By Barry Spud, Visiting Professor of Ancient Compliance Management has offered me a few weeks’ holiday during our major plant upgrade. Flights, accommodation, everything. “We’d like the engineers and workers to get on with it,” the manager explained. I was delighted. Clearly, they wanted to protect my strategic thinking from operational distractions. They also suggested… Read More Barry Spud Heads to Egypt: The Plant Upgrade Begins with His Departure

By Barry Spud, Director of Approved Learning I authorised Kevin to attend some Social Psychology of Risk workshops because I support professional development. Within limits. I expected him to return with a certificate, a new acronym or two, more post nominals and renewed appreciation for my leadership. Instead, he returned with questions. Not the questions… Read More Kevin Returns from SPoR: Emergency Reinduction Required

By Barry Spud, Chief Ethics Officer (Self-Appointed) Until recently, I thought ethics were people from other countries. “We already welcome ethics,” I told Kevin. “Everyone gets the same induction.” “You’re thinking of ethnicity.” An unfortunate misunderstanding. I had already ordered flags for Ethics Awareness Week. Kevin then sent me Rob Long’s Mapping an Ethic of… Read More Barry Spud Discovers Ethics: Unfortunately, It Applies to Him

In this episode we look at useful safety semiotics such as this: Whilst it does provide solid information on the topic somehow, it’s important for safety to throw in zero harm in the banner. This serves absolutely no purpose and contributes nothing to the guide. Episode 8 is here: brhttps://safetyrisk.net/instructional-semiotics-safety-semiotic-8/ Prompt

In Episode 7 on safety semiotics, we see some interesting and contrasting approaches to how safety is presented. We see a continued fixation with the coloured risk matrix as if it was handed down with the 10 Commandments by Moses. This one is a classic. It is so strange this belief that the risk matrix… Read More The Sacred Risk Matrix – Episode Seven – Safety Semiotics