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Post Graduate Safety Potato Heads

October 21, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Post Graduate Safety Potato Heads Current Post Grad group have completed the Grad Certificate (4 Units) in the Psychology of Risk, many going on to Post Grad Diploma and Masters. More about the course here Today we pulled out our potato heads. Good days of 'followership' and 'leading, listening, … [Read more...] about Post Graduate Safety Potato Heads

Filed Under: Potato Head, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: post graduate study, potato heads, psychology of risk

Study The Psychology of Risk

October 17, 2015 by Admin 4 Comments

  The Psychology of Risk I can personally vouch for the incredible learning and experience anyone involved in safety and risk will get from this course. The video below features some of my fellow students sharing their thoughts and feelings – I have seen them all come such a long way on this … [Read more...] about Study The Psychology of Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Training, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: post graduate program, psychology of risk

Safety Crusaders Anonymous

August 5, 2015 by Admin 16 Comments

Hi, I’m Dave and I am a Safety Crusader…….. You may also enjoy: Are You A Safety Crusader Or A Safety Leader When I started this blog, six year ago, I was a self-confessed Safety Crusader. You can still see the remnants and residue of that time in the older articles about safety slogans, … [Read more...] about Safety Crusaders Anonymous

Filed Under: Safety Professional Tagged With: psychology of risk, safety crusaders, Zero Harm

Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology of Risk Commences

May 6, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology of Risk Commences The Post Graduate Program continues in the Psychology of Risk with the new Post Graduate Diploma commencement this week in May 2015. The founding group is pictured below and is comprised of a diversity of professions and experienced people from … [Read more...] about Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology of Risk Commences

Filed Under: Safety Training, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: post graduate program, psychology of risk

Think Different, Act Differently in Risk

January 26, 2015 by Admin 1 Comment

Think Different, Act Differently in Risk The ‘think different’ campaign for Macintosh (Think_different) was a highly successful campaign to differentiate one computer platform against another. The campaign was launched by this successful video. The campaign marked the return of Steve Jobs to Apple … [Read more...] about Think Different, Act Differently in Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Differently, Safety Professional, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: conference, psychology of risk, regulations, systems, think different

What is excessive regulation doing to us all? Competition Winner

January 16, 2015 by Admin 3 Comments

What is excessive regulation doing to us all? by Dave Gettins Congratulations Dave Gettins – He’s coming to the Social Psychology of Risk Conference, on Dolphyn! A big well done to Dave Gettins for submitting the winning entry in Dolphyn’s competition to win a place at the inaugural Social … [Read more...] about What is excessive regulation doing to us all? Competition Winner

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Safety Legislation Tagged With: psychology of risk, regulations

Second Group Completes Graduate Certificate in Psychology of Risk

October 10, 2014 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

Second Group Completes Graduate Certificate in Psychology of Risk This week the second student group completed the Graduate Certificate in the Psychology of Risk at ACU. The Graduate Certificate comprises four units: · An Introduction to the Social Psychology of Risk · Leadership and … [Read more...] about Second Group Completes Graduate Certificate in Psychology of Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Training, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: psychology of risk

Some Basics on Social Psychology & Risk

September 12, 2014 by Rob Sams 2 Comments

Some Basics on Social Psychology & Risk I’ve been on a cracker of a journey for about two years now since I discovered social psychology and all that it brings to the area of risk and safety. I’ve discovered how much I don’t know, how much I thought I knew but didn’t, and most wonderfully, how … [Read more...] about Some Basics on Social Psychology & Risk

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: decisions, psychology of risk, risk and safety, social psychology

Zero ‘Arm

July 17, 2014 by Admin 9 Comments

Zero ‘Arm  Potato Head Mr Safety Potato demonstrating the balancing act of “Zero Arm” with two of our awesome authors Gabrielle Carlton and Robert Sams. This photo was taken today during Unit 4 of the Social Psychology of Risk Grad Cert in the High Reliability Organisation. It is very cold Canberra … [Read more...] about Zero ‘Arm

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: psychology of risk, zero arm

Post Graduate Studies in the Social Psychology of Risk

June 27, 2013 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

I have never seen such positive feedback on social media and forums as what I have for the recent course run by Dr Rob Long – read the testimonials at the end! Post Graduate Studies in the Social Psychology of Risk The first Post Graduate Program in the Social Psychology of Risk commenced on 17 … [Read more...] about Post Graduate Studies in the Social Psychology of Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Training, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: post graduate study, psychology of risk, rob long, social psychology

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