Right and Wrong in Safety Safety is fundamentally a moral and ethical activity. Any desire for a ‘good’ or a virtue, necessitates an ethic. Unfortunately, even in how Safety shapes its own identity it doesn’t know nor consciously articulate an ethic. Even the brand of ‘professional’ demands an ethic. (It ought be remembered too that […]
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Dumb Ways to Discourse, a Failed Approach in Safety
Dumb Ways to Discourse, a Failed Approach in Safety Guest post by Dr Rob Long from www.humandymensions.com Quote from the article: have a look at some very young children realistically mimicking the campaign (with over a million hits) and see if this doesn’t bother you particularly: a child about the age of 10 taking an […]
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Safety Sign Nuisance
Safety Sign Nuisance When does one person’s safety message become another person’s nuisance sign? By Rohanne Young, Director at Risk Management Coaching (www.riskmanagementcoaching.com.au ) This article was first published here I was driving to a meeting with a client the other morning and a sign flashed up in my peripheral vision. The sign said "Distracted […]
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Shake Hands with Danger (1970)
Shake Hands with Danger (1970)
Industrial safety film helmed by "Carnival of Souls" director Herk Harvey. About the dangers associated with…
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An Open Letter to the CEOs and Their Management Teams About Safety Excellence
An Open Letter to the CEOs and Their Management Teams About Safety Excellence First Published here on LinkedIn Pulse Here are the Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions You Can Actually DO! Make 2016 the year your company achieves Safety Excellence…here’s how you do it: 1) Make safety look more like your business and less like […]
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How Dangerous are Motorcycles, Really?
How Dangerous are Motorcycles, Really? Guest Post Everyone thinks of motorcycles as being dangerous, but how dangerous are they? In 2010, there were over 4,300 fatalities involving the riders of motorcycles. This seems high, but compare it to the number of fatalities in car crashes: over 22,000. Given the number of people driving, however, car […]
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Suffering – Sometimes There Is No Reason
Suffering – Sometimes There Is No Reason In general when a puzzle sits in front of safety, it must solve it and in safety all problem solving is deemed good. There is little talk of faith, sustaining contradiction, suffering, uncertainty, paradox, wisdom, discerning or doubt when one must find a reason, certainty and control. One […]
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Safety-as-Persona
Safety-as-Persona A persona is a ‘face’ or ‘mask’ one puts on as an actor to take on an identity of what one is not, but for all intents and purposes looks genuine. A persona is a character type that looks real, but hides real intent, motive and purpose. Brilliant actors and actresses are clever at […]
