200,000 SPoR Book Downloads We’ve had a few milestones lately, first with the 1000th blog (https://safetyrisk.net/celebrating-1000-blogs-on-risk/ ) and now with over 200,000 book sales/downloads of Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR). This is in addition to over 100,000 video downloads (https://vimeo.com/humandymensions ). The most popular video download of all time is on Paperwork (https://vimeo.com/162034157 ). No […]
Social Psychology of Risk
The Deficit Focus and Safety Balance
The Deficit Focus and Safety Balance So much of the activity of safety has a focus on the deficit nature of loss. Safety, by its very remit counts the number of times things are unsafe, when things go wrong. Rather than take a focus on the abundances of fallibility, the wealth of goodness in vulnerability, […]
SPoR Quarterly Newsletter September 2021
SPoR Quarterly Newsletter September 2021 Theme – Brain-Centrism and Risk I was contacted by a safety person the other day who was at his wits end because he had ‘tried everything’ in the so called ‘safety arsenal’ to reduce injury and harm at work. The letter started with comments like ‘we have done safety the […]
The Bias of Method Design in Risk
The Bias of Method Design in Risk Anything that is designed hides the assumptions and philosophy of the designer. The methodology (philosophy) of the designer is not visible but is rather hidden in the method, what is enacted. So, if one looks at the iCam method one tends not to see its bias (https://safetyrisk.net/deconstructing-icam-useful-or-useless/ ). […]
The Learning (and unlearning) that Revealed my Vocation
The Learning (and unlearning) that Revealed my Vocation It was in March 2012 that I transitioned from working full time in organisations, to starting a consultancy. I remember the time well, sitting with colleagues and friends brainstorming a business name. The result, Dolphin Safety Solutions. The “Dolphin” part I remain proud of; a metaphor for […]
