Behind every method is a methodology, a philosophy that drives the method. One of the grand delusions of Safety is that methods are neutral and objective, they are not. Any template you download or use, hides a methodology. In safety this is usually a philosophy of Behaviourism or … [Read more...] about iCue Methodology – A Video
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SEEK Investigations Program in London with Dr Nippin Anand – 14-16 May
SEEK is one of the most successful programs offered by SPoR. This is because SEEK is anchored in an open approach to enquiry and not limited by the constraints of traditional safety. SEEK is not just a workshop but an introduction to a whole new way of looking at events and how they unfold. Who … [Read more...] about SEEK Investigations Program in London with Dr Nippin Anand – 14-16 May
Houston, we have a problem
Lessons from History by Billy Snead We are coming up on the anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission on April 13th, 1970. As I prepared to write about this event, I listened to old recordings of the astronauts and the Houston Command Center workers. I was moved to tears as I witnessed the … [Read more...] about Houston, we have a problem
One Brain Three Minds, What the Research Says
The foundation of ethics starts with an understanding of personhood. If one thinks a human person is a computer-like brain attached to a body, then learning is constructed as brain-cognition and error is constructed as cognition failure. This is the approach we find common in safety. This is how we … [Read more...] about One Brain Three Minds, What the Research Says
What is your Risk iCue?- Houston May 2025
Are you Risk and Culturally Intelligent? For more information: https://linktr.ee/riskicue.houston.may2025 Understanding the way people make judgments and decisions is fundamental to developing risk intelligence, considering cultural context. The Social Psychology of Risk and cultural factors are … [Read more...] about What is your Risk iCue?- Houston May 2025
Intermediate and Advanced iCue Workshop
iCue is one of the foundational methods of SPoR. iCue emerges out of the Existentialist Dialectic methodology of SPoR that is clearly articulated in many of the free books offered by SPoR. iCue is a visual verbal method for mapping: risk, relationships, social meaning, social causality, … [Read more...] about Intermediate and Advanced iCue Workshop
Visual and Verbal Mapping of Risk in SPoR
One of the methods of SPoR is visual and verbal mapping. We call this method iCue© (https://safetyrisk.net/beginner-intermediate-and-advanced-icue-skills/) and it is being successfully implemented around the globe in many organisations. In our book It Works! A New Approach to Risk and Safety … [Read more...] about Visual and Verbal Mapping of Risk in SPoR
Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced iCue Skills
Those who know SPoR and have completed studies in SPoR, know that learning the iCue method is not simple or easy. The benefits for safety people however, are significant. We have written a great deal about this foundational method (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/spor-and-semiotics/) … [Read more...] about Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced iCue Skills
Quantum Systems and Operationalising SPoR
I was asked as a result of the last blog and Newsletter how Quantum Mechanics (https://safetyrisk.net/what-does-quantum-tell-safety/) affects risk and safety and, how to ‘operationalise’ a method accordingly. At the heart of Quantum is uncertainty, paradox and ambiguity … [Read more...] about Quantum Systems and Operationalising SPoR