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The ‘Noise’ of Safety, Silence and Practicing of Mindfulness

December 30, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

With 10 tips at the end of the article on how to actively listen. See also: The Sound of Safety Snap, Crackle, Pop. That’s the Sound we Love to Hear Silences in Safety The ‘Noise’ of Safety, Silence and Practicing of Mindfulness When I was in Year 12 I completed my 5th year studying German. … [Read more...] about The ‘Noise’ of Safety, Silence and Practicing of Mindfulness

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: mindfulness, Noise, Safety, silence in safety

Just Toolbox it!

December 3, 2022 by Rob Sams Leave a Comment

Just Toolbox it! ‘Just Toolbox it!’ How often have you heard this term in risk and safety? It seems to be the key way we address safety concerns including incidents, hazards, a ‘safety alert’ or a ‘safety share’ As the name suggests, the ‘Toolbox Talk’ (also known as the ‘pre-start chat’, the … [Read more...] about Just Toolbox it!

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Humble Inquiry, Rob Sams, Toolbox Talks Tagged With: communication, conversation, Safety, telling, tool box talks

Understanding Conscience and Safety

November 13, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Understanding Conscience and Safety Conscience refers to an unconscious sense of ethics, most often associated with intuition and implicit knowledge. One’s conscience refers to a way of ethical decision making associated with heuristics and emotional sensemaking. Conscience informs judgment and … [Read more...] about Understanding Conscience and Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: conscience, hazardman, Safety, Safety dementia

The Perils Of Planning

September 29, 2022 by Rob Sams 2 Comments

Conversations on the Couch – The Perils of Planning Latest Video by Gab Carlton and Rob Sams. See the whole series HERE In risk and safety, and in life, we do a lot of planning. This can include things safety management plans, daily work plans and in life we are planning all the time - what to … [Read more...] about The Perils Of Planning

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Rob Sams, Safety Videos, Talking Risk Tagged With: management plans, planning, Safety

Safety for Luddites

September 20, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Safety for Luddites I often receive marketing for safety products and get astounded at the way ‘dumb down safety’ is seduced by technology. Often the assumption is that if we collect data on an iPad somehow safety is better. Or, if we use GPS or some kind of new technological product somehow we are … [Read more...] about Safety for Luddites

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Technology Tagged With: dumb down safety, ipad, luddites, Safety

The New Enemy of Safety – The Unconscious

July 30, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

I read with interest the ‘Safer Communities: Six Lessons in Health and Safety’ from the British Safety Council. The assumptions and hidden agenda of Lessons 1, 4, 5 and 6 are most concerning and demonstrate many of the problems associated with dumb down Safety. Here are the 6 lessons as a … [Read more...] about The New Enemy of Safety – The Unconscious

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Unconscious Tagged With: lessons learnt, Safety, unconscious

The Human Race…

July 20, 2022 by Rob Sams Leave a Comment

The Human Race… It’s Christmas, a time of the year that can create both a feeling of community and togetherness (we) while (ironically) also drawing us easily into a world of ‘I’ and ‘things’ (me). Christmas, set within the Christian tradition, is a story about the birth of Jesus as a human on … [Read more...] about The Human Race…

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety, Rob Sams, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: crusader, rat race, Safety

Top 10 Things About Safety and Risk That Only a Handful of People Know

June 1, 2022 by Admin 48 Comments

Top 10 Things About Safety and Risk That Only a Handful of People Know Republished by request  Here are 10 and a bit things about safety that I plucked from some recent blog posts, that singularly or collectively only a handful of people may know. Or, if they knew them, perhaps did not know … [Read more...] about Top 10 Things About Safety and Risk That Only a Handful of People Know

Filed Under: Humble Inquiry, Risk Homeostasis, Semiotics, Workplace Safety Tagged With: 1% safer, one percent safer, Safety, Zero Harm

Predictably Arational, Safety as a Superstition

September 30, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Predictably Arational, Safety as a Superstition One of the most annoying things about Daniel Ariely's book Predictably Irrational is that it allows risk and safety people to dismiss aspects of human decision making as stupid when they are not. The framing of the word ‘irrational’ is simply … [Read more...] about Predictably Arational, Safety as a Superstition

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: arational, bias, binary thinking, faith, OCD, Safety, safety moments, superstition

Safety Justifies Anything and Everything

May 8, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 17 Comments

Safety Justifies Anything and Everything Once we have the safety moral high ground we can offend anyone, because we care about them? Once I have this moral high ground I can manipulate data for my own ends, I can police others, crusade and oppress others because, in the name of care, I must drive … [Read more...] about Safety Justifies Anything and Everything

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: Bullying, Safety, Safety Overkill, Zero Harm

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