For some reason, every time we publish an article with the word “pleasure” in the title it gets many more hits than articles with “safety” in the title, so I wonder what happens when I use both words together? You might enjoy these ones from a while back: It’s a Fine Line Beyond Pleasure and … [Read more...] about The Essentialist Pleasure Of Safety
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Understanding e-motion, Motivation, Goals and Learning in Risk – A Video
Behaviourism as a philosophy and methodology doesn’t explain why people do what they do. It is a simplistic ideology that defines persons as machines and the sum of inputs and outputs. This is not why people do what they do. Positive and negative reinforcement have a very short shelf life in … [Read more...] about Understanding e-motion, Motivation, Goals and Learning in Risk – A Video
Perfectionism in Safety and the Denial of Humanity
Perfectionism in Safety and the Denial of Humanity Article by Dr Rob Long in response to Safety Under Construction What a bizarre claim that someone can guarantee no accidents, no mistakes, no harm and that ‘100% zero harm is the irrefutable future coming towards the construction industry like a … [Read more...] about Perfectionism in Safety and the Denial of Humanity
Understanding Motivation is Essential to Understanding Risk
I have written before on motivation and do so again because so much of what people do hinges on how one understands: the nature of persons, the psychology of goals, moral triggers, ethical focus, worldview, methodology, the psychology of perception and psychology of learning. … [Read more...] about Understanding Motivation is Essential to Understanding Risk
Motivation and de-Motivation in Safety
One of the delusions of Behaviourism is that guilt and punitive consequence are motivational. The opposite is the case. There is endless research to demonstrate that the assumptions of Behaviourism don’t work. It’s quite straightforward: humans are not machines and not the sum of inputs and … [Read more...] about Motivation and de-Motivation in Safety
Non-Compliance and the Ten Fundamentals of Motivation
Why do people not do as they are told? When all the rules, codes of practice and standards in safety are clear and the procedures are plain, why do people not follow them? So much of what is done on safety is punitive. For example, the new WHS Act raises the bar yet again for … [Read more...] about Non-Compliance and the Ten Fundamentals of Motivation
Whose the Bloody Idiot?
I took this photo in Melbourne today (4 September 2013) as an example of the continuing strategy by TAC Victoria in their campaign for road safety and ask the question, who is the bloody idiot? With an abundance of research on the psychology of goals and the psychology of pitching, framing and … [Read more...] about Whose the Bloody Idiot?
Understanding Goal States, Motivation and SPoR, A Video
I often get asked to explain SPoR and its methods and so made this video to explain the SPoR understands goals states and motivation. I decided it might be best to explain motivation and the psychology of goals in conversation/presentation with Matt Thorne. Matt is currently undertaking the … [Read more...] about Understanding Goal States, Motivation and SPoR, A Video
Latest Human Dymensions Newsletter
Latest Human Dymensions Newsletter I get a lot of newsletters flood my inbox each day but I always enjoy reading this one from Human Dymensions. To subscribe visit: http://www.humandymensions.com/mailing-list ENJOY! The Magic of Motivation In the last newsletter the … [Read more...] about Latest Human Dymensions Newsletter
Motivation, Learning and Risk
Motivation, Learning and Risk Motivation, like learning is not a neutral concept. How one thinks motivation and learning work, is directly connected to ones’ worldview, psychology of goals and one’s theory of knowing (epistemology). For example, if one holds a behaviourist view about motivation one … [Read more...] about Motivation, Learning and Risk