Moving Beyond The Physical Issues Around Safety and Health

While last week’s episode talked about how to proactively manage safety to prevent  major injuries- this in general only covers the physical issues around safety.

Today, it’s about time for us to move beyond the physical issues and start to look at the intangible and how they can become a risk. Here, Eric discusses one of the frameworks of Neuroscience- which basically consists of Awareness, Understanding, and Knowing and how it can be encompassing to safety and health in the VR industry.

When we think of safety, we often focus on the physical aspects of loss prevention. We look at the steps we can take to keep people safe and healthy in our spaces, and prevent them from having a physical accident. However, there’s a much deeper level of knowledge we need to have, in order to completely understand what it means to protect people.

The physical aspects of safety and health are something that we all know about. We are aware of them, understand them and have the knowledge about the various aspects that make it important for our health and growth. However, there is a need to focus on the intangible aspects of safety and health as well.

It is important to note that the awareness level includes the recognition that a hazard exists. Unfortunately, many people are unaware that an injury can occur or that a hazardous condition exists. An example of this is a person who does not realize that going down the stairs could result in an accident. There may be a recognition that the stairs is  a potential hazard and may cause someone to trip, but there is no belief that it is possible to fall and injure yourself.

Awareness is enough to have concern and to seek information relative to the hazard and is the first level to resolve an issue.

It’s important not only to know about an issue, but to understand it well enough so that you could easily explain it to other people. This requires you to ask questions and do research until you really feel you understand the issue inside and out. You need to be able to connect the dots and see how every aspect of the potential problem is related. This will help you better recognize when something might not be right, so that you can take action before anyone gets hurt or a situation becomes worse.

The world we live in today is one where the possibility of accidents, damage and other such hazards are an ever-present threat. A good VR owner or manager should always be looking to educate themselves on the best ways to manage these risks, so they can take the appropriate action if something were to happen. Knowledge is key here – knowing what could happen, how it could happen, why it could happen and what they need to do about it. This isn’t easy knowledge for a person to acquire, but it’s essential that it’s got if you want your business to have the greatest chance at surviving anything that comes its way.

Listen to the rest of the episode now and learn transformational thinking and begin the journey of overcoming your self- limiting beliefs- be it in safety or life in general.