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The ‘Roots’ of Behaviour

February 26, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 10 Comments

The ‘Roots’ of Behaviour It’s always fascinating watching the risk industry battle with behaviourism, because it doesn’t work (https://safetyrisk.net/the-curse-of-behaviourism/ ). It doesn’t matter that behaviourism doesn’t work, Safety believes it does. So, the constant quest is to go deeper, even … [Read more...] about The ‘Roots’ of Behaviour

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: behaviour, nsca

Safety and the god-image

September 26, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

  The notion of the perfect human sits at the foundation of the zero delusion. We see this evidenced in all aspects of the global safety discourse on zero vision (http://visionzero.global/ ). The denial of human fallibility is the foundation of this delusion … [Read more...] about Safety and the god-image

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: god, nsca, vision zero

Independent Thinking in an Uncertain World, A Mind of One’s Own

September 5, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

  This is the title of a book recently released on Earthscan Press (2019) coming out of ANU lead by Valerie Brown and John Harris. One of our SPoR associates Craig Ashhurst has a chapter in the book on ‘Transcoherence, labels and wicked problems’. Craig has just completed his PhD at ANU in the … [Read more...] about Independent Thinking in an Uncertain World, A Mind of One’s Own

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: nsca, transcoherence, wicked problems

Emotions are not the Adversary

August 31, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

  There are many issues in which Safety takes no interest. Just look at safety conferences, journals and publications in risk and safety and you will find precious little about: ethics, politics, holistic ergonomics, consciousness, personhood, professionalization and critical thinking to name … [Read more...] about Emotions are not the Adversary

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: emotions, nsca, NSCA Foundation

The NSCA Foundation

August 16, 2019 by Admin 8 Comments

I had a good chat today with Jamie Burrage, CEO of NSCA Foundation. Readers of this blog may have gathered that we aren’t big fans of very many Safety Organisations. However, I was impressed by the vision Jamie has for the NSCA Foundation and I encourage you to check out their website and learn a … [Read more...] about The NSCA Foundation

Filed Under: Safety Professional Tagged With: nsca, NSCA Foundation

Bedwetters Anonymous

September 25, 2018 by Bernard Corden Leave a Comment

Bedwetters Anonymous All professions are conspiracies against the laity George Bernard Shaw 1 The recent resources boom across Australasia involved construction of major gas projects throughout Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory and Papua New Guinea. This created an unprecedented … [Read more...] about Bedwetters Anonymous

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Australian Standard AS3745-2010

December 15, 2012 by Admin 5 Comments

Australian Standard AS3745-2010 The Sydney Morning Herald recently published an article titled: "Fire wardens be alarmed - you could get burnt" Read it here The article discussed the new beefed up Australian Standard on emergency procedures AS3745 and advises that employers seek legal advice in … [Read more...] about Australian Standard AS3745-2010

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