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Learning from people who we don’t agree with

June 24, 2023 by Rob Sams 24 Comments

Learning from people who we don’t agree with I recently read this article, shared with me by a friend, and written by Mark Brandi a former ministerial adviser in the Bracks Labor government in Victoria, Australia. The article got me thinking of the many conversations I have had with good friend … [Read more...] about Learning from people who we don’t agree with

Filed Under: Learning, Positive Safety Stuff, Rob Sams, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: confirmation bias, conversations, intuition, learning

A Much Better Way To Think About Incident Investigations

June 24, 2023 by Admin 1 Comment

I’ve recently seen and done a few incident investigations which really fell short of any mark except for ticking the box on the form that says ‘investigation completed’. There are ongoing debates about whether ICAM is better than TapRoot or if that is better than Root Cause Analysis or BowTie or … [Read more...] about A Much Better Way To Think About Incident Investigations

Filed Under: Accidents and Incidents, Investigation, Learning, Robert Long, Safety Differently Tagged With: icam, incident investigation, taproot, thinking, thinking clock

Learning, Leaning and Learning in Safety

June 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Learning, Leaning and Learning in Safety Methodology (worldview/philosophy) drives method. Method reveals methodology. Methodology and method are NOT the same thing. It matters what methodology one assumes about learning because this determines the expected outcomes of a method. Yet, in risk and … [Read more...] about Learning, Leaning and Learning in Safety

Filed Under: Learning, Robert Long Tagged With: method, methodology, safety models

Video Series on Learning with Nippin Anand

June 9, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

This is the first podcast in a series of 8 sessions of discussions between Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Robert Long on learning. The first discussion is focused on the question: Why is doubt essential for learning? Enjoy   … [Read more...] about Video Series on Learning with Nippin Anand

Filed Under: Learning, Robert Long Tagged With: Nippin Anand

A Conversation About Learning

June 7, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

This simple conversation about a movie between Nippin and I about learning, using the SPoR iCue Method. If you want to learn about learning, watch this.   … [Read more...] about A Conversation About Learning

Filed Under: Learning, Robert Long Tagged With: iCue

Embodied Learning in Risk

June 7, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

If you read anything in risk and safety that uses the word ‘learning’ make sure the book or presentation defines what learning is or, what learning theory (methodology) is the foundation of their view. If you read a safety book on learning most of the time the book is NOT about learning, it’s about … [Read more...] about Embodied Learning in Risk

Filed Under: Learning, Robert Long Tagged With: embodied learning

Asking Better Questions in Risk

May 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Asking Better Questions in Risk I have written before about questioning skills: https://safetyrisk.net/questioning-skills-and-investigations/ https://safetyrisk.net/conforming-and-questioning-in-safety/ https://safetyrisk.net/critical-thinking-and-questioning-in-safety/ Unfortunately, there … [Read more...] about Asking Better Questions in Risk

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Learning, Robert Long Tagged With: Active Listening, AIHS BoK, questioning

Learning is a Social Activity

April 13, 2023 by Rob Sams 11 Comments

Learning is a Social Activity As many would know, I’ve been on a learning journey (or ‘adventure’ as I prefer to call it) over the past three years in a quest to learn more about people and how we make decisions and judgments about risk. This ‘adventure’ has taken me in many directions, there’s … [Read more...] about Learning is a Social Activity

Filed Under: Learning, Rob Sams Tagged With: learning, social activity, social influence

Natural Born Learners

April 13, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Natural Born Learners and 10 Essentials to Human Learning The lack of critical thinking in the safety industry allows nonsense like the Bradley Curve, matrices and pyramids to thrive. All of the assumptions of these models are seriously flawed, none more so than the Bradley Curve . The Bradley … [Read more...] about Natural Born Learners

Filed Under: Learning, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: Bradley Curve, harm, learning

The Primacy of Play in Learning

September 27, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Primacy of Play in Learning One of the world experts on Learning is Sir Ken Robinson. His recent video on play (watch it below) provides a nice outline of the essentials in learning through discovery, imagination, creativity and free unconstrained activity/thinking. Although Robinson’s work is … [Read more...] about The Primacy of Play in Learning

Filed Under: Learning, Robert Long, Safe Behaviours, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: learning, play

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