I met Desai Link over a Linkedin post where he discussed his ‘unease’ with what is often asked of safety people. I found his questioning uplifting and encouraging. So, we made contact and began a series of conversations over a few months and in the end decided to record one of our discussions … [Read more...] about Moral Unease and Safety – A Podcast With Desai Link
Weick’s Grook and The Authority/Power Myth
In Weick’s first book (1979 second edition), he begins his discussion on organising based around a selection of narratives and a ‘grook’ (p.14). A grook (pronounced ‘gruk’) is an aphoristic poem associated with the Danish philosopher Piet Hein. They estimate that Hein wrote over 10,000 of these … [Read more...] about Weick’s Grook and The Authority/Power Myth
The Dialectic of Weick – Free Workshops
Most of the scholars and philosophers that inform the work of SPoR hold to a sense of dialectic in knowledge and experience. Karl E. Weick is no exception. The idea of dialectic can be simply understood as dialogue between two things, persons or concepts. The concept of dialect was used by … [Read more...] about The Dialectic of Weick – Free Workshops
What Does Weick Believe About Flux – Free Workshops
This comes from Weick’s paper: Arrested Sensemaking: Typified Suppositions Sink the El Faro (p.16) (2022) Sensemaking is an imbalance between continuity and discontinuity. Being-in-the-world is an interruptible structure of anticipations. Incisions are pragmatic efforts to … [Read more...] about What Does Weick Believe About Flux – Free Workshops
A Puzzle, Ambiguity and Mysticism – Free Weick Workshops
Karl E. Weick introduced a number of concepts into thinking about the Social Psychology of Organising that have significance for Safety. Some of Weick’s ideas are unknown to Safety because it selectively reads Weick to suit its own worldview/paradigm. Weick uses the language of: ‘puzzle’, … [Read more...] about A Puzzle, Ambiguity and Mysticism – Free Weick Workshops
What Can Weick Offer Safety
The work of Prof. Karl E. Weick is known to many safety people but often not in the deepest sense of his philosophy or complexity of his ideas. Some may have downloaded his research on the Mann Gulch tragedy or his work on Sensemaking in Organisations. Some may have downloaded and read … [Read more...] about What Can Weick Offer Safety
All Injuries are Preventable and Other Silly Safety Sayings
quotable quote: “The use of silly and meaningless safety language matters, it creates a distraction and delusion that safety and risk are being addressed. We may feel good about speaking such words but they dumb down culture and distract people from taking safety seriously”. All Injuries are … [Read more...] about All Injuries are Preventable and Other Silly Safety Sayings
Social Psychology of Risk – Body of Knowledge
Social Psychology of Risk – Body of Knowledge POSTER NEWS Since publishing the poster on the Social Psychology of Risk Body of Knowledge (https://safetyrisk.net/understanding-the-social-psychology-of-risk-and-safety/) I have had many requests to purchase a copy. (More will be given away in … [Read more...] about Social Psychology of Risk – Body of Knowledge
Free Workshops June – Weick and HROing
Following on from the very successful workshops on following-leading (https://safetyrisk.net/reflections-on-following-leading-in-risk-workshops/ ), we are happy to offer a series of workshops in June on the subject of Prof Karl Weick and HROing. This has been in response to many of your … [Read more...] about Free Workshops June – Weick and HROing
What Are Moral Hazards?
When people are driven to an internal conflict between their moral meaning and systemic ethics, they face a moral hazard. The harm caused by engaging a moral hazard can be deep, psychologically, socially and relationally damaging. Moral harm is not seen or observed but is subtle, invisible and … [Read more...] about What Are Moral Hazards?