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A Guide to Psychosocial Safety Skills

October 30, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

A Guide to Psychosocial Safety Skills We last published a short article on Psychosocial Safety by Dr Robert Long here: What is Psychosocial Safety. Rob has kindly given us permission to publish the entire guide. DOWNLOAD THE PAPER HERE: A Guide to Psychosocial Safety … [Read more...] about A Guide to Psychosocial Safety Skills

Filed Under: Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long, Safety Leadership Tagged With: behaviour based safety, Psychological Safety, Psychosocial Safety, Safety Culture, safety slogan

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

Cameras, Concentration and a ‘Crock’ of Non-Safety

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Latest article by Dr Robert Long with an interesting, everyday example of how some attempts to manage safety and achieve zero harm can be seriously detrimental. If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE. I highly recommend you check out Rob’s new book “RISK MAKES … [Read more...] about Cameras, Concentration and a ‘Crock’ of Non-Safety

Filed Under: Road Safety, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: Safe Behaviour, safety slogan, speed camera, Zero Harm

Binary Opposites and Safety Goal Strategy

June 28, 2023 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 link for a really cool video on the myths of safety paperwork) Quote from the article: The denial … [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

Understanding Safety Goals

June 23, 2023 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 than safety promotion in the workplace.  Understanding Safety Goals ‘Rather than measure what we … [Read more...] about Understanding Safety Goals

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

Safety Silver Bullet

April 13, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Latest article by Dr Robert Long which attacks the idea that one can solve a safety system problem by simply building ever expanding safety systems! Oh and a little swipe at BBS and Zero Harm! If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE. I highly recommend you check … [Read more...] about Safety Silver Bullet

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Leadership, Wicked Problems, Zero Harm Tagged With: 1% safer, BBS, one percent safer, safety culture, safety slogan, Safety Systems, silver bullet, Zero Harm

The Psychology of Conversion – 20 Tips to get Started

April 1, 2023 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 safety officer or a risk manager you must wonder why it is so hard to convert people to becoming … [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

February 21, 2023 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 whole series: CLICK HERE. I highly recommend you check out Rob’s book “RISK MAKES SENSE” Non Common … [Read more...] about Non Common Sense Mythology

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

A Case of Desensitisation – What Would You Do?

January 13, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Believe it or not one of the most popular search terms on this site is “gory safety videos”!!! But do shock and horror war stories really encourage safe behaviour or is it just voyeurism that creates the interest?. You will really enjoy this latest article by Dr Robert Long. If you liked this … [Read more...] about A Case of Desensitisation – What Would You Do?

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Training Tagged With: desensitisation, gory safety photos, learning, safety slogan, safety tips, safety videos, shock horror

Olympic Goals and Zero Harm

June 28, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

If this article and the excellent analogies provided by Dr Robert Long doesn't convince you that the philosophy of “Zero Harm” is at serious odds with the path to success and achievement of reasonable goals in the real world then nothing will and you are a lost cause. If you liked this article then … [Read more...] about Olympic Goals and Zero Harm

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: achievable goals, athletes, Olympics, safety slogan, smart goals, Sport Safety, Zero Harm

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