If you’d like to study Philosophy and Risk, registrations for the free workshops close on the 7th (https://safetyrisk.net/is-there-a-philosophy-of-risk-and-safety/). If you would like to learn the basics of philosophy you can register here: admin@spor.com.au. We have 30 registrations across 12 … [Read more...] about Poor Old Soren, You’ve Got the Wrong Style
What Can Ellul Offer Safety?
Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) is one of the philosophers that form the foundation of SPoR. The SPoR Body of Knowledge is demonstrated here: https://safetyrisk.net/spor-philosophy/; https://safetyrisk.net/spor-body-of-knowledge-a-video/; … [Read more...] about What Can Ellul Offer Safety?
Three Cheers for the Safety Literalists
In a recent exchange with a Safety person on Linkedin I was accused of being a ‘literalist’, as if this was some kind of an insult. The same person used the word ‘academic’ as a term of offence, and the usual tirade of slander that surfaces on social media that demonstrates fear of thinking and … [Read more...] about Three Cheers for the Safety Literalists
The Lexicon of Safety Gibberish
The Lexicon of Safety Gibberish Gibberish or gobbledygook refers to speech that is nonsensical. Gibberish often takes the form of unrecognisable sounds and noise that when defined don’t make sense. Even the most cursory glance at research on ‘framing’ and ‘priming’ of language (eg. Fairhurst, The … [Read more...] about The Lexicon of Safety Gibberish
The Safety World-view and the Worldview of Safety
Does Safety have a view of the world? Of course, it is evident in all it says and does, designs and worships. It is no different than culture. It is nonsense to propose that safety has no culture! Its characteristics can be observed in the many semiotics, myths, models, beliefs, rituals, memes and … [Read more...] about The Safety World-view and the Worldview of Safety
Is There a Philosophy of Risk and Safety?
The brief answer is, yes. It doesn’t matter what you consider, whether it be about work, hobbies, activity, family, safety or living/being, there is no such thing as a non-philosophy. It is impossible NOT to have a philosophical position on something. For example, even atheism is a belief system … [Read more...] about Is There a Philosophy of Risk and Safety?
Trauma and Investigations
In our latest book SEEK Investigations, A Semiotic Method for free download, we analyse common gaps in the 22 most common investigation methods on the market. Whilst there are many glaring omissions in these popular methods (examined in our book), none tackle the challenge of trauma-awareness and … [Read more...] about Trauma and Investigations
Safety Evangelism and Marketing Safety
One of the sad spin offs from believing one is Safety and identifying as Safety is, how much it alienates people from safety. I was reading a post yesterday that sprouted some of the favourite memes/myths Safety believes and, it was good to see an experienced safety person respond by stating that … [Read more...] about Safety Evangelism and Marketing Safety
The Psychosis of Identifying as Safety
One of the psychoses of Safety is the identification as Safety. This occurs when people attribute offense to any criticism of Safety. What this does, is generate uniform compliance and any criticism of Safety must be deemed ‘an attack’ on Safety. No-one is safety. Any personal identification as a … [Read more...] about The Psychosis of Identifying as Safety
The Myth of Objectivity in Investigations
Objective thinking is therefore aware only of itself and is therefore no communication. - Kierkegaard Concluding Unscientific Postscript VII 58. Kierkegaard tears to shreds the myth of objectivity and demonstrates that such a belief leads to dehumanising behaviour. The myth of objectivity becomes … [Read more...] about The Myth of Objectivity in Investigations