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Understanding The Risk Management Malaise – Video

Understanding The Risk Management Malaise – Video Approches to Risk Management from CLLR on Vimeo. I have written before about the various schools of thought in how to tackle risk and the need for a transdisciplinary approach (https://safetyrisk.net/transdisciplinary-thinking-in-risk-and-safety/ ). Now with work commencing at Federation University (https://safetyrisk.net/dr-long-joins-federation-university/) people can gain University accreditation for studying the …

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Risk Makes Sense

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 Legislation, Codes …

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The Unintended Consequences of Safety Regulation

The Unintended Consequences of Safety Regulation First published 2013 and republished by request There is currently a lot of debate, confusion and frustration around the over regulation of safety and focus on administrative controls. Read the Regulators websites and it is obvious they had the best intentions. BUT, the resulting cultural change they were hoping …

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That’s Not a Knife, That’s a Knife

That’s Not a Knife, That’s a Knife Dr Rob Long Sometimes when I get a chance to catch up with my brother Graham I feel like the hoodlum on the streets of New York in Crocodile Dundee. Not that we compete as brothers but when it comes to risk I have a lot to learn …

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Effectiveness in Managing Risk and Cultural Change

Effectiveness in Managing Risk and Cultural Change A blast from the past (August 2013) article - The need to change safety culture In recent times it has occurred to coroner's at inquests, auditors and government (eg. Cole Commission) that poor safety culture has a central role in normalising unsafe practice. The development of the Federal Safety Commission …

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