In preparation for the free workshops series on safety beliefs to be held in July I thought it might be interesting to map changes in so called ‘beliefs’ of safety and rhetoric of safety over its short history. (The map makes no attempt to maintain chronological order or accuracy but simply to map changes in… Read More The Evolution of Safety Beliefs and Rhetoric

Nothing is more predicable than the monetisation of safety through the creation of a new market/product. With a poorly educated sector with little expertise in Ethics, Critical Thinking, Politics, Linguistics and Propaganda, it’s is ripe for the picking. What is more, with a culture of compliance and deontology, the market is hot for any new… Read More Creating Safety Beliefs for Markets, Products to Sell and Incremental Safety

Belief is rarely a presentation of propositions but is mostly hidden in symbolic enactments, rituals, myths, customs, cultural norms, semiotics and semiosis in acts. There is no such thing as a non-belief, even atheism is a belief. There is no neutrality or objectivity in belief, despite what the AIHS Code of Ethics states. All belief… Read More The Semiotics of Safety Beliefs – Free Workshop July

‘When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, reason like a child, think like a child. But now that I have become an adult, I’ve put an end to childish things’ – St Paul (1 Cor 13:11). It is not easy to change beliefs but we do so often, especially in… Read More The Ethics of Safety Beliefs and Cognitive Dissonance

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