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Quirky Things That Work When Trying To Help Others

March 26, 2025 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Quirky things that work when trying to help others With the current safety theme trending toward HELPING (see Safety as a Helping Profession and I was just trying to help), I thought it timely to republish this post by the late George Robotham who wrote this a few years ago with some input … [Read more...] about Quirky Things That Work When Trying To Help Others

Filed Under: George Robotham, Robert Long, Safety Professional Tagged With: health and safety, help, helping, mentor, problem solving, safety leadership, safety professional, Safety Reflections, safety training

Snap, Crackle, Pop. That’s the Sound we Love to Hear

March 23, 2025 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Snap, Crackle, Pop. That’s the Sound we Love to Hear Rice Krispies were first released by Kellogg in 1928, and introduced in Australia as Rice Bubbles. The breakfast cereal is made of ‘crisped’ rice (toasted rice). The marketing that accompanied the launch of Rice Bubbles was associated with the … [Read more...] about Snap, Crackle, Pop. That’s the Sound we Love to Hear

Filed Under: Robert Long, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems, Zero Harm Tagged With: risk makes sense, safety professional, slogans, Zero Harm

The Quest for Accreditation of Safety in Australia

July 18, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 19 Comments

Rightly or wrongly, “Safety” has become one of the most despised words in industry. The debate over accreditation of the Profession has been simmering for too long and now it is time to bring it to the boil! The Quest for Accreditation of Safety in Australia by Dr Rob Long I have been inundated … [Read more...] about The Quest for Accreditation of Safety in Australia

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Leadership, Safety Professional Tagged With: accreditation of safety, australia, safety monster, safety professional

Making Objects Safe or People Safe

June 2, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Making Objects Safe or People Safe   I often ask people in risk and safety training as my first question, ‘When you walk on site, what are you looking for?’ It was no different this week and I got the usual answer ‘hazards!’ A number of people in the group had many years as inspectors, … [Read more...] about Making Objects Safe or People Safe

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: objects, people and safety, safety checklists, safety professional, Safety Systems, Zero Harm

The Mis-naming of Safety as a Profession

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 18 Comments

The Mis-naming of Safety as a Profession It is fascinating to watch Safety struggle to identify itself as a ‘profession’. The quest for the brand and the repetition of the word ‘profession’ certainly doesn’t make it so (https://sia.org.au/). Even if some form of certification was developed in … [Read more...] about The Mis-naming of Safety as a Profession

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Professional Tagged With: safety professional

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

Safety Professionals–The Piggy in The Middle?

June 28, 2023 by Rob Sams 7 Comments

Anyone for a game of Piggy in the Middle….? Republished by request - Check out the new book by Rob Sams Piggy in the Middle, do you remember playing that game when you were a kid? You know, the one where you stand in the middle of a group of friends who continually throw a ball to one another over … [Read more...] about Safety Professionals–The Piggy in The Middle?

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Safety Leadership Tagged With: Drugs and Alcohol, lti, LTIFR, piggy in the middle, safety professional

Beware the Tossers from the Office

June 28, 2023 by Rob Sams 12 Comments

Beware the Tossers from the Office Guest post by Rob Sams – some real feedback from the coalface – ignore it at your own peril! I was on a plane home this week. It had been a long week, a lot of meetings, writing reports and, I was looking forward to getting home. Unfortunately, the plane was … [Read more...] about Beware the Tossers from the Office

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Toolbox Talks Tagged With: head office, safety conversation, safety paperwork, safety professional, tool box talks, Tossers

My Story is Better than Yours

May 23, 2023 by Rob Sams Leave a Comment

My Story is Better than Yours Guest Post by Rob Sams from Dolphin Safety Systems. Improving safety really is as simple and as cheap as doing more listening and conversing rather than telling……….. In my last piece (Safety Professionals - Piggy in the Middle) I wrote about the role of the modern day … [Read more...] about My Story is Better than Yours

Filed Under: Rob Sams Tagged With: safety communication, safety professional, story, telling

Three Lessons in How to be Unprofessional

September 29, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Three Lessons in How to be Unprofessional One of the critical skills of professionalism is Discourse Analysis.  It is through Discourse Analysis that we understand the power in messages revealing: ethic, politick and motive. Discourse Analysis is also foundational to Social Psychology. You … [Read more...] about Three Lessons in How to be Unprofessional

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Professional Tagged With: ASSP, discourse, discourse analysis, safety professional

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