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The Loathing of Limits

January 7, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

The Loathing of Limits I was listening to an ABC podcast called Minefield last week about ‘Needs of the Soul, Hardship’ and heard one of the presenters Scott Stephens say that humans have always had a sense of ‘loathing limits’. Scott Stephens is the Online Editor of Religion and Ethics for the ABC … [Read more...] about The Loathing of Limits

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: satisficing, wicked problems

Risk and Safety as a Wicked Problem

November 5, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

Introduction It is nearly ten years since the outstanding research by Wagner and Associates ‘Safety - A Wicked Problem’ was published (http://www.peterwagner.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Safety-A-Wicked-Problem2.pdf). The project examined responses by prominent CEOs to common problems associated in … [Read more...] about Risk and Safety as a Wicked Problem

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Clutter, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: semantics, STEM, transcoherence, transdisciplinary approach, wicked problems, Wickedity

An Ethic of Mandate in Safety

September 27, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

An Ethic of Mandate in Safety Ensuring a safe workplace is foundational to WHS: morally, legally and ethically. When it comes to the ‘wicked problem’ (https://safetyrisk.net/risk-and-safety-as-a-wicked-problem/ ) of ethics in risk there are no simple answers or ‘fixes’. Indeed, to speak in … [Read more...] about An Ethic of Mandate in Safety

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long, Wicked Problems Tagged With: AIHS BoK on Ethics, mandate, sense making, wicked problems

Safety Naivety and the Delusions of KISS

September 5, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

Safety Naivety and the Delusions of KISS Ah the KISS principle, its so simple: tell the rule, police the rule, punish the offender. That’s the safety way, why make things so hard when a good dose of brutalism will do. Sorry Safety that’s not the real world. If Covid has taught you anything it … [Read more...] about Safety Naivety and the Delusions of KISS

Filed Under: Robert Long, Simplistic Safety Tagged With: KISS principle, linguistics, wicked problems

Our World is not your Ash Tray

April 27, 2020 by Admin 1 Comment

Guest Post by Brian Darlington. His previous post: https://safetyrisk.net/my-thoughts-during-a-walk-in-the-forests-in-vienna/ In one of my previous blogs , I wrote about how crazy it is of governments to try control peoples habits like smoking during the lock-downs related to the Corona virus by … [Read more...] about Our World is not your Ash Tray

Filed Under: Covid-19, Environment, Health, Wicked Problems Tagged With: coronavirus, habits, Smoking, wicked problems

Bridging the Disciplines for Better Outcomes

January 13, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

One of the challenges of a closed knowledge culture is that such will not help us meet the needs of the future. Whether one understands intractable complexity as a ‘wicked problem’ or just complexity there is no doubt that the days of silos and closed disciplines are over. What we observe in the … [Read more...] about Bridging the Disciplines for Better Outcomes

Filed Under: CLLR, Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: Bok, transdisciplinary approach, wicked problems

And the Innovation is? More Controls…..

November 7, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

One of the great anxieties about Safety is the lack of control. If there was a favourite word for the safety industry, this would be it - controls. This is what attracts Safety to the language of numerics and mechanistic worldviews. Even when it transfers to an interest to neuroscience, psychology … [Read more...] about And the Innovation is? More Controls…..

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: safety controls, STEM, transdisciplinary approach, wicked problems

Independent Thinking in an Uncertain World, A Mind of One’s Own

September 5, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

  This is the title of a book recently released on Earthscan Press (2019) coming out of ANU lead by Valerie Brown and John Harris. One of our SPoR associates Craig Ashhurst has a chapter in the book on ‘Transcoherence, labels and wicked problems’. Craig has just completed his PhD at ANU in the … [Read more...] about Independent Thinking in an Uncertain World, A Mind of One’s Own

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: nsca, transcoherence, wicked problems

Culture About Much More Than Structure

April 23, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Culture About Much More Than Structure One’s assumptions about what defines culture limits or expands culture itself. One thing is for sure, culture is about much more than organizational structures and systems. Indeed, culture is such a wicked problem … [Read more...] about Culture About Much More Than Structure

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: culture, wicked problems

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