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Military Metaphors in Safety

February 8, 2025 by Dr Rob Long 47 Comments

Military Metaphors in Safety Check out Rob’s new book: Following-Leading in Risk Weick (1979) tells us that organizing is ‘a consensually validated grammar for reducing equivocality by means of sensible interlocking behaviours’. Wow, what a definition and so much jammed into that definition. What … [Read more...] about Military Metaphors in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: dissonence, metaphors, military, risk, rules, taleb, weick, Zero Harm

Safety is an Art

December 7, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 52 Comments

Safety has much more to do with Art, History and Philosophy than it has to do with Science, Engineering and Law. I recently wrote The Target Drives the Method about the subjectivity of determining ‘significance’ that is a precursor to this discussion. Despite the perception that so many in safety … [Read more...] about Safety is an Art

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: art, engineering, injury data, laws, Safety, science, weick

Understanding The Social Psychology of Risk – Prof Karl E. Weick

August 10, 2024 by Admin Leave a Comment

Understanding The Social Psychology of Risk – Prof Karl E. Weick The contribution of Prof. Karl E. Weick to the genre of social psychology is enormous. (His 5 key texts are listed below). I first read Weick in 1985 as part of my Master’s Thesis at Sydney University and would count my contact with … [Read more...] about Understanding The Social Psychology of Risk – Prof Karl E. Weick

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: free download, sense making, social psychology, weick, Zero Harm

Organisations are Social Institutions

June 29, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Organisations are Social Institutions I saw a meme the other day from the safety sphere that stated: ‘We, all of us, are just one new executive away from having to start again at the very beginning’. Of course, this is utter nonsense. The idea that ‘we’ (the organized) are shaped by the shifting of … [Read more...] about Organisations are Social Institutions

Filed Under: Just Culture, Robert Long, Safety Differently Tagged With: archetype, Archetypes, just culture, safety archetype, weick

Framing Folly and Fantasy in Safety

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

Framing Folly and Fantasy in Safety Research by published in the Orthomolecular Psychiatry Journal shows that humans can be primed by colour. Advertisers and political strategists know that colours can ‘frame’ the way people receive a message. The choice of a red or blue tie is most important for a … [Read more...] about Framing Folly and Fantasy in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: fantasy, framing, loss aversion, safety message, weick, Zero Harm

Understanding Systems and Ecologies in Risk

June 24, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Understanding Systems and Ecologies in Risk It was Karl Weick (1979) who defined organizing as: ‘consensually validated grammar for reducing equivocality by means of sensible interlocking behaviours’. This is such a comprehensive definition of how humans organize. If we think of organizing as … [Read more...] about Understanding Systems and Ecologies in Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety systems Tagged With: systems, weick

Making Sense of Safety Management Systems

June 24, 2023 by Admin 1 Comment

Making Sense of Safety Management Systems Guest Post by George Stavrou - SH&E Manager. This was an assignment submitted as part of his studies at The Centre For Leadership, Learning and Risk My car has started showing signs of ageing, signalling upcoming costly repairs. In other words, it’s … [Read more...] about Making Sense of Safety Management Systems

Filed Under: CLLR, Safety systems, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: sensemaking, Ssafety Management Systems, weick

Social Psychology Applied to the Discernment of Risk

June 23, 2023 by Admin 7 Comments

Social Psychology Applied to the Discernment of Risk During April 2015, good mates and study buddies (and authors on this blog) Gab Carlton, Max Geyer, Rob Sams and James Ellis attended the Society of Australasian Social Psychologist (SASP) Conference held in Newcastle. While Rob Sams has provided … [Read more...] about Social Psychology Applied to the Discernment of Risk

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: mindfullness, social psychology of risk, weick

History and Hindsight in Safety

May 26, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 21 Comments

History and Hindsight in Safety In this post I wish to continue the discussion about significance through a discussion of history. It was Weick who said: ‘I don’t know what I believe until I see what I do’. In other words, everything we ‘know’ is retrospective. Humans have unlimited hindsight but … [Read more...] about History and Hindsight in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: hindsight, history, injury statistics, weick, Zero Harm

Process driven or People driven? What’s your Focus?

May 26, 2023 by Gabrielle Carlton Leave a Comment

Process driven or People driven? What’s your Focus? I had the privilege last weekend to be with a family grieving for one of their family members, Margaret, in ICU. I was sitting with them beside her as she fought for her life. At first I found myself being an observer. I sat back and took it all … [Read more...] about Process driven or People driven? What’s your Focus?

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Safety systems, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: automaticity, instinct, people, process, weick

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