Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
Symbols say much more than themselves just as intuition is more than we can say (Polanyi). However, when it comes to safety that deems symbols to be truth and metaphors to be reality we have addictions to models … Learn more >>>>>
I received an email yesterday about data mining and safety data with promises of making unseen risks visible using artificial intelligence (AI). The marketing is ‘choc-a-block’ with promises of what AI can do and how algorithmic … Learn more >>>>>
Wise sayings are all about living and being (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/wise-sayings) and mostly don’t provide answers. If you are stressed out, lonely, frazzled or confused: go for a walk, say hello, coffee with someone, smell the flowers or take in … Learn more >>>>>
I was with a group of managers yesterday and as I often do asked them to list the words they associate with safety. We brainstorm in teams for a bit and then once each team has 10 words … Learn more >>>>>
The characteristics of fallibility are the benefits of fallibility. Unless humans are fallible we can never know the delights of love, forgiveness, relationship, passion, care, helping or learning. The quest for immutability, to be robotic and without error is delusional mythology.
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