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Is Choice The First Casualty in the Worker’s Compensation War?

September 20, 2024 by James Ellis 1 Comment

Introducing our latest awesome Author: James Ellis from The Framework Group Is Choice The First Casualty in the Worker’s Compensation War? Every day we make decisions based on insufficient information, informed by our biases and shortcuts, which ironically, we’re also ignorant to. Even in the … [Read more...] about Is Choice The First Casualty in the Worker’s Compensation War?

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk, Workers Compensation Tagged With: choice, deci, higgins, safety is a choice, Workers Compensation

How does collective mindfulness apply to workers compensation?

June 28, 2023 by James Ellis 10 Comments

How does collective mindfulness apply to workers compensation? How do our expectations get us into trouble? Oh, and what is the meaning of life? I’m not so sure which I enjoy most anymore, being right or being wrong? My family, who are accustomed to my insatiable appetite for being right are (I … [Read more...] about How does collective mindfulness apply to workers compensation?

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems, Workers Compensation Tagged With: collective mindfulness, Workers Compensation

Talking Risk Video–Anti-Fragility

July 8, 2022 by James Ellis 7 Comments

Talking Risk Video – Anti-Fragility - 3 Part Series Dave Whitefield and James Ellis have a conversation on the couch around the concept of anti-fragility. They pose the question: “What is the opposite of fragile?” The answer is not what we would normally assume. The guys discuss the concept of … [Read more...] about Talking Risk Video–Anti-Fragility

Filed Under: Safety Videos, Social Psychology of Risk, Talking Risk Tagged With: anti-fragility, conversations about risk, taleb, talking risk

Psychological Core Stability for Wellbeing in Workers Comp

June 24, 2022 by James Ellis 3 Comments

Psychological Core Stability for Wellbeing in Workers Comp Recently I’ve been reading Scott Barry Kaufman’s book, Transcend - the new science of self actualisation. This book explains the evolution and utility of humanistic psychology, drawing heavily on the writings and teachings of Abraham … [Read more...] about Psychological Core Stability for Wellbeing in Workers Comp

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety, Psychosocial Safety, Workers Compensation Tagged With: core stability, maslow, Psychological Safety

In search of plan B in workers’ recovery

July 29, 2020 by James Ellis 1 Comment

The cumbersome systems that have evolved around workers compensation cause frustration and suffering for employers and workers. Employers get saddled with volatile costs and workers get labelled as problems to be fixed. Health professionals reluctantly and cautiously engage in the same way that we … [Read more...] about In search of plan B in workers’ recovery

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety, Workers Compensation Tagged With: humble inquiry, sensemaking

What and how should we measure to support recovery from injury?

May 24, 2017 by James Ellis 3 Comments

What and how should we measure to support recovery from injury? “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted”[1] Albert Einstein (attributed) Some years ago, tired of my irritating enquiries about the quality of their school day, my teenage sons … [Read more...] about What and how should we measure to support recovery from injury?

Filed Under: Workers Compensation Tagged With: Injury, measurement, recovery

Humanising Workers Compensation: the missed opportunity

April 24, 2017 by James Ellis Leave a Comment

Humanising Workers Compensation: the missed opportunity – by James Ellis from http://www.frameworkgroup.com.au In preparation for dipping my toe into the public arena of the RTW summit I read through the training material generously provided by the energetic convenor, Mark Stipic. I’m a podcast … [Read more...] about Humanising Workers Compensation: the missed opportunity

Filed Under: Workers Compensation Tagged With: workers compensation

I work in workers compensation

September 22, 2015 by James Ellis 6 Comments

I work in workers compensation by James Ellis – FIRST PUBLISHED HERE When I tell people, at a BBQ for example - when their PC demeanour is perhaps suppressed - that I work in the arena of workers compensation, the reaction is usually disappointing. It would be very rare for someone to react by … [Read more...] about I work in workers compensation

Filed Under: Workers Compensation Tagged With: workers compensation

The workers compensation discourse

March 11, 2015 by James Ellis 4 Comments

The workers compensation discourse A friend that I study with visited me recently with his wife. Cheekily, she chastised us for overusing the word ‘discourse’. “Why don’t you just say conversation or talking” she suggested? Almost simultaneously, and defensively, we responded by stating our … [Read more...] about The workers compensation discourse

Filed Under: Workers Compensation Tagged With: compliance, discourse, power, Workers Compensation

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