One of the many myths created by the HOP, NV, RE, S2 and SD group is the binary opposition of ‘work as imaged vs work as done’. Unfortunately, just another simplistic slogan among many for this group. However, what does this slogan mean? Indeed, why is it that something imagined is somehow wrong? … [Read more...] about Work as Imagined is Good, Learning from Normal Work is Myth
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Learning About Learning in Risk and Safety
Learning About Learning in Risk and Safety A Google search of ‘risk and safety training in Australia’ reveals more than 103,000,000 results. The focus of such training seems to be programming people to absorb information on legislation, safety processes and engineering based subjects. This seems to … [Read more...] about Learning About Learning in Risk and Safety
Learning about people
by Nippin Anand I hear people speak about work, safety of work, learning from work, learning from what goes well, learning teams, learning organisations etc. But we never say we want to learn about people. Why not? Some years ago, I visited a ship at the Aberdeen port. It was a point of time … [Read more...] about Learning about people
Learning Doesn’t Provide Immunity
Learning Doesn’t Provide Immunity Just because I’ve learnt a little about how I make decisions and judgments, it does not mean that I will always make better decisions. I know that I am vulnerable in my decision-making and that it is thick with bias. Perhaps the best I can hope for is to recognise … [Read more...] about Learning Doesn’t Provide Immunity
Learning From Other Worlds in Risk
One of the privileges of being a grandparent is learning about and from new and other worlds. Yesterday I returned from Sydney after an excursion to see two music groups I have never heard of, so a 16-year-old could see her favourite band. It’s rare to be given access to observe another world … [Read more...] about Learning From Other Worlds in Risk
Poetics, A Source for Learning in Safety – A Video
The idea of Poetics captures all forms of knowing that are non-measureable, non- quantitative, yet are essential to the experience of living. It is through a focus on Poetics that we get to the heart, soul and Mind of what it is to be a human person. Poetics stands in opposition to all that we … [Read more...] about Poetics, A Source for Learning in Safety – A Video
Transdisciplinarity, A Source for Learning in Safety – A Video
The best way to learn in safety is outside the safety bubble. Listening or seeking learning about culture, ethics or linguistics in the safety cocoon is not just a waste of time but perpetuates the ignorance many Safety myths. The safety curriculum and the AIHS Body of Knowledge has nothing to do … [Read more...] about Transdisciplinarity, A Source for Learning in Safety – A Video
Cultic Belief and Barriers to Learning in Safety
An essential to all learning involves risk and doubt. These are often best observed by watching children in ‘free play’. Free play has no fear of failure or not belonging to a group. The more secure and confident one becomes in beliefs, the less likely one is able to learn. One of the … [Read more...] about Cultic Belief and Barriers to Learning in Safety
Stay Curious, Be Teachable and Open to Learning in Safety
There’s nothing more opposed to learning than the idea that there is no more to be known. In safety, once the regulation has been indoctrinated by the curriculum, all that happens next has to be the policing it. It then becomes a closed circle. No more has to be known. Any threat to this cycle … [Read more...] about Stay Curious, Be Teachable and Open to Learning in Safety
Understanding e-motion, Motivation, Goals and Learning in Risk – A Video
Behaviourism as a philosophy and methodology doesn’t explain why people do what they do. It is a simplistic ideology that defines persons as machines and the sum of inputs and outputs. This is not why people do what they do. Positive and negative reinforcement have a very short shelf life in … [Read more...] about Understanding e-motion, Motivation, Goals and Learning in Risk – A Video