The short answer is yes. The longer answer is, it depends. The extended answer is, how much time have you got? One thing we know about belief is that it is a wicked problem, beyond complexity and rarely discussed. So, in order to help you think about belief formation I drew a map of what… Read More Can You Influence Safety Beliefs?

In our previous video we tackled the challenging question: What is Justice in safety? (https://safetyrisk.net/what-is-justice-in-safety-a-video/) In this conversation with Desai Link, Greg Smith, Dr Craig Ashhurst and Dr Rob Long, we tackle and develop some of the deeper issues that were raised previously. Namely, concerns about the legal system, navigating that system, the idea of… Read More What is Justice in Safety – Video Part Two

So much of the semiotic of safety is about brains, supporting the metaphor and myth that the brain directs thinking. It doesn’t. Belief that the brain works like a computer is a myth based on 350-year old ideas about body-mind dualism. There are no evidences for such a belief. But it is a convenient belief… Read More Believing is Embodied, The Foundation for New Beliefs in Safety

Indoctrination is anti-education, anti-learning and limits the purpose of risk. Just think of that for a bit. What is the purpose of risk? I have seen these alarming pieces on Linkedin lately that are of great concern to the Social Psychology of Risk. They involve the delusions of indoctrination and the unethical use of children… Read More Indoctrination, Risk and Learning with Childhood in Mind