The SPoR Convention held in September 2025 was professionally recorded and includes more than 10 speakers from Australia, Canada and Italy. The two main presenters were Dr Craig Ashhurst and Dr Robert Long. The collection is 23 videos in total. You can see some of the speakers talking about SPoR … [Read more...] about Critical Thinking Skills – 23 Videos Download From Conventions 2025
By What Method, Safety?
After all the slogans have died down and the metaphors fade. After the conference entertainment and propaganda cease and the linguistic gymnastics parade has finished, the vital question should always be: by what method? When someone tells you how to ‘do’ something (eg. do safety differently) the … [Read more...] about By What Method, Safety?
It’s a Risky Christmas
It’s a Risky Christmas - A Xmas Safety Poem without the word Safety In it: “So what is the rush to complete stuff before the end of the year about... here is a little poem that puts the highlight on the dangers of rushing to complete at Christmas time; it is about safety without mentioning safety” … [Read more...] about It’s a Risky Christmas
‘Meeting’ in the In-Between, Following-Leading Workshops March
We have a nice group of participants in our online workshops series on Following-Leading-Managing-Supervising, from NZ, Aus, Portugal, Germany, USA and Romania. So, lots of interesting learning discussion on how we view things from different cultures. The series will be facilitated by Dr Ashhurst … [Read more...] about ‘Meeting’ in the In-Between, Following-Leading Workshops March
It’s a Great Goal, it Just Doesn’t Work
It's a Great Goal, it Just Doesn't Work Everyday a man walks down the street of a small country town in South Australia and waves his arms about squawking like a parrot, he has been doing this for several years. One day a visiting policeman sees him and asks him what he is doing. 'It's easy' he … [Read more...] about It’s a Great Goal, it Just Doesn’t Work
The Myth of Shifting Blame from Individuals to Systems
One of the myths of the so called S2 group is the shifting of blame from individuals to systems. What we see in this group, is an obsession with blame in silly slogans like ‘blame fixes nothing’. Then somehow by magic, things are fixed by shifting blame from individuals to systems. This is what this … [Read more...] about The Myth of Shifting Blame from Individuals to Systems
So, You Want to Know About Poetics in Risk
From our book: Poetics and Risk, Feeling Into Being (pp. 5-6). A bit of reading to help understand what Poetics is. Armstrong, I., (1993) Victorian Poetry, Poetry, Poetics and Politics. Routledge. New York. Bachelard, G., (1964) The Poetics of Space. Beacon Books. Boston. Bailes, S., … [Read more...] about So, You Want to Know About Poetics in Risk
We Are Such Experts….
We Are Such Experts…. I’ve just arrived home from an annual trip taken with three of my best mates who I’ve known since school. Each year, we attend a day of test cricket, something that we all enjoy and look forward to. Not only is it good to spend time with friends, it’s great to watch a sport … [Read more...] about We Are Such Experts….
Launching Poetics and Risk Book – A Video
As part of the launch of our book Poetics and Risk, Feeling Into Being, we decided to talk about the book and what we learned as a collection of authors. For the majority of the group, this was their first time as an author and being published. So, we made a video about our experiences and what … [Read more...] about Launching Poetics and Risk Book – A Video
Cogs In Machines
by Dr Nippin Anand So many of us have fallen into the trap that human factors will be a game changer in safety critical industries. Let’s look at how Human factors is being applied in the maritime industry. I will take an example of an audit check at three levels (Technical, Process and Human … [Read more...] about Cogs In Machines