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Psychosocial Controls and Measures for Who?

August 2, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The fixation and psychosis of the safety industry with ‘controls’ and ‘measures’ creates the delusion that psychosocial issues can be controlled and measured. When it comes to psychosocial issues, the last thing that helps is quantitative language and simplistic mythology. And the latest Worksafe … [Read more...] about Psychosocial Controls and Measures for Who?

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety, Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS BoK Chapter on Ethics, ALARP, Psychological Safety, Psychosocial Controls, Stress, worksafe

Don’t Stress on the Investigation

March 7, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Don’t Stress on the Investigation Whenever we discuss culture and investigations in SPoR we always discuss the nature of stress and temperament (unconscious type) and how both of these affect interviewee, interviewer and the collective unconscious. We know from the Culture Cloud (See Figure 1. … [Read more...] about Don’t Stress on the Investigation

Filed Under: Investigation, Robert Long, Semiotics Tagged With: neuroscience, Stress

The Stress Observation Safety Dilemma

May 21, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Have you overrated your Safety Observation Skills?. Article by Dr Robert Long. 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 SENSE” The Stress Observation Safety Dilemma I recently conducted a MiProfile … [Read more...] about The Stress Observation Safety Dilemma

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Training Tagged With: safety culture, Safety Observations, Stress

Safety Under Stress

September 20, 2014 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

Safety Under Stress Stress is a part of living, the pressure of being a fallible being in a complex world is stressful, but is stress bad? In what ways are humans stressed and how does this affect the discerning of risk and safety? There are four kinds of stress and each affects humans socially, … [Read more...] about Safety Under Stress

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safe Behaviours, Safety Culture, Stress Tagged With: Safety, safety culture, Stress

Safety for the mind

December 9, 2012 by Admin Leave a Comment

Safety for the mind Clutter in your home clutters your mind and your life.  De-cluttering is a constant process, but it doesn’t have to be stressful. Once a week go through the areas where items are just put down and work out the need for this item. Especially this time of year where School … [Read more...] about Safety for the mind

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: clean home, clutter, de-clutter, Home Safety, mind, Stress

8 Fast Tips To Ensure Health And Safety In The Workplace

September 9, 2012 by Admin Leave a Comment

  Tips To Maintain A Healthy And Safe Workplace Guest Article For businesses and companies to operate effectively, it is important to ensure that the employees are provided with a safe working environment. The law requires that employers follow safety regulations that make the workplace safe … [Read more...] about 8 Fast Tips To Ensure Health And Safety In The Workplace

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