Numbers are going well for registrations for the SPoR International Convention to be held in Canberra 18-21 September 2023. People have already registered from Europe and all over Australia and NZ. You can register here: https://spor.com.au/september-canberra-workshop/ or, write to … [Read more...] about SPoR Convention Canberra 18-21 September 2023
Social Psychology of Risk
Day 10 SPoR in Europe
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
THE KING’S CORONATION
By Brian Darlington (co-author of IT WORKS) - First published here: https://sheqmanagement.com/the-kings-coronation/ My wife and I were spending a couple of days in Lisbon for a weekend away, planning to visit some of our favourite sites. Not being royalists, we were not that keen to spend the day … [Read more...] about THE KING’S CORONATION
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
Counter Intuitive Safety
Introduction Neuroscience research has revealed that our brains account for approximately two percent of our body weight, but consume about fifteen percent of our cardiac output, twenty percent of our total body oxygen and approximately twenty-five percent of our blood sugar. They are built up of … [Read more...] about Counter Intuitive Safety
Safety-as-Persona
Safety-as-Persona A persona is a ‘face’ or ‘mask’ one puts on as an actor to take on an identity of what one is not, but for all intents and purposes looks genuine. A persona is a character type that looks real, but hides real intent, motive and purpose. Brilliant actors and actresses are clever at … [Read more...] about Safety-as-Persona
