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The Search for Meaning in Safety Models

June 27, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

There is a huge chasm between three things: the intent and design (assumed philosophy) of a model, the semiotic diffusion of the model and what humans make of the model. Models and symbols are not neutral nor objective. All models are semiotics and as such seek to explain the inexplicable. This is … [Read more...] about The Search for Meaning in Safety Models

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Myths, Semiotics Tagged With: Bradley Curve, Heinrich’s pyramid, models, safety models, semiotics, Swiss Cheese Model

More Realistic Swiss Cheese Symbol

June 27, 2023 by Admin 2 Comments

Dr Rob Long’s recent Safety Myths Series touched quite a few nerves in the safety industry, particularly his piece: Myth and Symbols in Safety, where he suggested that we should deconstruct the projected ‘truths’ of linearity and causality of models such as Swiss Cheese, Dominoes, Bow Tie and … [Read more...] about More Realistic Swiss Cheese Symbol

Filed Under: Safety Myths, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: causation, iCue, Swiss Cheese Model

Why Metaphors Matter in Risk

June 10, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

  We all use metaphors in how we speak and communicate to each other. Metaphor is poetic language that requires imagination to understand how a bridge is created for understanding. A metaphor is a mechanism that uses an image to convey meaning about something else … [Read more...] about Why Metaphors Matter in Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: bowtie diagram, metaphors, SEEK, Swiss Cheese Model

SpoR and The BBS Myth

September 8, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Continuing our series on Safety Myths – see them all hereThe BBS Myth (https://safetyrisk.net/is-bbs-credible/) is founded on the erroneous assumptions of behaviourism. Behaviourism is an antiquated idea developed in the 1930s based on simplistic binary notions of humans as objects … [Read more...] about SpoR and The BBS Myth

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Robert Long, Safety Myths Tagged With: Bow-Tie, Swiss Cheese Model, Wickedity

This Is Not A Pipe

September 1, 2022 by Matt Thorne 1 Comment

In a recent blog by Dr Rob Long, “Myths and Symbols In Safety”,  Rob has stirred some great discussions about myths and symbols in safety. Rob is polemic in nature and writes in a way to give pause to think. And to state is upfront, Rob is a friend and mentor and I study with him via the CLLR … [Read more...] about This Is Not A Pipe

Filed Under: Matt Thorne, Safety Myths, Semiotics Tagged With: groupspace, headspace, Swiss Cheese Model, workspace

The Rhizome as a Learning Model for Risk

July 17, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

I have written before about the semiotic/metaphor of the rhizome (https://safetyrisk.net/like-a-rhizome-cowboy/ ), introduced by Deleuze as a model for understanding learning and knowing. Deleuze was interested in ‘becoming’ and in the ‘hidden third’, a common concept in Transdisciplinarity. Deleuze … [Read more...] about The Rhizome as a Learning Model for Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: learning, Swiss Cheese Model

Zero as a Semiotic

May 29, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

heinrichs pyramid

Zero as a Semiotic When we look at the image (semiotic) of zero there is much that is going on unconsciously. The idea of zero in risk and safety may have originally started as some naïve quest for no injuries but it has evolved to become the iconic anchor for a religious movement. The Spirit of … [Read more...] about Zero as a Semiotic

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics Tagged With: archetype, Archetypes, Heinrich’s pyramid, safety archetype, Swiss Cheese Model, transdisciplinarity

The Swiss Cheese Addiction and Covid Delusion

October 28, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Swiss Cheese Addiction and Covid Delusion Symbols say much more than themselves just as intuition is more than we can say (Polanyi). However, when it comes to safety that deems symbols to be truth and metaphors to be reality we have addictions to models and symbols that are neither truthful nor … [Read more...] about The Swiss Cheese Addiction and Covid Delusion

Filed Under: Covid-19, critical thinking, Robert Long Tagged With: Swiss Cheese Model

Safety Superstitions

December 2, 2017 by Admin Leave a Comment

Safety Superstitions One of the trade-offs in the limited STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) curriculum (https://safetyrisk.net/isnt-it-time-we-reformed-the-whs-curriculum/) in safety is its inability to perceive its own religious trends and superstitions … [Read more...] about Safety Superstitions

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: risk matrix, Safety, superstition, Swiss Cheese Model

A Critique of Pure Reason

October 12, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 47 Comments

A Critique of Pure Reason - (With Apologies to Immanuel Kant) There is not a week goes by without someone suggesting I should read James Reason or that I haven’t read James Reason. I am also advised that I don’t read James Reason properly because somehow all worldviews must be in agreement, … [Read more...] about A Critique of Pure Reason

Filed Under: Human Error, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: James Reason, Swiss Cheese Model, Zero Harm

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