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The Gemba Safety Walk

April 23, 2024 by Admin 2 Comments

The Gemba Safety Walk – Is it a Silly Walk? Tried and failed or just gotten a tad bored with Zero Harm, BBS and MBWA? It seems the latest silver bullet being peddled by a few Snake Oil Salesmen is the “Safety Gemba Walk”. I’ve only just discovered this trendy new safety concept and still trying to … [Read more...] about The Gemba Safety Walk

Filed Under: Safety Culture, Safety Leadership Tagged With: BBS, gemba safety walk, safety communication, safety culture, Safety Engagement, Safety Talk, Zero Harm

King of the World – Why is Sociopathy and Psychopathy so prevalent ‘at the top’?

March 27, 2024 by Rob Sams 6 Comments

Psychopaths will thrive in an organisation that is seeking to control their people. Where the culture of a workplace, or group, allow psychopaths to manipulate and denigrate others without consequence, they will succeed in achieving their own needs and goals without care at all for others … [Read more...] about King of the World – Why is Sociopathy and Psychopathy so prevalent ‘at the top’?

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Safety Leadership, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: psychopath, safety culture, sociopath, workplace culture

Warped Imagination and Magical Thinking in Risk and Safety

March 2, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Warped Imagination and Magical Thinking in Risk and Safety Guest Post by Dr Rob Long from www.humandymensions.com All the data shifting in the world is used to explain cultural change, when indeed, it is not a measure of culture. There seems nothing more captivating to risk and safety … [Read more...] about Warped Imagination and Magical Thinking in Risk and Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: magical thinking, safety culture, Safety Statistics, warped imagination

Compliance, Obedience and The Attraction of Risk

January 13, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Compliance, Obedience and The Attraction of Risk Great Response by Dr Rob Long (thanks Rob) to our recent article: Our Obsession With Forbidden Pleasures. Please find detail of Rob’s next education program at the bottom of this article. Most people know of the experiments of Stanley Milgram back … [Read more...] about Compliance, Obedience and The Attraction of Risk

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: compliance, obedience, risk attraction, safety communication, safety culture

Whatever It Takes

December 10, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

‘Whatever it takes’ Another brain buster by Dr Robert Long. I highly recommend his other Articles HERE and his new book: For The Love of Zero Just when we were recovering from drug shortcuts by Lance Armstrong, we discover that drug taking is endemic and enculturated in Australian sport. At the … [Read more...] about Whatever It Takes

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: drugs, safety culture, Sport Safety, Zero Harm

“Risk Makes Sense” Book Review

June 29, 2023 by George Robotham 1 Comment

Review of the Robert Long book Risk Makes Sense by George Robotham See more details about the book HERE In my view this book is a substantial addition to the body of knowledge about Risk and OHS. Written from a psychological perspective it puts into print many of the things I have figured out for … [Read more...] about “Risk Makes Sense” Book Review

Filed Under: George Robotham, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Robert Long, Safety Books Tagged With: risk makes sense, safety books, safety culture

More Bricks and Mortar for the Amphitheatre of Denial

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Dr Long’s New book “REAL RISK – Human Discerning and Risk” is packed with interesting little stories and anecdotes, we published one the other day The South Korean Fan Death Mystery and it was a big hit. Another I enjoyed was this one about the Star Amphitheatre in Balmoral Sydney. It was built, at … [Read more...] about More Bricks and Mortar for the Amphitheatre of Denial

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: discerning risk, safety culture, safety slogan, Zero Harm

The Problem with Zero Harm

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

The Problem with Zero Harm This short video discusses one of the many arguments against the zero harm concept, zero language and discourse. The language of zero as an absolute and the framing of risk and safety in perfectionism is deeply problematic for establishing a culture of openness, … [Read more...] about The Problem with Zero Harm

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Videos, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: discourse, priming language, safety culture, Zero Harm

Risk Culture and Cultural Risk

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 11 Comments

Risk Culture and Cultural Risk When the risk and safety industry defines culture it doesn’t consider critical aspects of culture. The most common definition is that culture is ‘what we do around here’ which fits in nicely with the behaviourist-cognitivist worldview that dominates the sector. So … [Read more...] about Risk Culture and Cultural Risk

Filed Under: Just Culture, Robert Long, Safety Culture, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: culture, risk culture, safety culture

A Comparison of Safety Paradigms

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

A paradigm is a distinct set of concept and thinking that result in distinct practices. In recent times it has occurred to coroners at inquests, auditors and government that poor safety culture has a central role in normalising unsafe practice. Inspectors and auditors are now ever mindful that … [Read more...] about A Comparison of Safety Paradigms

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety, Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: Psychological Safety, safety culture, Safety Engagement, safety paradigm, Safety Paradigms, safety professional, safety programs, Safety Systems

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