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’ … [Read more...] about An Ethic of Mandate in Safety
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Safety Naivety and the Delusions of KISS
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 … [Read more...] about Safety Naivety and the Delusions of KISS
Our World is not your Ash Tray
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 … [Read more...] about Our World is not your Ash Tray
Bridging the Disciplines for Better Outcomes
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 … [Read more...] about Bridging the Disciplines for Better Outcomes
And the Innovation is? More Controls…..
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 … [Read more...] about And the Innovation is? More Controls…..
Risk and Safety as a Wicked Problem
Introduction It is nearly ten years since the outstanding research by Wagner and Associates ‘Safety - A Wicked Problem’ was published … [Read more...] about Risk and Safety as a Wicked Problem
Independent Thinking in an Uncertain World, A Mind of One’s Own
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 … [Read more...] about Independent Thinking in an Uncertain World, A Mind of One’s Own
The Loathing of Limits
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 … [Read more...] about The Loathing of Limits
