Budapest – 2 days of relaxing and taking in the wonders of this beautiful city, split in two by the Danube. It is hard to describe the rich cultural heritage of this place. Just as it is hard to describe Austria in slogan. We did the usual things and saw the usual sights but the highlight for me … [Read more...] about Day 7 & 8 SPoR in Europe
Day 6 SPoR in Europe
At the end of the first week we decided to take teach the participants how to undertake a semiotic walk . Without an understanding of the semiosphere one has little chance of understanding culture. The same applies for religion. So we decided on the semiotic walk we would combine both. A walk … [Read more...] about Day 6 SPoR in Europe
Day 5 SPoR in Europe
By Day 5 I think I am really in the groove of facilitating learning with 12 different nationalities in the same room. What a wonderful opportunity to share over dinner and hear how each culture views the world. At times there is so much fun sharing differences in such small things as; gestures, … [Read more...] about Day 5 SPoR in Europe
Day 4 SPoR in Europe
After a day in and half of semiotic overload and cultural saturation of Vienna we started our first day of Social Psychology of Risk; Culture with Mondi. https://www.mondigroup.com/en/home/ Mondi has been implementing the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) in a measured pace. This trip marks … [Read more...] about Day 4 SPoR in Europe
Culture Cloud
The Culture Cloud as a way of explaining Safety Culture This weeks conversation is about Safety Culture. Dave Whitefield from Semiosphere and Andrew Thornhill from Clarity Enabled and myself discuss the Culture Cloud as a way of explaining Safety Culture. Safety Culture from Matthew Thorne … [Read more...] about Culture Cloud
Safety Culture–Hudson’s Model
Safety Culture–Hudson’s Model This week’s conversation is about Safety Culture, Dave Whitefield from Semiosphere and Andrew Thornhill from Clarity Enabled and myself discuss Hudson's model as a way of explaining Culture Hudson from Matthew Thorne on Vimeo. … [Read more...] about Safety Culture–Hudson’s Model
Day 3 SPoR in Europe
How surreal is it to be in different culture, when you are the to facilitate learning about Culture. Of course the first and most obvious difference in culture is language. Not easy for an Aussie to be understood by an Austrian. There is a funny poster in all the tourist shops, ‘There are no … [Read more...] about Day 3 SPoR in Europe
What Are the Benefits Of Social Psychology of Risk?
One of the most frequent questions I get asked when introducing the concepts of Social Psychology of Risk is “what are the benefits?” This is hard for some organisations who want a tangible or a measurable, something for a shareholder to marvel at. Shifts in thinking, attitudes, beliefs and culture … [Read more...] about What Are the Benefits Of Social Psychology of Risk?
Day 2 SPoR in Europe
Luckily for us we have a client that is understanding of what a human requires, after a long haul flight. If you are going to impart vital information to students, you need to be on your game, with plenty of materials, well rested and rejuvenated. We arrived in Venna at midday and were greeted by … [Read more...] about Day 2 SPoR in Europe
Day 1 SPoR In Europe
Let me start off this blog by sharing sad news, my Father died on the 15th of May. Given the amount of things we had going on, my Wife had gone back to full-time work, my mother-in-law had a heart attack, our twins are doing final year in High School and our eldest daughter had just bounced back … [Read more...] about Day 1 SPoR In Europe
