Originally posted on August 10, 2013 @ 11:20 AM One of the most overlooked yet important factors in safety culture influence is the power of symbols. The psychological significance of symbols and the embodiment of values in symbols are often neglected when organisations think about safety culture. Many organisations have next to no emphasis on… Read More Symbols Have Power – SafetyRisk.net
Originally posted on August 18, 2013 @ 7:47 PM Risk and Safety Communities of Practice and the Practice of Community Dr Rob Long’s third book entitled “Real Risk, Human Discerning and Risk” will be launched in early October. For those of you who have read and enjoyed For The Love of Zero and Risk Makes… Read More Risk and Safety Communities of Practice and the Practice of Community
The ability to juggle ambiguity, paradox and uncertainty are essential to the creative process and innovation. Whenever I have been in a crisis and high-risk situation, and I’ve been in a few, the last thing one needs is an anxiety about certainty and control. The best innovation comes from those who can live in the… Read More Creativity, Discovery and Innovation in Risk
I was asked by Billy Snead if we could do a Zoom session on the nature of Phenomenology and its relevance to safety. So, we recorded out chat here: Conversation with Billy on Phenomenology from CLLR on Vimeo. As you will see in the video, Billy rightfully identifies that the philosophy of Phenomenology (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/phenomenology/) is… Read More The Phenomenon of Safety – A Video
As part of a disposition towards Transdisciplinarity (https://safetyrisk.net/transdisciplinarity-and-worldviews-in-risk/) is the need for those in the Western tradition of Scientism to be prepared to give validity to other ways of knowing other than Behaviourism-Engineering. This is a great challenge for anyone supposing that they do safety ‘differently’ or innovate in safety. If one maintains the same… Read More Safety and the Myth of Scientific Method