In safety, many are familiar with Hudson’s expression ‘chronic unease’ or Weick’s ‘preoccupation with failure’ but in SPoR we prefer to use two expressions: ‘Entertain doubt’ and ‘suspend your agenda’ to convey a similar meaning. Of course, none of this aligns with the HOP con of ‘blame fixes nothing’ or ‘learning from normal work’. Indeed,… Read More Suspending Your Agenda to Begin Learning in Risk
Registrations for the free workshops on Prof. Karl Weick and HROing close today. The workshops will focus primarily of Weick’s foundational philosophy outlined in his first book. We will also explore his later works and their implications for understanding and tackling risk. You can register here: admin@spor.com.au One of the places to start with Weick… Read More Registrations for Free Weick Workshops in June Close Today
Registrations for the Weick and HROing workshops for June have now closed. Weick’s definition of organising evolved over the years. In 1969 is was: ‘the resolving of equivocality in an enacted environment by means of interlocked behaviors embedded in conditionally related processes’ Ten years later organizing was now defined as: ‘a consensually validated grammar for… Read More Weick’s Organising as ‘Consensually Validated Grammar’
Great thanks Matt, you have shown me a photo of a sandwich. This is not a sandwich! Then it’s a Salad Roll? This is not a Salad Roll! Then what is it? Well, this is a Ham Salad Double-Cut Roll. And if you live in South Australia, this is considered normal. This is part of… Read More If You Know, You Know (IYKYK)
One of the many things we will explore in our Philosophy and Risk workshops (https://safetyrisk.net/philosophy-for-risk-and-safety-free-workshops/) will be what people believe and why they believe it. We do this, not to cast judgement on belief but to understand belief, faith and worldviews. There are many positive outcomes that emerge from such a study. Understanding others, whether… Read More The Shape of Belief and Safety Values