Its about a different perspective

Its about a different perspective
It’s amazing when those who think they like free speech turn away when questioned. Extremist views on the nature of things grant nothing but extremism itself. You want to live in grey, then stop pushing and advertising an ideology, for as soon as a person speaks their mind, they are making their opinion...MD / The photo represents the naive thinking that one can think in an unconscious grey state of mind: you cannot think in an unconscious state (thinking is an effort). I am not sure where some get their expert titles from! The grey area represents those who think grey areas is where safety should be. Status Quo is the alternative solution that may emerge over time in following of those who think they know all. An head up arse is just where some people thrive...sorry

So unclever this complexity..

Now that makes our school sound more smarter...um...cleverereerr....um...more advanced....mmm...what is the speed limit?

We all seem to have a desire to make things more complicated than they need to be, then we wonder why we fail more than yesterday. In safety, we have the basics (laws, policies, regulations, codes of practice, Acts, Risk management) but what I see as a major risk today is the 'construction' of the next big thing, an added confusion that 'dumb downs the basics'. It's not good enough to have a slogan these days like; "our safety is basic, but we do it well"...oh no...we want "we strive for and have safety perfection". 

There seem to be some sort of pressure to keep up with the 'Safety Joneses'. It is my belief that most risk management  practices stop at 60% complete (around the lower order of controls). The cost of safety increases exponentially  for each percent after this point. 

So for those who are confused as to why we prefer to control risk with PPE and procedures (low end controls)...the answer is very simple...cost (effort)...then this goes right back to my core argument - What is the cost of practising safety as expected? HERE

 "Imagine taking the ultimate risk of doing nothing"MD