Humanising Safety and Embracing Real Risk
Study in Semiotics demonstrates that congruence in messaging improves communication, incongruence creates miss-messaging. In order for communication to be effective there needs to be congruence not just in text, language and discourse (power in language) but also in para-linguistics (gesture, image, icon and symbol). The … Learn more >>>>>
It is always amusing to receive safety newsletters and publications from associations and note the language/discourse used. The latest HSE mail out is typical. The leading story is about a free webinar to manage risk.
When one learns to think critically one knows how to ask … Learn more >>>>>
Safety is a printing business not a risk management business.
As long as you have put the right paperwork in place and completed it the right way (usability mapping – https://safetyrisk.net/paperwork-and-usability-in-tackling-risk/ ) then all is well. How delightful to find the right template, fill it out correctly, change logos and … Learn more >>>>>
The latest research confirms what SPoR has known for sometime, that all vision is subjective, objective vision is impossible (https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-philosophy-lab-vision-impossible.html ), just as zero is impossible.
Researchers at John Hopkins University found that it’s impossible for people to separate an object’s true identity from their own perspective on it. … Learn more >>>>>
Whenever I run the MiProfile diagnostic (https://www.humandymensions.com/services-and-programs/miprofile/) in organizations it always turns out that over 60% of people state that they do not understand the Safety Management System (SMS). With data from over 300 organizations and 60,000 participants over 15 years of running the cultural diagnostic, people state … Learn more >>>>>
