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Can Risk Perception and Behaviour Be Measured?

March 6, 2025 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The short answer is, no! The long answer is, how much mumbo jumbo do you want to read? The extended question is, why do you want to? And, What are your assumptions about fallibility and prediction? I was sent a link to this publication A Domain-Specific Risk-Attitude Scale: Measuring … [Read more...] about Can Risk Perception and Behaviour Be Measured?

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: measurement, risk perception

Safety Performance and Measurement

November 4, 2024 by Dave Whitefield Leave a Comment

11 minutes on why I think trying to measure safety performance typically ends up creating far more negative trade-offs than positive. … [Read more...] about Safety Performance and Measurement

Filed Under: Safety Statistics Tagged With: measurement, performance

Only 50 Days to Perfection

June 16, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

One of the wonderful delusions of the 1% safer con is the methodology of measurement. At the foundation of this con is the fundamental use of measurement metaphor and with it the delusion that safety can be measured. This mathematical methodology is of course nonsense, safety cannot be measured, … [Read more...] about Only 50 Days to Perfection

Filed Under: 1% safer, Linguistics, Robert Long Tagged With: measurement, metaphors

The Seduction of Measurement in Risk and Safety

April 5, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

The Seduction of Measurement in Risk and Safety Rather than measure what we value, we tend to value what we can measure Many safety mottos and mantras for organisations are sent to me and I recently saw one for a mantra and motto of ‘safety beyond measure’. The strange thing about the … [Read more...] about The Seduction of Measurement in Risk and Safety

Filed Under: FIFO, Lead and Lag Indicators, Robert Long, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: lti, LTIFR, measurement, risk and safety, Zero Harm

Day 4 SPoR in Europe

June 30, 2023 by Matt Thorne Leave a Comment

After a day in and half of semiotic overload and cultural saturation of Vienna we started our first day of Social Psychology of Risk; Culture with Mondi. https://www.mondigroup.com/en/home/ Mondi has been implementing the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) in a measured pace. This trip marks … [Read more...] about Day 4 SPoR in Europe

Filed Under: Safety Culture, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: measurement

Measurement Anxiety in Safety

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Measurement Anxiety in Safety When we say that something has affected us ‘beyond measure’ we express one of the truisms of life. Many times in life we not only experience things ‘without measure’ but we are also ‘lost for words’. It is often in moments of ecstasy, suffering, awesomeness and … [Read more...] about Measurement Anxiety in Safety

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long Tagged With: measurement, measuring safety, psychic numbing, safety moments

The Banned Objects Index – A New Development in Safety Culture

June 28, 2023 by Rob Sams 38 Comments

The Banned Objects Index – A New Development in Safety Culture See also: Measuring Does Things To People Have you heard of the ‘Banned Objects Index’ (BOI)? It is the latest ‘measure’ that you can use to compare your organisations safety culture against another. The ‘BOI’ is easy to calculate, … [Read more...] about The Banned Objects Index – A New Development in Safety Culture

Filed Under: Just Culture, Risk Aversion, Rob Sams, Safety Culture, Safety Satire, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: banned, measurement, safety culture

Solace In Times of Uncertainty

June 24, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Amidst the constant uncertainty of life, there are no answers found in measurables. There is no assurance to uncertainty in Qanta (https://safetydifferently.com/todd-conklin-quanta-risk-and-safety-conference-2019/ )! Technique, mechanics, behaviourism and data offer nothing for persons when faced … [Read more...] about Solace In Times of Uncertainty

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long, Safety Poems Tagged With: measurement

By What Measure? Safety?

June 24, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

I gave up the world of ‘publish or perish’, peer reviewed journals and university club validation when I witnessed a dozen academics create their own journal, club and association and publish hundreds of papers together. Then all used the volume of publications for advancement and a pathway to … [Read more...] about By What Measure? Safety?

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: measurement

The Measurement Mindset in Safety???

April 13, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

The Measurement Mindset in Safety??? Most human living is NOT measurable. Most of the things that are important to fallible persons, are not only NOT measurable, they shouldn’t be. Any effort to measure qualitative values demonstrates a psychosis with measurement itself, and this demonstrates one … [Read more...] about The Measurement Mindset in Safety???

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: measurement, mindset

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