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Essential Readings – Neuroscience and the Whole Person

February 8, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

  Whenever I conduct modules in SPoR I find most commonly that people in safety read very little. Often, they explain that they have no time because their working life is exhaustive with so much paperwork and meetings. Similarly, their formation in the industry is consumed with reading … [Read more...] about Essential Readings – Neuroscience and the Whole Person

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Books Tagged With: neuroscience, reading

Being Safe with Psychometrics

November 25, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Being Safe with Psychometrics I read with interest this article sent to me on ‘Risk Type, compliance and personal responsibility’  under the heading ‘Culture and Behaviours’. As we know there is no such thing as objective psychology nor objectivity in the evaluation of risk. Several questions … [Read more...] about Being Safe with Psychometrics

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: behaviour, discourse analysis, Hollnagel, neuroscience, Psychometrics

The Myth of Neuroscience Safety

September 9, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Continuing our series on Safety Myths – see them all here Nothing surprises me much more when I get sent wacky stuff concocted by Safety. If ever there was an immature amateurish industry it is this one. It seems a passion for safety makes one qualified and expert in anything. Have a look at this … [Read more...] about The Myth of Neuroscience Safety

Filed Under: Neuroscience, Robert Long, Safety Myths Tagged With: focus, neuroscience

Complacency, Consciousness and Error in Safety

September 8, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Recent research into the effects of drugs like Psilocybin, an ingredient in ‘magic mushrooms’ show some promise in helping with addictions and some mental health disorders. And yet, even then, researchers still don’t understand much about consciousness and the unconscious, and use the language of … [Read more...] about Complacency, Consciousness and Error in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: complacency, neuroscience

Homeostatic Regulation and the Feeling of Risk

August 28, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

As with all of my work in books, videos and blogs I provide support, practical alternatives, positive options, further learning, methods and a wealth of training material and tools (for free) to implement a SPoR approach to risk. The content of this blog is no different, except in this case I have … [Read more...] about Homeostatic Regulation and the Feeling of Risk

Filed Under: Risk Homeostasis, Robert Long Tagged With: allostasis, homeostasis, neuroscience

Counter Intuitive Safety

August 25, 2022 by Mark Taylor Leave a Comment

Introduction Neuroscience research has revealed that our brains account for approximately two percent of our body weight, but consume about fifteen percent of our cardiac output, twenty percent of our total body oxygen and approximately twenty-five percent of our blood sugar. They are built up of … [Read more...] about Counter Intuitive Safety

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety, Risk Assessment, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: brain, countermeasures, neuroscience, science

Safety and Non-Neuroscience

August 4, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

One thing you can be sure of, if Safety jumps out of its field of expertise in objects into anything to do with humans, it stuffs it up. This is no more pronounced in some of the material floating about in safety at the moment on Neuroscience. It’s amazing how Safety makes one qualified in … [Read more...] about Safety and Non-Neuroscience

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: epidemiology, jurisprudence, neuroscience, transdisciplinarity

Why Safety is Attracted to Behaviourism

July 29, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 11 Comments

There is no doubt that simplistic back and white binary thinking and methods are attractive. Who wants complex or ‘wicked’ when a simple delusion will do. All you have to do is place such a worldview over reality and make it fit your assumptions and then ensure you never talk about any of the … [Read more...] about Why Safety is Attracted to Behaviourism

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Behaviourism, Psychological Health and Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: behaviorism, neuroscience, socialitie

The Purpose of Safety

July 28, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

‘The primary task for any organism—the task that must be accomplished before all others—is the preservation of life and the furtherance of conditions for the organism’s growth’ Damasio (2003) Looking for Spinoza, Joy, Sorrow and the Feeling Brain. Damasio begins by observing, in Looking for … [Read more...] about The Purpose of Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: neuroscience, purpose, worldview

Cultural Silences in Safety – Aesthetics

July 25, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Whenever we do our culture program we work through the many beliefs, rituals and practices in societies that foster harm. So much for the nonsense of zero harm. Just watch the latest episode of 4 Corners to get an insight into just how much harm people want in order to fulfil a cultural myth. Why do … [Read more...] about Cultural Silences in Safety – Aesthetics

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Silences Tagged With: aesthetics, neuroscience, socialitie

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