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The Deficit Focus and Safety Balance

February 21, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Deficit Focus and Safety Balance So much of the activity of safety has a focus on the deficit nature of loss. Safety, by its very remit counts the number of times things are unsafe, when things go wrong. Rather than take a focus on the abundances of fallibility, the wealth of goodness in … [Read more...] about The Deficit Focus and Safety Balance

Filed Under: critical thinking, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: deficit, vision zero

Zero Survey Update

November 13, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

We first launched the Zero Survey 2 years ago and safety people have been steadily responding to it. You can respond here: https://spor.com.au/zero-vision-survey/ We reported findings of the survey after one day (https://safetyrisk.net/first-report-on-zero-survey/) and since then with more than … [Read more...] about Zero Survey Update

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: 1% safer, vision zero, zero vision

The Less You See, the More Likely to Die

October 14, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Less You See, the More Likely to Die Recent research shows that vision impairment is related to death rate (https://neurosciencenews.com/mortality-visual-impairment-17960/). So if you say you spruik zero, then better get out your glasses. I wrote all about the nature of vision in my latest … [Read more...] about The Less You See, the More Likely to Die

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: AIHS BoK, vision zero

Zero is Meaningless

September 13, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 10 Comments

If you’re ready for a laugh look at the latest missive from the zero vision mob – global Safety. As Covid-19 cases climb over 2 million globally and fatalities over 130,000 (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ ) out comes Safety with language of harm minimization. Yes, in the latest … [Read more...] about Zero is Meaningless

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: vision zero

It’s Zero or Nothing for Global Safety

March 5, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

It’s Zero or Nothing for Global Safety The grand delusion of the safety industry is zero. This is the most divisive, dumb, unbelievable and ignorant development in the history of any industry. As long as this ideology, dogma and doctrine remain at its centre, the industry will never become … [Read more...] about It’s Zero or Nothing for Global Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: vision zero

Performance, Conformance and Informance in Safety

December 17, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

Performance, Conformance and Informance in Safety Eberle states in Dangerous Words that: ‘Much religious language ‘performs’ rather than ‘informs’. So much of what is ‘performed’ in the name of safety is more about theatre than reality. After all the completion of paperwork done as ‘tick and … [Read more...] about Performance, Conformance and Informance in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: conformance, performance, vision zero

An investigation into the effectiveness of “Journey to Zero” programs

October 15, 2021 by Admin 5 Comments

Setting goals and measuring performance – an investigation into the effectiveness of “Journey to Zero” programs By Karoly Ban Matei – First published here Disclaimer: To avoid any potential disclosure of private information the names of the organizations in the study have been changed and their … [Read more...] about An investigation into the effectiveness of “Journey to Zero” programs

Filed Under: Zero Harm Tagged With: journey to zero, vision zero, zero vision

Zero is a Delusion

October 12, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Zero is a Delusion I get sent so many crazy scams (https://safetyrisk.net/how-to-run-a-safety-scam/ ) and links by people every day, associated with the delusion of zero. The latest is this one: The Patient Safety Movement (https://patientsafetymovement.org/ ). The language of the site says it all. … [Read more...] about Zero is a Delusion

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: patient safety movement, vision zero, Zero Harm

Videos on Zero, Grab Your Bucket

April 16, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Videos on Zero, Grab Your Bucket No, not a bucket of popcorn but an empty bucket in case you vomit. There are 24 videos on the site, all premised on statements of faith/belief, all ‘framed’ by the first two animated logo videos ‘We believe’. Yep, you have it, the Trinitarian logo of zero is framed … [Read more...] about Videos on Zero, Grab Your Bucket

Filed Under: Robert Long, Vision Zero Tagged With: beliefs, vision zero

The Tyranny of Time in Risk

April 14, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

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

Filed Under: Robert Long, Vision Zero Tagged With: satisficing, time, vision zero

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