The first free online course delivered by Dr Long is on Semiotics. You will not be able to register for this program unless you have already undertaken studies in SPoR. AS a minimum this could be the Introduction to SPoR Methods with Matt Thorne (https://safetyrisk.net/free-introduction-to-spor-methods/ ) The program will extend over 4 sessions and involves… Read More First Free Online Course with Dr Long for 2024 – Semiotics

Assumptions and biases are inevitable to us humans. That’s what makes decision making so efficient whilst negotiating the multiple and conflicting expectations as we go by our daily lives. We sense, feel and live the world each day through our assumptions and biases. But how well do our assumptions and biases serve us when we… Read More Assumptions and biases in the online world

So often the language and Discourse of risk and safety give away its ideological view hidden in marketing and spin. The best way to understand ideology is through Critical Discourse Analysis. Just dig a bit deeper than a headline and ask just a few critical questions. Just when you thought fallibility denial couldn’t be any… Read More There is no Going ‘Beyond’ Resilience

Originally posted on June 11, 2013 @ 12:53 PM Compliance, Obedience and The Attraction of Risk Great Response by Dr Rob Long (thanks Rob) to our recent article: Our Obsession With Forbidden Pleasures. Please find detail of Rob’s next education program at the bottom of this article. Most people know of the experiments of Stanley… Read More Compliance, Obedience and The Attraction of Risk

There is no such thing as objectivity in safety. We all come from a worldview and bias that is especially evident in the language and semiotics we use. For example, the language of ‘performance’ is the language of measurement outcomes. An interest in how people ‘perform’ in tackling risk is of no interest to SPoR.… Read More Deficit-Surfeit Thinking in Safety – SafetyRisk.net