Learning to Reject Zero One of the fallacies that circulate in the safety-sphere is that change in thinking/cognition is learning. This often comes from Safety with no expertise in Learning and Education. Then once learning has been declared by Safety wonder why nothing changes. How fascinating all … [Read more...] about Learning to Reject Zero
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Deconstruction and Reconstruction for Safety
Deconstruction and Reconstruction for Safety The discipline of Social Psychology has a unique evolution that emerges out of the disciplines of: Critical Theory, Cultural Theory, Semiotics, Poetics, Social Politics, Ethics, Post-Structuralism, Neo-Marxism, Education, Dialectics, Discourse Analysis, … [Read more...] about Deconstruction and Reconstruction for Safety
Curriculum and Bodies of Knowledge as Instructional Affordances
Curriculum and Bodies of Knowledge as Instructional Affordances An affordance is created by design eg. a chair affords ‘sitting’ by design, a cup affords ‘drinking’ by design, a ball afford ‘kicking’ by design and water is designed for drinking and swimming. Understanding affordance is foundational … [Read more...] about Curriculum and Bodies of Knowledge as Instructional Affordances
Covid 1984 – The Shake Hands Maskerade and Vial Diplomacy
Covid 1984 - The Shake Hands Maskerade and Vial Diplomacy Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past George Orwell Boys from the Blackstuff was a highly acclaimed British television drama series written by the Liverpool playwright Alan Bleasdale. It was … [Read more...] about Covid 1984 – The Shake Hands Maskerade and Vial Diplomacy
Spin, Nonsense Language and Propaganda in Safety
Spin, Nonsense Language and Propaganda in Safety It wasn’t that long ago that the latest trend in safety was to label someone a ‘thought leader’ or a ‘disrupter’ (https://safetyrisk.net/safety-and-the-spin-of-disruption/ ). Of course this was meaningless language because tradition, orthodoxy and … [Read more...] about Spin, Nonsense Language and Propaganda in Safety
Certificate, Diploma and Masters Studies in SPoR
Certificate, Diploma and Masters Studies in SPoR The Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk (https://cllr.com.au/) accredits the only studies in the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) globally. There are 22 modules of study on offer with the modules 1-4 forming the foundation of the Introductory … [Read more...] about Certificate, Diploma and Masters Studies in SPoR
Balance in Risk and Safety
Balance in Risk and Safety Safety in its short history has become a lopsided discipline dominated by STEM-only thinking exemplified in Behaviourism, Positivism and Engineering discourse. This has led to an objects focus evident in curriculum and Body of Knowledge that ignores many human aspects and … [Read more...] about Balance in Risk and Safety
Critical Thinking At Risk
People refer to critical thinking but rarely define what they mean. People may think they are critical thinkers but are often constrained by ambitions, politics, debt and social structures. In the world of risk and safety where compliance rules and obedience is privileged over all, critical thinking … [Read more...] about Critical Thinking At Risk
Safety Holistically a Case for Change
Where you start in safety drives trajectories. Foundational beliefs and assumptions create directionality and a worldview that interprets reality. These foundations are a philosophy, ideology and methodology for what one normalizes as ‘safety work’. The foundational assumptions of ‘safety work’ are … [Read more...] about Safety Holistically a Case for Change
The Moment of Decision in Safety
Few people hold a working manual beside them as they learn a new process. They might consult that manual but the moment their eyes leave the paper/screen and they look at the action needed a host of critical factors come into play in enacting a decision. Many of these critical factors are embodied … [Read more...] about The Moment of Decision in Safety