The work of Prof. Karl E. Weick is known to many safety people but often not in the deepest sense of his philosophy or complexity of his ideas. Some may have downloaded his research on the Mann Gulch tragedy or his work on Sensemaking in Organisations. Some may have downloaded and read … [Read more...] about What Can Weick Offer Safety
All Injuries are Preventable and Other Silly Safety Sayings
quotable quote: “The use of silly and meaningless safety language matters, it creates a distraction and delusion that safety and risk are being addressed. We may feel good about speaking such words but they dumb down culture and distract people from taking safety seriously”. All Injuries are … [Read more...] about All Injuries are Preventable and Other Silly Safety Sayings
Social Psychology of Risk – Body of Knowledge
Social Psychology of Risk – Body of Knowledge POSTER NEWS Since publishing the poster on the Social Psychology of Risk Body of Knowledge (https://safetyrisk.net/understanding-the-social-psychology-of-risk-and-safety/) I have had many requests to purchase a copy. (More will be given away in … [Read more...] about Social Psychology of Risk – Body of Knowledge
Free Workshops June – Weick and HROing
Following on from the very successful workshops on following-leading (https://safetyrisk.net/reflections-on-following-leading-in-risk-workshops/ ), we are happy to offer a series of workshops in June on the subject of Prof Karl Weick and HROing. This has been in response to many of your … [Read more...] about Free Workshops June – Weick and HROing
What Are Moral Hazards?
When people are driven to an internal conflict between their moral meaning and systemic ethics, they face a moral hazard. The harm caused by engaging a moral hazard can be deep, psychologically, socially and relationally damaging. Moral harm is not seen or observed but is subtle, invisible and … [Read more...] about What Are Moral Hazards?
What Can Ricoeur Offer Safety?
Registrations for the free Philosophy and Risk Workshops are now closed. In this blog we look at another philosopher who has had a huge influence on SPoR, Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005). For interest, Emmanuel Macron worked for Ricouer for two years and shares aspects of Ricoeur’s … [Read more...] about What Can Ricoeur Offer Safety?
Laughing At Certainty in the Face of Risk
Kierkegaard targeted several critical delusions associated with rationalism, certainty, objectivity and security. In his criticism he took no prisoners, attacking Hegelian thinking and objectivism relentlessly. In Kierkegaard’s dialectical method one is taken to the precipice of death and the … [Read more...] about Laughing At Certainty in the Face of Risk
Selling The Safety Semantic Cycle
Observing the various twists and semantic turns of Safety over its short history is at the least, entertaining. It seems like each month and year someone, usually an academic, has a ‘brain fart’, invents some new semantic safety brand, creates a following, sells the product and then under sunk cost, … [Read more...] about Selling The Safety Semantic Cycle
Poor Old Soren, You’ve Got the Wrong Style
If you’d like to study Philosophy and Risk, registrations for the free workshops close on the 7th (https://safetyrisk.net/is-there-a-philosophy-of-risk-and-safety/). If you would like to learn the basics of philosophy you can register here: admin@spor.com.au. We have 30 registrations across 12 … [Read more...] about Poor Old Soren, You’ve Got the Wrong Style
What Can Ellul Offer Safety?
Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) is one of the philosophers that form the foundation of SPoR. The SPoR Body of Knowledge is demonstrated here: https://safetyrisk.net/spor-philosophy/; https://safetyrisk.net/spor-body-of-knowledge-a-video/; … [Read more...] about What Can Ellul Offer Safety?