No Time to Walk, No Time for Conversation I often get opportunity to chat to safety people about their work in safety. Many write to me about what they are expected to do by their organisations compared to what they think they should be doing. Most are caught up in excessive paperwork, needless … [Read more...] about No Time to Walk, No Time for Conversation
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The Tyranny of Time in Risk
The Tyranny of Time in Risk One of the challenges of tackling risk is ‘satisficing’. Human persons cannot know everything and so each day based on limited knowledge, venture forward not knowing the outcome. Each new step is a step of unknowing in risk but also a step in learning. This is how humans … [Read more...] about The Tyranny of Time in Risk
Down Time for Some Good Unlearning
Nothing is as poor for learning as busyness. You can be so busy that you have no time to reflect and ask yourself key questions like: · Where is this taking me? · What is the trajectory? · What is this process doing to me? · How is this process humanizing? · How can this be helpful? · Does … [Read more...] about Down Time for Some Good Unlearning
Real Risk for Real Life
Real Risk for Real Life The problems of death and time lay at the heart of all religious consciousness. This is why Risk and Safety are fundamentally religious activities. Risk and Safety are all about ‘risk from’ and ‘safety to’. Risk and Safety are about freedom from death which is inevitable in … [Read more...] about Real Risk for Real Life
