Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
The excesses of paperwork in the risk and safety industry is evidence of the mythology that paperwork demonstrates safety. Similarly the idea that numerics and metrics demonstrate safety is based on the same delusion. All data whether quantitative or qualitative is interpreted, there is no … Learn more >>>>>
‘A picture is worth a thousand words’
‘Seeing is believing’
These are common aphorisms about photographic media and images. Unfortunately, these aphorisms have never been true. No image is objective or neutral but rather carries a story that must be interpreted.
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If you ever wanted proof that people don’t read detail just try conducting lectures, webinars or courses on line and communicate through email. Very few people read email fully, slowly or properly. Of all the industries worst at this is Safety. It seems that this … Learn more >>>>>
One of the most dominant myths in industry is that paperwork is an ‘arse-covering’ exercise. People seem to accept and tolerate paperwork for this reason when the reality is opposite, no amount of paperwork saves your arse in court. If there is … Learn more >>>>>
This cute little song by Slim Dusty lays out the ultimate challenge for Risk and Safety. So much of what characterizes Safety is about looking backward. Counting data, LTIs, TRIFR and counting lead indicators (positive activity) all focus on the past as if these … Learn more >>>>>
