The New Enemy of Safety – The Unconscious 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 […]
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Actions in ‘Bad Faith’
Actions in ‘Bad Faith’ Dan Petersen writes at the start of Chapter 8 in Human-Error Reduction and Safety Management (p. 109): ‘The decision to err, or to work unsafely, is often a very logical choice that is made either consciously or unconsciously by the worker.’ Of course this is a non-sense, many actions we take […]
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The Sully Effect
The Sully Effect I wrote recently about the Bradbury Effect that is, the delusion that there is no chance, luck, randomness and fundamental attribution error. A critical part of the Bradbury effect is the attribution of value to denial in the light of hindsight bias. It’s amazing how smart we become as humans when we […]
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Scenario Learning in Risk and Safety
Scenario Learning in Risk and Safety One of the best ways of learning safety is through scenarios. Scenarios are constructed to either replicate real situations to maximize perception of recognizable cues or, to enhance the imagination of possibilities. One of the greatest capabilities a safety person can have is a creative imagination. Most times when […]
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Semiotics and the Unconscious Messages We Send
Semiotics and the Unconscious Messages We Send I’ve just returned from another mind blowing few days with Dr Rob Long, Craig Ashhurst and a great group of cohorts, as part of my studies for the Graduate Certificate in the Psychology of Risk. This unit was: “Communicating and Consulting About Risk” and mostly covered the importance […]
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Semiotics and Corporate Logo Fails
Semiotics and Corporate Logo Fails Our good friend and author of Its All in The Sign, Max Geyer, has just undertaken a redesign of his company logo as part of an overall revamp of his business. Being “Risk Savvy” he consulted far and wide with his friends and colleagues and the result is pretty impressive […]
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The Unconscious and the Soap Dispenser
The Unconscious and the Soap Dispenser I just came from a “Thinking Group” meeting where the topic of conversation was around conscious and unconscious thinking and about how our unconscious takes care of many of our decisions as we go about our day. In particular we talked about how when incidents happen, quite often the […]
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THE INFLUENCE OF VISUAL STIMULI ON THE UNCONSCIOUS
This is one of the assignments from the Post Grad in Psychology of Risk being run by Dr Rob Long (more details about the course here) Felix has given me permission to send it to you, if you think readers would be interested. THE INFLUENCE OF VISUAL STIMULI ON THE UNCONSCIOUS by Felix Cheng – […]
