All life down to the last cell have an anergy and drive for self-preservation, reproduction and sustainability. This force and energy is called ‘allostasis’ and results in many ways that beings regulate living. Homeostasis is the energy and force to maintain stability through constancy. Both … [Read more...] about Allostasis and Homeostasis in Risk
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What Can Safety Learn From Addictions?
For a long time those who were caught up in addictions were demonised by society as bad people, problematic and ‘addicts’. This is because society, led by the myths perpetuated by Christian and Temperance movements, constructed addiction as ‘a choice’. The same idea was connected to evangelical … [Read more...] about What Can Safety Learn From Addictions?
A Change of Heart and Worldview
The connection between the Heart, Gut and Brain is astounding, which is why in SPoR, we make the concept of One Brain Three Minds (1B3M) (https://safetyrisk.net/gab-and-robone-brain-three-minds/) foundational to understanding decision making. The research on humans as enactive embodied persons is … [Read more...] about A Change of Heart and Worldview
The Language of ‘Saving Lives’, Doesn’t Help Safety
The language that ‘Safety Saves Lives’ doesn’t help any process in tackling risk or the outcome of safety. Indeed, if anything this kind of language further promotes safety arrogance, elitism and unethical conduct, delusion and disconnectedness from the everyday practice of helping people tackle … [Read more...] about The Language of ‘Saving Lives’, Doesn’t Help Safety
Addiction in Certainty and the Harm of Addiction In Safety
One of the best books I have read on addiction is by Gabor Mate (2008) In the Realm of The Hungry Ghosts. Of course, there are many other sources that help explain the psychology of addiction but Mate is particularly helpful in situating addiction in social context. The idea that addiction is a … [Read more...] about Addiction in Certainty and the Harm of Addiction In Safety
Burnout, Distress and Role Conflict in Safety
One of the first signs of distress in role conflict is loss of sleep, sleep disorder or psychosocial fatigue. We know that in whatever you do - The Body Keeps the Score (Van De Kolk ). As much as behaviourists and the great safety con might want to tell you, humans are not bodies driven by a … [Read more...] about Burnout, Distress and Role Conflict in Safety
Dreamers, Dreaming and Decision Making
I remember as a child being insulted by a teacher who called me a ‘dreamer’ in front of a class, simply because I was not focused on a task as he wanted. How fascinating that in our western society that we would want to use such a metaphor to insult someone. Yet, in Indigenous, First Nations People … [Read more...] about Dreamers, Dreaming and Decision Making
CLLR Newsletter Feb 24
Theme - The Adoration of Technique Technique is the quest for ultimate efficiency and was first articulated in 1964 by Jacques Ellul in The Technological Society … [Read more...] about CLLR Newsletter Feb 24
The Phenomenon of Safety – A Video
I was asked by Billy Snead if we could do a Zoom session on the nature of Phenomenology and its relevance to safety. So, we recorded out chat here: Conversation with Billy on Phenomenology from CLLR on Vimeo. As you will see in the video, Billy rightfully identifies that the philosophy of … [Read more...] about The Phenomenon of Safety – A Video
iCue as Visual Verbal Risk Assessment – A Video
One of the positive methods of SPoR is the use of visual-verbal knowing in risk assessments we call iCue (https://safetyrisk.net/understanding-icue-a-visual-verbal-semiotic-method-for-tackling-risk/ ). It takes some learning to develop competence in iCue Engagement but it is worth it for the change … [Read more...] about iCue as Visual Verbal Risk Assessment – A Video
