Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the Quest for Certainty in Safety
The repetition of rituals, habits and ceremonies offer comfort to those seeking certainty. This creates a sense of safety…
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The Repression of Uncertainty
The Repression of Uncertainty The belief is that the solution to every safety problem must be a rational systems…
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Hazards and Controls – Risks and Uncertainty
There’s no doubt about it, Safety loves the language of ‘hazards’ and ‘controls’. It loves those hazard registers with…
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Radical Uncertainty
Radical Uncertainty I’m not an economist but we have much we can learn from other disciplines. Kay and King’s…
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The Focus Should Be on Risk, Not Safety
One of the central problems with Safety is its focus on safety, a temporary outcome. The real focus of…
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The Certainty of Uncertainty
The Certainty of Uncertainty I have written recently on the nature of uncertainty (https://safetyrisk.net/radical-uncertainty/) and its relationship to risk….
