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All Things Must Pass in Risk

December 30, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

As we approach the end of another year we often look back and look forward, for what has past and what we might expect. We look forward using Hope and Imagination and only the delusional in safety think about the future with prediction. I am reminded of that wonderful song by George Harrison All … [Read more...] about All Things Must Pass in Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: fallibility, risk

The New Leadership – Risk and Safety

December 23, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 22 Comments

The New Leadership – Risk and Safety Dr Rob explains the what his new book “Following-Leading in Risk” is all about. Download Section 1 of “Following-Leading in Risk" Free (# downloads): [download id="219"] A number of people have been asking about the new book, why this following-leading title? … [Read more...] about The New Leadership – Risk and Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Leadership, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: following, leadership, risk, whistleblowers

The Focus Should Be on Risk, Not Safety

October 14, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

One of the central problems with Safety is its focus on safety, a temporary outcome. The real focus of Safety should be on risk, the permanent and continual presence of uncertainty on outcomes. By focusing on the outcome of safety, the industry misunderstands risk and devalues it and with the … [Read more...] about The Focus Should Be on Risk, Not Safety

Filed Under: Risk Myths, Robert Long Tagged With: risk, socialitie, uncertainty

Good Luck to the Luck Deniers

June 21, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Good Luck to the Luck Deniers How was Donald Horne to know in 1964 that when he wrote a simple little book called The Lucky Country he would sell over 2 million copies? That was lucky, a case of the right book at the right time. The book describes Horne’s understanding of what it means to be … [Read more...] about Good Luck to the Luck Deniers

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: good luck, injury statistics, LTIFR, luck deniers, risk, safety culture

That’s Not a Knife, That’s a Knife

June 3, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

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 from Graham. It’s not until you … [Read more...] about That’s Not a Knife, That’s a Knife

Filed Under: FIFO, Robert Long Tagged With: risk, Risk Management, wayside chapel

All Risk is Subjective

June 16, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

The latest research confirms what SPoR has known for sometime, that all vision is subjective, objective vision is impossible (https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-philosophy-lab-vision-impossible.html ), just as zero is impossible. Researchers at John Hopkins University found that it's impossible … [Read more...] about All Risk is Subjective

Filed Under: Due Diligence, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: 5 whys, AIHS BoK on Ethics, ALARP, icam, risk, subjective

Free Poster–Risk

October 26, 2019 by Admin Leave a Comment

  DOWNLOAD A FULL SIZE POSTER HERE: [download id="99147"] … [Read more...] about Free Poster–Risk

Filed Under: Free Safety Stuff, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: risk

Risk vs Hazard vs Safety

September 16, 2019 by Admin 10 Comments

The never ending debate over the difference between a risk and a hazard………..and what is Safety? The poster, courtesy of Dr Rob Long from SPoR, very succinctly and effectively defines each, perhaps slightly differently to what you may have thought or heard before. You wont see words like faith and … [Read more...] about Risk vs Hazard vs Safety

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

Human Skills for Leadership and Learning in Risk

February 23, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Human Skills for Leadership and Learning in Risk, Lessons from Building and Construction in Canberra By Dr Robert Long Background The most common approach to cultural transformation is through proclamation and manipulation. However, this rarely works. At the time it sounds straight forward. The … [Read more...] about Human Skills for Leadership and Learning in Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Leadership, Safety Legislation, Wicked Problems, Zero Harm Tagged With: human skills, leadership, learning, risk, safety culture

The Mechanistic Worldview and the Dehumanisation of Risk

February 23, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

The Mechanistic Worldview and the Dehumanisation of Risk It should be no great surprise to anyone that a huge number of trade-offs have been made by accepting the mechanistic worldview of risk. The narrative in risk over recent history has shifted away from humanising people to that of dehumanising … [Read more...] about The Mechanistic Worldview and the Dehumanisation of Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Management Plan, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: dehumanisation, risk

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