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The Silver Bullet

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Safety Silver Bullet I found it! You can buy your official silver bullet HERE >>>> The idea of finding a silver bullet is that there is a perfect solution to a problem. It’s a simple idea that comes from binary absolute thinking. Such thinking is very common in safety and proposes … [Read more...] about The Silver Bullet

Filed Under: critical thinking, Robert Long, Semiotics, Simplistic Safety, Wicked Problems Tagged With: AIHS, safety silver bullet, silver bullet

Safety Silver Bullet

April 13, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Latest article by Dr Robert Long which attacks the idea that one can solve a safety system problem by simply building ever expanding safety systems! Oh and a little swipe at BBS and Zero Harm! If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE. I highly recommend you check … [Read more...] about Safety Silver Bullet

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Leadership, Wicked Problems, Zero Harm Tagged With: 1% safer, BBS, one percent safer, safety culture, safety slogan, Safety Systems, silver bullet, Zero Harm

Could Understanding Grey Be The Silver Bullet

December 1, 2022 by Rob Sams 20 Comments

Could understanding Grey, be the ‘silver bullet’? Since I started writing on Safetyrisk.net in November 2013, I’ve received lots of great feedback thoughts, questions and even criticisms about my posts which I appreciate. A key theme of the feedback that I receive is that some of the concepts … [Read more...] about Could Understanding Grey Be The Silver Bullet

Filed Under: Risk Assessment, Robert Long, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: 1% safer, by-products, one percent safer, ppe, risk assessment, silver bullet, trade-offs, weick

Social Resilience

September 17, 2021 by Matt Thorne 2 Comments

Social Resilience Today’s drop with Matt Thorne from RiskDiversity,   Dave Whitefield from Semiosphere and Andrew Thornhill from Clarity Enabled, Episode 5 “Social Resilience” with Gabrielle Carlton, Head of Workplace Wellbeing & Education at Mental Illness Education ACT (MIEACT) “Sometimes … [Read more...] about Social Resilience

Filed Under: 3 Small Chat Rooms, Gabrielle Carlton, Resilience Tagged With: silver bullet

Ten Secrets to Risk and Safety Motivation and Ownership

May 4, 2017 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Ten Secrets to Risk and Safety Motivation and Ownership (republished by request) Here they are: 1. There are no secrets. What we need to know about motivation is already out there, trouble is, in the risk and safety sector, education in the social sciences is minimal. The best place to start is … [Read more...] about Ten Secrets to Risk and Safety Motivation and Ownership

Filed Under: Robert Long, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: motivation, ownership, Safety, Safety Incentives, safety professional, silver bullet

Lets Try Sense Based Safety

June 24, 2014 by Phil LaDuke 6 Comments

  Lets Try Sense Based Safety By Phil La Duke on his blog – READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE HERE Phil shares our same concerns over the proliferation of silver bullet, snake oil and the “next big thing” salesmen and reminds us of the 10 absolute truths about safety – GOLD! Extract: I belong to … [Read more...] about Lets Try Sense Based Safety

Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Phil LaDuke, Safety Incentives, Safety Leadership Tagged With: BBS, common sense, sense, silver bullet, snake oili

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