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Pay Attention and Be Aware or Safety Will Get You

June 24, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Pay Attention and Be Aware or Safety Will Get You One of the myths of the risk and safety industry is that attention and awareness can be switched on and switched off. That we can make ourselves conscious and then slip into unconsciousness. Of course, this is not real nor true but shows up all the … [Read more...] about Pay Attention and Be Aware or Safety Will Get You

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: awareness, unconscious

Learning Wisdom from the Collective Unconscious

June 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Learning Wisdom from the Collective Unconscious It was C.G Jung who named the ideas, language, aesthetics, art, dance, myth, symbols, values, artefacts and song shared between cultures as the ‘collective unconscious’. It is in these that we find the true meaning of culture. In 2018 I was asked to … [Read more...] about Learning Wisdom from the Collective Unconscious

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: collective mindfulness, unconscious

Non-Conscious Safety

June 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

Non-Conscious Safety No-one in safety seems to show much interest in the nature of consciousness or about the unconscious. One thing is for sure, trying to locate the unconscious or consciousness in the brain is a lost cause. The brain-as-computer metaphor doesn’t serve us well in understanding … [Read more...] about Non-Conscious Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: BBS, unconscious

The New Enemy of Safety – The Unconscious

June 15, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

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 6 lessons as a … [Read more...] about The New Enemy of Safety – The Unconscious

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Unconscious Tagged With: lessons learnt, Safety, unconscious

The Unconscious and the Soap Dispenser

May 21, 2023 by Max Geyer 38 Comments

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 … [Read more...] about The Unconscious and the Soap Dispenser

Filed Under: Max Geyer, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: behaviours, thinking group, unconscious

The Sully Effect

May 6, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

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 … [Read more...] about The Sully Effect

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: arational, unconscious

Embodied Being as Foundational to Culture and Risk

November 29, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Computers and AI don’t have fallible bodies and fallible bodies are essential for human learning. Without a fallible body there is no e-motion and emotions are essential for learning. Similarly, computers and AI have no unconscious and most learning occurs in the human unconscious. Similarly, … [Read more...] about Embodied Being as Foundational to Culture and Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Tagged With: AI, unconscious

Semiotics and Corporate Logo Fails

July 15, 2022 by Admin Leave a Comment

See also: Culture Silences in Safety – Semiotics It is unfortunate that some of organisations below didn't have a better understanding of semiotics when they were in the process of designing their corporate logos – scroll down to see the result but a WARNING – some may be offended, but most will … [Read more...] about Semiotics and Corporate Logo Fails

Filed Under: Safety Humor, Safety Photos, Semiotics Tagged With: failures, logos, semiotics, unconscious

Consciously Safe, Unconsciously Unsafe or Head in the Sand Safety

February 5, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Consciously Safe, Unconsciously Unsafe or Head in the Sand Safety Some of the silly language that exists in the safety industry that surfaces all of the time in the MiProfile survey is about ‘being careful’ and ‘being aware’ or ‘being mindful’ of safety. It is astounding just how much this … [Read more...] about Consciously Safe, Unconsciously Unsafe or Head in the Sand Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: MiProfile, unconscious

Practice, Repetition, Habit, Routine, Ritual and Decision Making in Risk

October 23, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Practice, Repetition, Habit, Routine, Ritual and Decision Making in Risk Most decisions made by people are unconscious. The idea that decision making is brain activity between individuals is simply not supported by the evidence (https://neurosciencenews.com/collective-intelligence-19512/ ). We know … [Read more...] about Practice, Repetition, Habit, Routine, Ritual and Decision Making in Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Unconscious Tagged With: behaviourism, heuristics, practice, unconscious

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