Symbols, colors, words, and language shape identity and create perceptions. The study of semiotics (the study of symbols) and semiology (the study of language) provide valuable insights into the nature of organizational culture. Below, I analyze two logos from a semiotic perspective—those of the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) discipline and the training company Corporate… Read More The Semiotics of Logos – SafetyRisk.net

This week we saw the sad politicisation of victimisation of a great man Dr Fauci (https://www.science.org/content/article/under-fire-republican-senators-fauci-takes-fifth-covid-19-hearing). The 85-year-old immunologist and infectious disease researcher served as the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984-2022. His expertise and experience in infectious disease is outstanding (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci). This was the same distinguished professional who… Read More Believe Me, I’m a Safety Guru

One of the common images in the HOP world and pre-accident investigation semiotics are the Jenga blocks. One of the grand delusions of S2 rhetoric and semiotics is that somehow something ‘different’ is being proposed. Such is the art of smoke and mirrors. In many HOP semiotics we constantly see brain-centrism and the Jenga blocks.… Read More The Jenga Blocks are Swiss Cheese

“I’ve had it! I don’t want to work in a corporate environment anymore. If I could, I’d resign tomorrow.” Does this sound familiar? Work-related pressure is now a common discussion among my different group of friends. I hear more of them feeling overwhelmed, intimidated and psychologically harassed in the workplace, regardless of their age or… Read More Tackling Psychosocial Risks – SafetyRisk.net

Whilst it is one thing to have a belief in some understanding about risk and safety, it’s a completely another thing to understand its ethical outcomes. More so, to understand ethical outcomes in a longitudinal sense not just in the nature of lower order short term goals (https://safetyrisk.net/understanding-safety-goals/ ). Safety beliefs are inter-connected and inter-affected… Read More The Ethics of Safety Beliefs