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The Great Safety is a Choice Delusion

December 14, 2017 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Great Safety is a Choice Delusion The simplistic worldview about choice plagues the safety industry into the nonsense slogan ‘safety is a choice you make’. The delusion centres around an … [Read more...] about The Great Safety is a Choice Delusion

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Slogans & Pictures, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: choice, safety choice, safety is a choice, safety slogan

Incident Investigation and the Limits of Risk Imagination

October 15, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 32 Comments

Republished by Request My favourite line: “Finally, we could spend a bit more time with our little kids and start practicing a way of thinking we have devalued for far too long and bring some fun … [Read more...] about Incident Investigation and the Limits of Risk Imagination

Filed Under: Risk Assessment, Robert Long Tagged With: checklists, incidents, risk, Safety Culture, safety slogan

Binary Opposites and Safety Goal Strategy

June 30, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

Republished by request and now with accompanying video (at end of article). This article was referenced in the must read new book: Risky Conversations, The Law, Social Psychology and Risk (follow that … [Read more...] about Binary Opposites and Safety Goal Strategy

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: accidents, binary opposites, just culture, Safety Culture, safety goal, Safety Goals, safety slogan, Zero Harm

Anxiety and Fear Professionals

October 2, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

“When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.” - Nelson Mandela.  Another great article by Dr Robert Long to stir the pot! – If you liked this article then you should read … [Read more...] about Anxiety and Fear Professionals

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: anxiety, fear, safety experts, safety professional, safety professionals, safety slogan

Understanding Safety Goals

July 13, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 11 Comments

Unless the safety community are prepared to be a bit more sophisticated and less simplistic about goal setting we will continue to fuel scepticism via non-sense prevention goals like zero harm, rather … [Read more...] about Understanding Safety Goals

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: goal setting, Safety Goals, safety slogan, Zero Harm

Why Are Safety Slogans Important

July 4, 2015 by Barry Spud 3 Comments

Importance of Safety Slogans How to write your own safety slogans 167 CATCHY and FUNNY SAFETY SLOGANS FOR THE WORKPLACE 500 OF THE BEST WORKPLACE HEALTH and SAFETY SLOGANS Safety slogans have been … [Read more...] about Why Are Safety Slogans Important

Filed Under: Safety Slogans & Pictures Tagged With: carelessness, childhood safety, conjunction, forest fires, protocol, safety glasses, safety goggles, safety issue, safety prevention, safety procedure, safety protocols, safety rules, safety slogan, safety slogans safety, shortcuts, stranger danger, unsafe practices

Critical Safety Reflection or thinking about stuff

May 23, 2015 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Critical Safety Reflection or thinking about stuff By the late George Robotham  This brief article was prompted by an excellent paper in the Central Alberta Well Services Corporation, Safety … [Read more...] about Critical Safety Reflection or thinking about stuff

Filed Under: critical thinking, George Robotham, Safety Leadership Tagged With: learning, safety reflection, safety slogan, Safety Talk, safety tips

Safety and Risk Professionalisation

May 19, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

This issue appears to have reared its ugly head again so I think timely to republish this article written by Dr Rob Long over 2 years ago - unbelievable how nothing has changed! Following on from the … [Read more...] about Safety and Risk Professionalisation

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: safety professional, safety slogan

The Psychology of Conversion – 20 Tips to get Started

May 9, 2015 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Psychology of Conversion – 20 Tips to get Started We can learn a great deal from our fundamentalist friends and people with addictions after all, these are the experts in conversion. If you are a … [Read more...] about The Psychology of Conversion – 20 Tips to get Started

Filed Under: Lead and Lag Indicators, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems, Zero Harm Tagged With: safety culture, safety slogan, Zero Harm

Non Common Sense Mythology

April 28, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 25 Comments

Article by Dr Robert Long, rouse around all you common sense and zero zealots surely we can escalate more things to ban and more things to police. If you liked this article then you should read the … [Read more...] about Non Common Sense Mythology

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: health and safety, safety slogan, Zero Harm

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