s book "For the Love of Zero: Human fallibility and Risk”  is now available for free download. You should read the whole series of articles by Rob: CLICK HERE. I highly recommend you check out Rob’s first top seller “RISK MAKES SENSE” Pascal … [Read more...] about Cleopatra’s Nose, Circumstance and Predictability

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: behaviour based safety, LTIFR, safety culture, Zero Harm

Good Luck to the Luck Deniers

June 21, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Good Luck to the Luck Deniers How was Donald Horne to know in 1964 that when he wrote a simple little book called The Lucky Country he would sell over 2 million copies? That was lucky, a case of the right book at the right time. The book describes Horne’s understanding of what it means to be … [Read more...] about Good Luck to the Luck Deniers

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: good luck, injury statistics, LTIFR, luck deniers, risk, safety culture

Injury Rates, what do they mean for Boards and Risk and Safety Practitioners

September 3, 2021 by Matt Thorne 6 Comments

Injury Rates, what do they mean for Boards and Risk and Safety Practitioners Today's drop with Matt Thorne from RiskDiversity,   Dave Whitefield from Semiosphere and Andrew Thornhillfrom Clarity Enabled, all of us in 3 Small Chat Rooms. “Injury Rates, what do they mean for Boards and … [Read more...] about Injury Rates, what do they mean for Boards and Risk and Safety Practitioners

Filed Under: 3 Small Chat Rooms, Safety Statistics Tagged With: injury rates, LTIFR

The Tyranny of Metrics

April 30, 2018 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

The Tyranny of Metrics This is the title of a very easy to read book on the obsession of metrics by Jerry Z. Muller. It should be mandatory reading for anyone in the safety industry. 'The challenges of ‘tick and flick’ in the culture of safety is endemic. We know from the research by Herbert Simon … [Read more...] about The Tyranny of Metrics

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Statistics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: Goals, LTIFR, metrics

The Safety Data Delusion

February 22, 2018 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Safety Data Delusion   I read with amusement the Safety Institute of Australia (SIA) piece on 20 February  that endorses the nonsense of safety metrics. Framed as ‘news’, this non-news is anti-safety and anti-cultural intelligence. There is no data that can measure safety just as there is … [Read more...] about The Safety Data Delusion

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Statistics Tagged With: data, LTIFR, metrics

Safety Legislation Is Our Biggest Accident?

May 22, 2017 by Ken Roberts 2 Comments

Safety Legislation Is Our Biggest Accident? Ken Roberts www.1on1safety.com I mentioned in an earlier article I’d explore the Legislator’s role in contemporary workplace safety. Being one for strategy and vision-setting, I searched for an underlying principle that our current safety Legislation … [Read more...] about Safety Legislation Is Our Biggest Accident?

Filed Under: Safety Legislation Tagged With: evolution, LTIFR, safety legislation

New Construction Safety Video Is A Pleasant Surprise

February 1, 2017 by Admin 14 Comments

New Construction Safety Induction Video is a Very Pleasant Surprise Thanks to John Wettstein from safetystrategies.ca for sharing this. Whilst most Tier 1 organisations are stuck in a vicious circle of tradition, sunk cost, fear, control, over confidence, paperwork, numbers and creating the … [Read more...] about New Construction Safety Video Is A Pleasant Surprise

Filed Under: Construction Safety, Positive Safety Stuff, Safety Differently, Safety Induction Tagged With: LTIFR, safety induction

Courage to Challenge the Great TRIFR and LTIFR Delusion

November 29, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Courage to Challenge the Great TRIFR and LTIFR Delusion 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. One of the things that have become … [Read more...] about Courage to Challenge the Great TRIFR and LTIFR Delusion

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Statistics, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: delusion, lti, LTIFR, trifr

Safety Professionals–The Piggy in The Middle?

August 3, 2016 by Rob Sams 7 Comments

Anyone for a game of Piggy in the Middle….? 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 friends who continually throw a ball to one another over … [Read more...] about Safety Professionals–The Piggy in The Middle?

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Safety Leadership Tagged With: Drugs and Alcohol, lti, LTIFR, piggy in the middle, safety professional

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