By Dr Nippin Anand Images reveal the limits of our imagination. Images reveal so much about our undeclared beliefs, assumptions, values, beliefs and cultural worldviews. Long before human beings could write or read, we were communicating through images. Even today, children learn doodling and … [Read more...] about Why should we learn to observe images to understand culture
Poetics and Risk Workshop, From Language to Doing
We had a lovely group from all over the globe (Australia, USA, Brazil, NZ, Austria, Portugal, Italy etc) join together this week to discuss and learn about Poetics. The study of Poetics is about developing skills in language and being sensitised to language. We started by defining Poetics and … [Read more...] about Poetics and Risk Workshop, From Language to Doing
Divergent Thinking About Risk
One of my favourite educators is Sir Ken Robinson who passed away 5 years ago but leaves a huge legacy in Education and Learning. Some of Ken’s lectures on Youtube are in the tens of millions of views. His books are wonderful. My favourites are: Out of Our Minds Finding Your Element … [Read more...] about Divergent Thinking About Risk
Stop the Train I Want to Get Off
Stop the Train I Want to Get Off I accepted a job this week to research amongst other things; suicide, near miss and other events in rail (good luck Dumb Ways to Die). I am working with a provider who has all the National data on the subject. As with any research project one must start with … [Read more...] about Stop the Train I Want to Get Off
Safety Leadership
Safety Leadership is not the Basics – 20 Suggestions of Where to Start A very popular one from the archives When you do a search on the internet for 'safety leadership' the first hit that comes up is a QLD Government handout, a ‘toolkit for safety leadership’ Can you imagine what the zero harm … [Read more...] about Safety Leadership
Espoused Theory and Theory-in-Use in Safety
Many years ago I read Agryris and Schon (1996) Organisational Learning II, Theory Method and Practice. It is a transformational book. Agryris and Schon explained that we all hold beliefs, ethics, values, ontologies and orientations that are rarely articulated. They called these ‘espoused … [Read more...] about Espoused Theory and Theory-in-Use in Safety
Free 2 Hour Workshop – Poetics With Dr Long
Free 2 Hour Workshop – Poetics With Dr Long 9am (Canberra Time) Wednesday 10 December We offer you a free special 2-hour workshop with Dr Long 9am (Canberra Time) Wednesday 10 December. If you want to join in, register here: admin@spor.com.au Those who register will receive a free copy of … [Read more...] about Free 2 Hour Workshop – Poetics With Dr Long
CLLR Christmas 2025 Newsletter
Theme – An Ecology of Mind and Holistic Ergonomics. I wish to take the opportunity in this Newsletter, the last for 2025 to wish you a Merry Christmas and happy New Year. Make sure you keep posted for the new years newsletter or on https://safetyrisk.net/ for news of free courses that will be on … [Read more...] about CLLR Christmas 2025 Newsletter
Safety’s Hidden Metaphors
by Simon Renatus As clear, transparent communication is key for helping to prevent or reduce the risk of serious incidents occurring in the workplace, perhaps it is time that those involved in OHS put their ‘linguistic house’ in order. (Everley, 2010) Why a house? And whose house, exactly? What … [Read more...] about Safety’s Hidden Metaphors
Full STEAM Ahead in Safety
The STEM vs STEAM debate has been about for a long time. I remember back in the 1970s as a teacher in the South Australian school system, a similar debate about allocated times to subjects in schools. Back then, the idea of alternatives to mainstream education were popular and, in those cases, (as … [Read more...] about Full STEAM Ahead in Safety