I don’t post much on Zero Harm (mainly because there’s not a lot of quality published evidence surrounding it), but this paper from Fidelis Emuze and Fred Sherratt may be of interest.
They explore the topic of “making zero harm work for the construction industry”.
They draw on Cynefin to describe construction work and then cover some common criticisms of zero harm approaches.
Some published criticisms of zero harm:
They conclude with some thoughts around reconciling some of these criticisms around zero harm in construction, based on their interpretation of the literature and limitations/strengths of zero harm approaches.
Possibly nothing new to people well-versed in zero harm, but for others it may be an interesting read.
The article starts at page 226 (there’s several other articles in this PDF also).
Authors: Emuze, F., & Sherratt, F. (2017). Making zero harm work for the construction industry. In Valuing People in Construction (pp. 226-241). Routledge.
Link: https://construccion.uv.cl/docs/textos/coleccion03/TEXTO.16.ValuingPeople.pdf#page=253
Link to the LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benhutchinson2_i-dont-post-much-on-zero-harm-mainly-because-activity-7036100375162028032-8Ym1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
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