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Measurement Anxiety in Safety

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Measurement Anxiety in Safety When we say that something has affected us ‘beyond measure’ we express one of the truisms of life. Many times in life we not only experience things ‘without measure’ but we are also ‘lost for words’. It is often in moments of ecstasy, suffering, awesomeness and … [Read more...] about Measurement Anxiety in Safety

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long Tagged With: measurement, measuring safety, psychic numbing, safety moments

A Poetics of Safety

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

A Poetics of Safety The idea of Poetics captures all forms of knowing that are non-measureable, non- quantitative, yet are essential to the experience of living. We live our life in the in-between and rarely in the extremes. We daily experience the unresolved tensions between: finitude and … [Read more...] about A Poetics of Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: poetics, safety moments

The Quantitative and Qualitative Divide in Safety

June 27, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

The Quantitative and Qualitative Divide in Safety Risk and safety by their evolution through Engineering and Science have now become disciplines of quantity. Unfortunately, critical human skills like: communications, listening, dialogue, understanding persons, social psychology, community, ethics, … [Read more...] about The Quantitative and Qualitative Divide in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: fallibility, positivism, safety 2, safety moments, STEM

Safety Utopia as Abuse

June 24, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Safety Utopia as Abuse Hugh Mackay (the Good Life) writes about helicopter parenting as a form of abuse. He calls the delusional quest for perfection ‘the Utopia Complex’. More and more research is showing that the Utopia Complex projects a by-product of abuse ; … [Read more...] about Safety Utopia as Abuse

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: fallibility, hazardman, risk aversion, safety moments, safety utopia

How Risky is Your Safety Spin?

June 23, 2023 by Admin 2 Comments

How Risky is Your Safety Spin? Rob Long has agreed to publically release another awesome video which is part of the package you receive with his new book: Risky Conversations, The Law, Social Psychology and Risk “What you say in health and safety, regardless of whether or not it is just an … [Read more...] about How Risky is Your Safety Spin?

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: aspiration, language, safety moments, safety spin

Safety, Risk and The Pathway of Loneliness

June 23, 2023 by Rob Sams 12 Comments

Safety, Risk and The Pathway of Loneliness It must be one of the great absurdities of our modern world; that in a time where our ability to ‘connect’ is so abundant, that we are perhaps lonelier, more isolated and insecure than ever. It’s a puzzling irony that while we can ‘connect’ to so many … [Read more...] about Safety, Risk and The Pathway of Loneliness

Filed Under: Mental health, Risk Aversion, Rob Sams Tagged With: loneliness, safety moments

Culture Silences in Safety – Ritual

June 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Talking about ‘ritual’ in safety is a bit like talking about the war (see video below). Safety is so often noisy about petty risk and so silent about the many critical indicators of culture (https://safetyrisk.net/category/safety-culture-silences/ ). Just search for safety+culture+ritual and see … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety – Ritual

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Silences Tagged With: heuristics, paradox, rituals, safety moments

The Mythical ‘Safety Moment’

August 31, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 12 Comments

Continuing our series on Safety Myths – see them all here If there was ever a dumb invention to desensitize Safety to safety it was the ‘safety moment’. Whoever thought this was a good idea knew very little about human neuropsychology. This strange mythology supposes that starting every meeting … [Read more...] about The Mythical ‘Safety Moment’

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Myths Tagged With: safety moments

Beware False Profits and Messiahs in Safety

August 7, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

One of the frightening by-products of the coronavirus crisis is the rise of Linkedin legends and OHS messiahs. Along with fish ‘n chip senators and Sky News propaganda we now have OHS experts launching into the ‘unprecedented’ Covid-19 space as pandemic experts. Amazing what a Certificate in OHS can … [Read more...] about Beware False Profits and Messiahs in Safety

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long Tagged With: beaconsfield mine disaster, coronavirus, covid-19 cure, messiah, prophet, safety moments

Culture Silences in Safety Artefacts

May 20, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Culture Silences in Safety Artefacts When you ask an Anthropologist about culture they most often think about artefacts, when you ask Safety, it’s always about behaviours. Artefacts carry a code and requires enormous research and historical knowledge to interpret meaning. Similarly behaviours, … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety Artefacts

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture, Safety Culture Silences Tagged With: Anthropology, Archaeology, artefacts, safety moments

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