In Weick’s second book Sensemaking in Organisations he introduces the reader to ‘thrownness’ (p.44) which comes from Heidegger (dasein). Weick was such an extensive researcher and drew many of his ideas and thoughts from social psychology, phenomenology, existentialism and eastern wisdom. His discussion of thrownness is here: The idea of being thrown into the unexpected… Read More Weick’s Six Properties of Thrownness

This is a conversation between Greg Smith, Desai Link, Craig Ashhurst and Rob Long on the vital question of: What is Justice in Safety? You can see the video here: https://vimeo.com/1201619888 It was good to tackle this question with lawyers and with Craig to flesh out the critical issues, nuances, understandings and critical issues in… Read More What is Justice in Safety?  – A Video

Weick had no interest in individualism. He states (p 6. Sensemaking in Organisations): Sensemaking is grounded in both individual and social activity’ and whether the two are even separable will be a recurrent issue in this book, because it has been a durable tension in the human condition. Witness this description from Emily Dickinson: Much… Read More Weick’s Social Collectivism – SafetyRisk.net

Kenrick states (Letting in the Light 2024, p. 44): Whenever we uncritically believe that we are blameless, we deprive ourselves of the wisdom that comes from seeing ourselves either individually, or collectively as a society, for who we really are, complete with the shortcomings and ambiguities that are present in all human beings. Our good intentions and cherished values… Read More Do You Care Enough to Blame in Safety?

This week we saw one of the right-wing parties in Australia use a three-word slogan effectively to raise funds. The slogan was ‘fire the liar’, a very effective formula for the simplistic capture of followers. This has been repeated many times before with great effectiveness eg. the ‘stop the boats’ campaign of 2013. We see… Read More Slogan Seduction and Safety Beliefs