The second day of Semiotics started with a simple but challenging question, what is most essential to facilitate learning? Dr Long conducted this more or less like a quiz, seeking a word that was not forthcoming. How strange to have a collection of engineers in a room listing all the words they … [Read more...] about Day 10 SPoR in Europe
Day 9 SPoR in Europe
The second week in Europe started with a new group of people, again from all over the world yearning to learn about SPoR. We even had an Aussie in this group. At least someone got my jokes. The new group came to learn Advanced Semiotics. Going beyond the basics of textbooks semiotics to lived … [Read more...] about Day 9 SPoR in Europe
Day 7 & 8 SPoR in Europe
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?