The Corporate Plan and How $#it Happens Republished from a long time ago by request Everyone says that cultural change must start at the top. Does it?. Just found this classic old poem in the archives. Explains, better than I could, why corporate initiatives (like safety or cultural improvements) are not always best led from […]
Safety Poem
No Choice, No Say
No Choice, No Say One of the great loves of Dumb Down Safety is guilt, binary attribution and projection of deficit views of risk and safety. Unless the curriculum of WHS moves ahead in transdisciplinary way (https://safetyrisk.net/isnt-it-time-we-reformed-the-whs-curriculum/ ), it is not likely that much will change. There is no better example of the binary Safety […]
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Christmas Safety Poem
Christmas Safety Poem – A Hazardman Christmas Republished from last year – enjoy again: News from the UK and reported in the Daily Mail: Elf and safety forces Nativity procession Mary to ride on a donkey wearing HARD HAT Prompted Rob Long to write this Christmas Safety Poem – ENJOY! Imagine Source A Hazardman Christmas […]
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It’s a Risky Christmas
It’s a Risky Christmas – A Xmas Safety Poem without the word Safety In it: “So what is the rush to complete stuff before the end of the year about… here is a little poem that puts the highlight on the dangers of rushing to complete at Christmas time; it is about safety without mentioning […]
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Ode To The Safety Professional
Ode To The Safety Professional – an oldie but a goodie This piece of prose was sent in by a reader and something all safety people will relate to. Some of you may have seen it before – I’m sure you will enjoy it again: Ode To The Safety Professional Sandwiched tightly between Top Brass […]
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THE PLAN – HOW $#1T HAPPENS
THE PLAN – HOW $#1T HAPPENS Some excellent comments on the post: Think Outside The Safety Suggestion Box reminded me again of this piece of prose (seems like this has happened before). In his book “Industrial/Organizational Psychology: An Applied Approach”, Michael Aamodt suggests that when there is “serial communication” (where messages are passed from person to person) then […]
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My First Fatality
One of our readers asked if we could republish this poem from July 2012, not sure why but I hope it helps: My First Fatality If I can, for once, be a little serious and compassionate….. A fellow Safety Professional, in a brand new role, recently experienced her first fatality. Unfortunately, many of us have […]
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Political Correctness at Trafalgar
Political Correctness at Trafalgar Apparently at the 200th Anniversary celebrations of Lord Nelson’s famous naval victory over the French and Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar, an actor dressed as Nelson, posed for pictures on the River Thames at Greenwich. But before he was allowed to board a RNLI Lifeboat, safety officials made him wear […]
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A BROKEN CHRISTMAS
New and timely Safety Poem sent in by a reader: A BROKEN CHRISTMAS T’was the night before Christmas and now she’s all alone. Because her husband had an accident at work and didn’t come home. He was killed because he took a shortcut and of course he knew better. He knew the rules and […]
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That’s The Way We’ve Always Done It – The Calf Path
I’m a firm believer in finding creative (often cheaper and more effective) ways to solve ongoing problems. I love to quote this poem about creative thinking whenever I get: “that’s the way we’ve always done it” ENJOY! The Calf Path – Sam Walter Foss – 1895 One day through the primeval wood A calf walked […]
