I read with amusement the word ‘conversation’ being used in safety. Most often it doesn’t mean conversation, dialogue, mutual listening or helping, it means ‘telling’. Such is the safety code (https://safetyrisk.net/deciphering-safety-code/). If you enter into any engagement with an ‘other’ with … [Read more...] about Telling, The Safety Way
Communication and Consultation
Think Outside The Safety Suggestion Box
Think Outside The Safety Suggestion Box Overnight I had someone email me asking for a suitable sign to put on their safety suggestion box to encourage employees to contribute to their new initiative. My immediate response, sent without much thought and whilst still half asleep was “with respect, … [Read more...] about Think Outside The Safety Suggestion Box
Dolphyn’s First Newsletter for 2015
Late last year I Unsubscribed to dozens of “safety” newsletters (See Isn’t Safety Supposed to be a Positive Thing). Every time I opened these newsletters I was confronted by fines & punishments, legislative updates, death & injury, PPE and the latest snake oil – That’s not safety - I was … [Read more...] about Dolphyn’s First Newsletter for 2015
Tackling Risk With Engagement Boards
Amongst the many tools (https://safetyrisk.net/what-does-spor-do/ ) developed in the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) is the use of Engagement Boards. I discussed these four years ago on this site (https://safetyrisk.net/safety-engagement/). The Engagement Board strategy is based on the notion of … [Read more...] about Tackling Risk With Engagement Boards
Safety Conversation Essentials – 20 Tips
In our preoccupation with technology, systems, checklists and legislation I trust we don’t lose sight of the most powerful instrument we have to manage risk – the simple but effective, safety conversation. Now whilst having a conversation is simple, it’s not simplistic. It is however, our greatest … [Read more...] about Safety Conversation Essentials – 20 Tips
Conforming and Questioning in Safety
Cass Sunstein’s tidy little book Conformity (2019) raises many issues that people in safety need to think about. The book starts by discussing the many social influences that affect decision making, demonstrating that the simplistic ideas of BBS and zero are nonsense. I have mapped many of … [Read more...] about Conforming and Questioning in Safety
Semiotics and Unconscious Communication in Safety
Semiotics and Unconscious Communication in Safety Some really interesting recent articles by Hayden Collins – http://riskintelligent.com.au/. One of his previous posts, How Semiotics Affects The Return To Work Process, generated some great discussion. The Semiotics of the RTW Industry FIRST … [Read more...] about Semiotics and Unconscious Communication in Safety
How was your break?
How was your break? This is the question most of us ask when meeting at the airport to fly to back to work or when the crew first arrives back on site from R&R. Is it just social etiquette, or do we really want to know? I would suggest perhaps it may a little of both depending on the nature … [Read more...] about How was your break?
All That You Don’t See in Messaging
Elam presents all that happens in paralinguistics and messaging that is not seen in his work The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama. You can download the book HERE On pages 34-38 Elam presents all the codes that happen in any performance and communicative activity. This includes: Systemic codes … [Read more...] about All That You Don’t See in Messaging
Conversational iCue
Conversational iCue The past 20 years the most successful program for the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) has been the Safety Conversations program. It doesn’t matter where I go in safety this shows up as the greatest need. It is simply a fact that most safety people have never been trained in the … [Read more...] about Conversational iCue