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Jan 20, 2025 | 
shponline.co.uk | Dominic Cooper
Can behavioural safety directly reduce accidents at work? Dom Cooper looks at common assumptions and approaches to behaviour-based change. Critics of behavioural safety (aka behavior-based safety), of which there are many, argue a focus on behaviour [a] shifts responsibility for safety from management and blames workers for poor safety, leading to the underreporting of incidents, and [b] ignores the impact of systems and unsafe conditions in driving unwanted behaviour[[i]].
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
shponline.co.uk | Dominic Cooper
Dom Cooper analyses assumptions in common safety management methods. Numerous claims (i.e., assertions) and counterclaims exist about the efficacy of various safety improvement approaches. For example, a claim that monitoring accident and injury statistics provides feedback about safety performance, compared to a counterclaim that accident statistics don’t predict safety performance.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
shponline.co.uk | Dominic Cooper
Dom Cooper talks reinventing the wheel in health and safety against proven principles of work behaviour and leadership. In the spirit of learning, I recently asked people in the ‘new-view’ Human & Organisational Performance (HOP) [i] world how they translate high-level Human Performance (HP) principles into actions to improve safety. HP might be better known as Human Factors, Human Error, or Ergonomics.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
shponline.co.uk | Dominic Cooper
Dom Cooper PhD takes a look at human performance concepts including influencing behaviour and making mistakes – is it really just human error or could it be avoided? And how should leaders respond to this? In the spirit of learning, I recently asked people in the ‘new-view’ Human & Organisational Performance (HOP) [i] world how they translate high-level Human Performance (HP) principles into actions to improve safety. HP might be better known as Human Factors, Human Error, or Ergonomics.
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May 1, 2024 | 
forwardtimes.com | Dominic Cooper
Are you summer ready? With summer around the corner, everyone wants to lose a few pounds and tone up before vacation season. So, let’s talk about it. In this month’s feature I want to answer a few questions I received on social media. I’ll give tips and tricks that will help you shed fat fast and keep it off. Question: What should I eat to help me lose weight and tone up? The most important component to any diet is consuming nutrient-dense high-protein foods.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
forwardtimes.com | Dominic Cooper
These days you can’t click on social media without a lifestyle/fitness influencer or celebrity showing off their amazing glutes. It doesn’t matter if it’s built in the gym, bought with tax money or passed down from your momma and them. Having curves has become a desired look and it doesn’t seem like the trend is going away any time soon. With that being said, let’s look into what glutes are, how you can develop them naturally and the safest cosmetic alternatives to obtain them with lower risk.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
shponline.co.uk | Dominic Cooper
Dom Cooper,Recently in OSH, we’ve been informed accidents are emergences of complex systems (CS) that can’t be prevented. The notion we must simply accept emergences and manage the outcome as they’re unpredictable and unsolvable [i] , [ii] is termed complexity absorption[iii]. We’re also told current OSH risk assessment[iv] and accident investigation methods[v] are ill-equipped to deal with CS. Such views make it worthwhile to explore whether or not a CS is capable of being tamed and controlled.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
forwardtimes.com | Dominic Cooper |Chelsea White
Question: Is Ozempic a good solution for weight loss? Over the last 5 years, Texas has been ranked in the top 10 of most obese states in the U.S. Houston as a city was ranked in the Top 3 regions in Texas with an obesity rate of over 43%. With numbers like that, people are always looking for a solution. The most popular topic of discussion in recent years has been Ozempic, so let’s talk about it. Let’s discuss what it is, how it works and what some of the short- and long-term side effects are.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
forwardtimes.com | Dominic Cooper |Chelsea White
Question: I want to start my workout journey, but I’m overwhelmed with life. What are some tips to get over the hump? The New Year can be one of the most stressful times of the year. Between fitness goals, financial goals and personal goals, people tend to get overwhelmed.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
forwardtimes.com | Dominic Cooper |Chelsea White
With the New Year right around the corner, now is the perfect time to start setting your goals and making plans to start your health and fitness journey. In this article I will cover a couple of topics that are synonymous with this time of year. Do flat tummy teas actually work? How do I burn belly fat? What can I do to help me stay consistent on my journey? These are some of the most common questions I have gotten so let’s dive in. Question: Do flat tummy/detox teas actually work?
