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SOCD – Safety Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

June 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

SOCD – Safety Obsessive Compulsive Disorder I read an interesting article on the Safety Differently blog today and it made me think that safety is a disorder for some people. In the discussion The Safety-fication of Everything I couldn’t help think just how sad some things have become in the … [Read more...] about SOCD – Safety Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Professional, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: OCD, Safety, semiotics

Predictably Arational, Safety as a Superstition

September 30, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Predictably Arational, Safety as a Superstition One of the most annoying things about Daniel Ariely's book Predictably Irrational is that it allows risk and safety people to dismiss aspects of human decision making as stupid when they are not. The framing of the word ‘irrational’ is simply … [Read more...] about Predictably Arational, Safety as a Superstition

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: arational, bias, binary thinking, faith, OCD, Safety, safety moments, superstition

Risk and Safety Rituals

January 21, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 13 Comments

Risk and Safety Rituals Rituals are the foundation of cultural belonging and identity. You can’t really understand or influence culture without a good grasp of rituals and artefacts. The idea that behaviours (‘what we do around here’) define culture is one of the grand delusions of simplistic … [Read more...] about Risk and Safety Rituals

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture, Safety Induction, Semiotics, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: attribution, OCD, safety culture, safety rituals, semiotics

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