Causal diagrams, connecting the alternatives to the objectives

My last post in 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: conectar los objetivos con las alternativas” [1] (#PRL Read More …

In Europe, the gender equality is a question of justice…. and survival

The discussion on gender equality is nowadays a highlighted topic in almost any field: social, political,.. and labour, of course. It takes up very prominent places in the more influential mass media. If you want to get pages and pages with recent information Read More …

Women and work: gender inequality in three striking figures

The fact of gender inequalities at work is broadly known. In some places more than others and in certain ages more than others, the working conditions of women were, in general, poorer or much more poorer than men conditions. And it remains Read More …

The means-end diagram: a method to identify the means to reach objectives

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: identificar los medios para resolver un problema” Read More …

Congresses, conferences, summits,… and the curriculum vitae

This week, I saw myself forced to create a new page in the blog. It is titled “Major conferences attended” and, in practice, consist of a list gathering the major congresses, conferences, summits and events in general, I attended as Read More …

The convergence between OSH and sustainability

For more than three years now, I´ve been studying the convergence of a number of occupational safety and health actions and policies with the performance of corporate social responsibility and sustainability within the organizations. I started in 2012. During that year, Read More …

Goal tree as a method to establish a good set of criteria

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: antes de resolver un problema, ordénalo” (OSH Read More …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …