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Risk vs Hazard vs Safety

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 imagined used very often in …

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The Mechanistic Worldview and the Dehumanisation of Risk

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 them. The champions of dehumanisation have …

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Social Politics of Risk Masterclass Module 14

Social Politics of Risk Masterclass Module 14   Canberra 15,16,17 August 2018 The Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk is please to announce the delivery of Module 14, The Social Politics of Risk Masterclass. You can download the overview and register here: https://cllr.com.au/product/the-social-politics-of-risk-unit-14/ . The best place to hold such a workshop would surely …

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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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Work-Life and Risk, Feminine Perspectives

Work-Life and Risk, Feminine Perspectives Recently five women gathered together to talk about the Social Psychology of Risk and the world of work. The day was spent tackling some big questions on the nature of personhood, maturity, wisdom, discernment, discourse, power and risk. During the day of we decided to record one conversation in response …

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