TRIFR Safety Zombies The surge in interest in the zombie phenomena (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie) across media, social media, movies and literature is extensive. The zombie apocalypse (societal breakdown) projects a widespread (usually global) rise of zombies hostile to human life that … [Read more...] about TRIFR Safety Zombies
Zero Harm
Safety and The Sunk Cost Fallacy
Safety and The Sunk Cost Fallacy In a recent debate on LinkedIn the discussion turned to the effectiveness or otherwise of concepts such as zero harm, BBS and other safety fads. Someone asked the question: “if so many people realise that this stuff doesn't work or is even harmful then why do we … [Read more...] about Safety and The Sunk Cost Fallacy
The 10 Definitive Rules For Safety Culture Improvement
The 10 Definitive Rules For Safety Culture Improvement: I really did want to stop at 10 but 11 is such an underrated number and rule No11 provides a great summary and round up of the top 10. After 30 years in risk and safety and 6 years posting 3000 articles and reading all the awesome comments on … [Read more...] about The 10 Definitive Rules For Safety Culture Improvement
Safety is not Just a Choice
Safety is not Just a Choice Guest post by Dr Rob Long from Human Dymensions The trouble with simplistic approaches to the complexities of human decision making and risk is the fictional projection of good, attributed to outcomes. The idea that ‘safety is a choice’ is absolute nonsense, how … [Read more...] about Safety is not Just a Choice
The Non-Science of Safety Science
The Non-Science of Safety Science By Dr Rob Long We seem to throw words about in the safety community like hoop-la at a school fete. This not only applies to the use of the word ‘culture’ but also to destructive terminology that undermines the sensibility of understanding risk. Expressions … [Read more...] about The Non-Science of Safety Science
Ten Risk and Safety Program Essentials
Ten Risk and Safety Program Essentials Guest article Dr Rob Long from Human Dymensions. Image sent in by a reader of this blog. I read yet another ‘beyond zero’ website the other day and never stop to be amazed at just how much people accept nonsense language and spin. The site claimed to take … [Read more...] about Ten Risk and Safety Program Essentials
Words Can Change Your Brain
Words Can Change Your Brain: 12 Conversation Strategies to Build Trust, Resolve Conflict and Increase Intimacy Guest post by Dr Rob Long for the thinkers out there. I highly recommend Rob’s new book “Real Risk” This is the title of a wonderful book by Newberg whose research confirms the … [Read more...] about Words Can Change Your Brain
Selective and Slow Harm is not Zero Harm
Selective and Slow Harm is not Zero Harm Every time I go onto a zero harm site it is interesting to see what they stock in vending machines and what language is spoken on site about selective methods of harm. The three most culturally accepted substances of harm are sugar, salt and alcohol. The … [Read more...] about Selective and Slow Harm is not Zero Harm
There is Another Ethic than Zero Accidents
Editors note: In a comment in the article “The Worm at The Core” a reader directed me to an article by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in which they decree that “Accidents are not approved or permitted” - That statement really did something to me so this article by Dr Rob Long was very … [Read more...] about There is Another Ethic than Zero Accidents
Mental Health, Risk and Safety – Part 2
Mental Health, Risk and Safety - Part 2 Part 2 of one of the most popular articles we have ever published, by Dr Rob Long from Human Dymensions. and author of the book “Real Risk” In the previous blog (Mental Health, Risk and Safety Part 1) I discussed the invisibility of mental health in risk … [Read more...] about Mental Health, Risk and Safety – Part 2