“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” This statement, attributed without proved evidences to Leonardo Da Vinci [1], explains very accurately the problably most important and desired feature of any thing we make, be it an artwork, a good work, an exquisite food…. (write Read More …
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If you aim to solve a situation, focus on the problem rather than on solutions
My last post on Prevención Integral -the site by the Specific Research Centre for the Improvement and Innovation at Companies (CERpIE) of the Technical University of Catalunya- is entitled “Gestión de la PRL: la formulación de problemas, origen de grandes Read More …
“Work is not a place nor a time; it´s just an activity”
The tittle of this post is quoted because these words -or so similar words that may be considered a citation- were stated by Sara Chinarro in the talk she delivered last Thursday in the 4rd Congress on Corporate Social Responsibility held this week in Read More …
An interview with the EU-OSHA Agency
Two weeks ago, Michael Owens, from ICF Mostra (a communications company working for the European EU-OSHA Agency), e-mailed me with some questions about the blog in general and, namely, about the media partnership established between the Agency and this blog. Read More …
The best reward, their smile
Last Friday 23 January, I delivered the first presentation within the project “Safety culture from school”, to a primary education class in the “Antonio Beltrán Martínez” school, in the city of Zaragoza. At right, a group photo with all the Read More …
When social networks become an aim in itself: an epic fail
It happened to me several times since I use Twitter, last time just this week. If you use this social network, it maybe happened to you too: you receive a new follower notification; a little time later, you check your Read More …
Tools for the strategic management of safety and health in the organizations
My last post on Prevención Integral -the site by the Specific Research Centre for the Improvement and Innovation at Companies (CERpIE) of the Technical University of Catalunya- is entitled “Herramientas de nivel estratégico para la prevención” (Strategic tools for risk prevention) Read More …
The environmental degradation of Obama
Two years ago, on 12 February, Obama delivered the 2013 State Of The Union address. From the place where are given the most influencing statements for the Earth´s future, Obama spoke about household consumption, renewable energy, waste materials, climate change, Read More …
If you are lack of intuition to solve problems, apply a method
Last week I got the certificate for the last course at the Delft University of Technology I completed through the edX platform. The course is titled “Solving complex problems” and is about some analytics tools for the decision making and solutions Read More …
If the mayor of Madrid says stupidities, it is not the fault of the Azores anticyclone
We are witnessing these days an event that is becoming a classic in Spain every Winter: the extraordinary concentration of pollutants in the atmosphere of the largest urban areas. The pollutant that is triggering the alarms and exceeding the legal Read More …
Project: “safety culture from school”
Aragon Valley, in collaboration with the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work (EU-OSHA), presents the project “safety culture from school”. The initiative belongs to the collaboration established between this blog and the EU-OSHA Agency during the current European Read More …
United Kingdom: the threshold of safety culture; this is well known even in the tales
My latest post in the PI&ORP site (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) is titled “Un siglo de cultura preventiva” (One century of safety culture) and is all about a well established concept for decades: safety culture. The post at PI&ORP is Read More …
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