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Risk Makes Sense

February 5, 2018 by Dr Rob Long 17 Comments

Finally a Book About Risk That Makes Sense For some time now we have been privileged to have Dr Robert Long writing some very interesting and provocative articles about creative and effective ways to manage risk in the workplace. They have proven very popular - See them all here You know all about … [Read more...] about Risk Makes Sense

Filed Under: Risk Management, Robert Long, Safety Books Tagged With: book about risk, risk, risk aversion, Risk Management, risk taking

Short-sighted Safety

November 11, 2017 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Short-sighted Safety There is nothing more debilitating to human ‘being’ than hyper-fear, hyper-risk aversion and hyper-safety. Hyper-fear and hyper-risk aversion is the outcome of blind safety and ignorance. I was contacted by a person who is a parent at a school that had just banned children in … [Read more...] about Short-sighted Safety

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long Tagged With: fear, risk aversion, short sighted

Be Prepared for Risk

February 18, 2017 by Dr Rob Long 20 Comments

Be Prepared for Risk by Hayden Collins from http://www.riskintelligent.com.au/ I walked into McDonalds this week for a coffee and noticed that their latest placemat on their tray is a promotion for Scouts Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouts_Australia ). As I looked at this promotion … [Read more...] about Be Prepared for Risk

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Safety Leadership Tagged With: leadership, risk aversion, scouts

Failure Must be an Option

February 6, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

Failure Must be an Option The Australian Government wants to stimulate an innovation/ideas avalanche and have thrown $1.1 billion at trying to create a ‘boom’ of ‘agile’, ‘creative’ and ‘innovative’ people seeking to embrace risk … [Read more...] about Failure Must be an Option

Filed Under: Resiliencing, Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: failure, fear, risk aversion

The Risk Aversion Delusion

November 23, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

The Risk Aversion Delusion We learn yet again from the latest research that risk aversion is life and learning denying (see ABC NEWS). Research by Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine specialist, Professor Ibrahim demonstrates that risk aversion robs people of dignity and independence. Risk … [Read more...] about The Risk Aversion Delusion

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: aged care, risk aversion, Zero Harm

What is Your Risk iCue?

November 4, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

What is Your Risk iCue? When we think of the concept of intelligence we often think of a person’s IQ. The idea of an Intelligence Quotient is not reliable and only tests certain selected forms of literacy constrained by cultural biases. For example: the early settlers in Australia deemed that the … [Read more...] about What is Your Risk iCue?

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Risk Management, Safety Videos, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: hazards, IQ, risk aversion, risk icue

Acceptable Risk as a Decision Making Process

September 14, 2015 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Acceptable Risk as a Decision Making Process By Dr Rob Long We should all know that the assessment of risk is a subjective process, determined by hundreds of social and psychological factors. The idea that risk assessment is a rational process via assessment of frequency, consequence and severity … [Read more...] about Acceptable Risk as a Decision Making Process

Filed Under: ALARP, Risk Assessment, Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: acceptable risk, ALARP, Legislation, risk aversion, Risk Management, swms, trajectory, Zero Harm

It’s Official–Kids Should not be Wrapped in Cotton Wool

February 4, 2015 by Admin 17 Comments

As reported in the UK Daily Telegraph, the head of the UK Health and Safety Executive, Judith Hackitt,  has publicly stated that kids must be allowed to learn about risk in order to lead a normal life and be less naive about risk when they get out into the real world. In response to concerns … [Read more...] about It’s Official–Kids Should not be Wrapped in Cotton Wool

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Zero Harm Tagged With: risk, risk aversion, Safety, Zero Harm

Was New York Shut Down by Safety Spuds?

January 28, 2015 by Admin 4 Comments

Was New York Shut Down by Safety Spuds? How’s the discourse, by-products and trade-offs!   On 26th January 2015, The US National Weather Service (NWS) predicted that a "potentially historic blizzard", possibly “the worst ever”, would strike the north eastern states. New York reacted by … [Read more...] about Was New York Shut Down by Safety Spuds?

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Zero Harm Tagged With: blizzard, by-products, new york, risk aversion, subway, trade-offs, Zero Harm

Absolute Error Prevention

July 8, 2014 by Dr Rob Long 46 Comments

Absolute Error Prevention Safety is so easy, it’s all about error prevention. Safety is so simple, it’s all about risk aversion. Whilst both of these statements appear to be true, both are wrong. Safety is not simple and is not just about error prevention or risk aversion. Indeed, binary thinking … [Read more...] about Absolute Error Prevention

Filed Under: Human Error, Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: error prevention, risk aversion

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