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I’m just not that into safety anymore

June 24, 2023 by Rob Sams Leave a Comment

Read the sequel to this article: I’m Still Not That Into Safety Our most popular article out of 3007! Why do you think that is? Rob's courage and honesty has certainly touched some nerves! I’m just not that into safety anymore I have spoken with a number of Managers over the past few months who have … [Read more...] about I’m just not that into safety anymore

Filed Under: Positive Safety Stuff, Relationships, Rob Sams, Safety Culture, Safety Procedures, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: compliance, not into safety, people, safe workplace

Psychology of Persuasion: Top 5 influencing skills for getting what you want

September 26, 2020 by Mark Perrett 6 Comments

Psychology of Persuasion: Top 5 influencing skills for getting what you want - with Mark Perrett The most successful coaches, consultants and leaders influence people using intrinsic motivation rather than pushing fear and threats of non-compliance. In this video, using the science and … [Read more...] about Psychology of Persuasion: Top 5 influencing skills for getting what you want

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety, Relationships Tagged With: infuencing skills, persuasion

Safety Politics as Ideological Homogeneity

March 11, 2018 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Safety Politics as Ideological Homogeneity One of the reasons you don’t hear much discussion about politics and ethics in the safety industry is due to naivety and unprofessional approaches to education. One cannot claim the word ‘professional’ unless one is prepared to acknowledge that all … [Read more...] about Safety Politics as Ideological Homogeneity

Filed Under: Leadership, Relationships, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: politics, power

Keep Your Nose Out Of My Homelife

July 10, 2017 by Phil LaDuke Leave a Comment

Keep Your Nose Out Of My Homelife By Phil La Duke and first published HERE For many people working in the safety field, safety is less a job than an obsession. For some safety is the zealous pursuit of safety in all circumstances—at work, at home, at play; everywhere. In this approach lies the … [Read more...] about Keep Your Nose Out Of My Homelife

Filed Under: Phil LaDuke, Relationships, Risk Aversion Tagged With: Home Safety

What If I Valued People And Not Safety?

June 23, 2016 by Dave Whitefield 5 Comments

What If I Valued People And Not Safety? When organisations say that their number one priority is safety, it can have some unexpected outcomes. Setting, and stating, organisational priorities and values is a wicked problem to begin with. Nothing is neutral and everything has meaning, so when … [Read more...] about What If I Valued People And Not Safety?

Filed Under: Relationships, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: exformation, fallibility

You know you’ve been ‘on site’ for weeks (years) when…….

May 13, 2016 by Drewie 3 Comments

You know you've been 'on site' for weeks (years) when....... Really cool post by (Drewie) Dionne Drew - Client Relationship Manager. Senior Safety Coach. Leadership/Safety Performance Consultant. First published HERE on LinkedIn Change of pace for me here, keeping it light-hearted, though on re … [Read more...] about You know you’ve been ‘on site’ for weeks (years) when…….

Filed Under: FIFO, Hard Hat Mentor, Mining Safety, Relationships Tagged With: FIFO

Please Don’t Try to Fix Me – I’m Not a Machine

January 8, 2016 by Rob Sams 3 Comments

Please Don’t Try to Fix Me - I’m Not a Machine My good friend Brian is a ‘tinkerer’, a very good one. If there’s work to be done on a machine Brian is your ‘go to man’. He can analyse, adjust, maintain or fix most things mechanical. For example, I recently bought a second hand lawnmower that wasn’t … [Read more...] about Please Don’t Try to Fix Me – I’m Not a Machine

Filed Under: Relationships, Resilience, Rob Sams, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: dehumanisation, dekker, fix, machines, reductionism, resilience

The Village Effect

January 3, 2016 by Rob Sams 9 Comments

The Village Effect There are many different approaches adopted by organisations to support people injured at work. These include consultant doctors, on-site Physiotherapy, free and confidential psychologists (EAP), ‘case-conferencing’ and specialized rehabilitation providers. All of which can be … [Read more...] about The Village Effect

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Relationships, Rob Sams, Social Psychology of Risk, Workers Compensation Tagged With: Injury, pinker, village effect, workers compensation

The Dangers of Being an Expert

April 2, 2015 by Rob Sams 12 Comments

I have always loved the saying that an Expert is just a “has been drip under pressure” (Ex Spurt). However, this insightful new article by Rob Sams takes it wonderfully more deeper than that. Enjoy: The Dangers of Being an Expert It can feel good to win and argument or be perceived as the most … [Read more...] about The Dangers of Being an Expert

Filed Under: Relationships, Safety Professional Tagged With: conversation, expert, human, reflecting, relationships

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