Many traffic authorities and road transport groups continue to manufacture the delusions of zero harm (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/zero-the-great-safety-delusion/ ), none more so than Transport for NSW Toward Zero Campaign (https://towardszero.nsw.gov.au/). They have kept up this … [Read more...] about When The Goal is Zero, Make Sure You Don’t Address Anything Significant
Zero Harm
The Harm You Cannot See
One of the most profound deficiencies of the zero-harm cult is its focus on the physical. The zero-vision quest is a quest to count visible injury rates with no expertise to understand the nature of social-psychological and cultural harm. An example of the kind of harm I am talking about was … [Read more...] about The Harm You Cannot See
It’s Business as Usual in Safety
It’s Business as Usual in Safety Recently the SIA released a report ‘The Business Case for Safe, Healthy and Productive Work’ (Nov 2014). Commissioned by Safe Work Australia and the SIA the work is authored by the International Governance and Performance Research Centre at Macquarie University. The … [Read more...] about It’s Business as Usual in Safety
Risk, Safety and Fundamental Attribution Error
Risk, Safety and Fundamental Attribution Error What do they say about damn lies and statistics? Well, maybe safety hasn’t heard about that one, nor it seems has the CFMEU or ACT Regulator. Recently the Secretary of the CFMEU trotted out yet again the statistic that the ACT Building and Construction … [Read more...] about Risk, Safety and Fundamental Attribution Error
Snap, Crackle, Pop. That’s the Sound we Love to Hear
Snap, Crackle, Pop. That’s the Sound we Love to Hear Rice Krispies were first released by Kellogg in 1928, and introduced in Australia as Rice Bubbles. The breakfast cereal is made of ‘crisped’ rice (toasted rice). The marketing that accompanied the launch of Rice Bubbles was associated with the … [Read more...] about Snap, Crackle, Pop. That’s the Sound we Love to Hear
Santa, Myths and Regulators.
Santa, Myths and Regulators. I was at a building site yesterday and up pulled a ute full of cases of beer, gifts for loyal and faithful service. A few weeks ago the same company hired a cruise boat for a Christmas party complete with endless alcohol and strippers as a way of saying thanks to the … [Read more...] about Santa, Myths and Regulators.
Safety Surveys, Bias and Predictability
Safety Surveys, Bias and Predictability Rob’s new Book: “Following-Leading in Risk” is a MUST READ if you think you already know about Leadership. CHECK IT OUT This week Safe Work Australia released a report on Attitudes Towards Risk Taking and Rule Breaking in Australian Workplaces . The report … [Read more...] about Safety Surveys, Bias and Predictability
Sexy Curves and the Paradox of Risk
Sexy Curves and the Paradox of Risk Rob’s new Book: “Following-Leading in Risk” is a MUST READ if you think you already know about Leadership. CHECK IT OUT One of the modern myths of mechanistic safety is that injury rates have been coming down for the last 100 years. Presenters love to parade the … [Read more...] about Sexy Curves and the Paradox of Risk
Subliminal and Subconscious Influence
I recently had the absolute pleasure of watching Rob Long present some of his brilliant ideas. He had a series of little tricks and games that showed how easily our minds can be influenced by what we continuously see and hear, even if it is rather subtle or even subliminal. Try the one he has … [Read more...] about Subliminal and Subconscious Influence
Military Metaphors in Safety
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