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I was just trying to Help

June 28, 2023 by Rob Sams 19 Comments

I was just trying to Help A friend called me recently to tell me that they’d lost their job. They couldn’t understand the decision and we spoke for an hour or so working through the roller coaster of emotions they were feeling, from anger, to frustration, to anxiousness and amazement. I just … [Read more...] about I was just trying to Help

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Safety Culture, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: help, helping, reflecting, safety crusaders

The Scars and Harm You Don’t See and Can’t Count

June 24, 2023 by Prof. Robert Long 6 Comments

The Scars and Harm You Don’t See and Can’t Count You don’t know what safety is. I know what real safety is, 1km underground in a grubby longwall, now that’s safety. Yep, 200 metres up on the end of a harness, now that’s safety. You don’t know what safety is, sitting for 3 days behind a desk filing … [Read more...] about The Scars and Harm You Don’t See and Can’t Count

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: safety crusaders, scars

Dobbing, Culture and Risk

March 2, 2021 by Prof. Robert Long Leave a Comment

Dobbing, Culture and Risk It’s such a laugh, watching people launch a ‘dob in line’ in Australia. We saw this recently with the Government’s ‘dobseeker’ hotline . And we see this approach with regulators and others in Safety , with some weird idea that ‘blowing the whistle’ to un-safety ‘works’. … [Read more...] about Dobbing, Culture and Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Tagged With: AIHS BoK on Ethics, dobbing, safety crusaders, whistleblower

Safety Crusading on Full Show

December 13, 2020 by Prof. Robert Long 6 Comments

In the true tradition of only Safety knows best, safety tells (https://safetyrisk.net/xmas-safety-poem-safety-tells/), dumbs for safety (https://safetyrisk.net/dumbs-for-safety/) and this toaster is hot (https://safetyrisk.net/this-toaster-is-hot/) we have this one. I visited the National Museum … [Read more...] about Safety Crusading on Full Show

Filed Under: Robert Long, Simplistic Safety Tagged With: safety crusaders

Safety Crusaders Anonymous

August 5, 2015 by Admin 16 Comments

Hi, I’m Dave and I am a Safety Crusader…….. You may also enjoy: Are You A Safety Crusader Or A Safety Leader When I started this blog, six year ago, I was a self-confessed Safety Crusader. You can still see the remnants and residue of that time in the older articles about safety slogans, … [Read more...] about Safety Crusaders Anonymous

Filed Under: Safety Professional Tagged With: psychology of risk, safety crusaders, Zero Harm

How Many Safety Crusaders Does It Take To Change a Light Bulb?

November 26, 2014 by Admin 20 Comments

How Many Safety Crusaders Does It Take To Change a Light Bulb? I’m currently enjoying some banter on Rob Longs Safety Leadership Facebook Page which all started with a blown light bulb in a Coffee Shop. This is something that we do regularly at home without a second thought or need for a convoluted … [Read more...] about How Many Safety Crusaders Does It Take To Change a Light Bulb?

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Safety Professional Tagged With: Change Management, light bulb, safety crusaders

Safety Crusaders Shutdown

November 8, 2014 by Admin 3 Comments

Safety Crusaders Shutdown So impressed to see a recent Safety Spud Head debate on Linkedin, initially latched on to and fuelled by the Safety Crusaders (See: Are You a Safety Crusader or a Safety Leader), then totally shutdown and owned by the impressive points made by Safety Leaders who get it and … [Read more...] about Safety Crusaders Shutdown

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Safety Procedures Tagged With: binary thinking, safety crusaders

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