Dr Nippin Anand and Prof. Rob Long are pleased to launch their second book: SEEK Investigations, A Semiotic Method. This is the 20th book in the series on the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR). This book is available for free download: … [Read more...] about Book Launch – SEEK Investigations, A Semiotic Method
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By What Method, Safety?
After all the slogans have died down and the metaphors fade. After the conference entertainment and propaganda cease and the linguistic gymnastics parade has finished, the vital question should always be: by what method? When someone tells you how to ‘do’ something (eg. do safety differently) the … [Read more...] about By What Method, Safety?
Rob, my friend from another planet
I found him on the internet, interested in learning more about safety. After attending some of his online courses, he invited me to study with him individually, in Canberra, for free. Two years later, more precisely last month, I flew to Canberra, bringing with me my friend and business partner – … [Read more...] about Rob, my friend from another planet
Romanian Perceptions of Australian Culture, A Window to Understanding Organising
We started the year with the visit of two Romanian guests spending 7 days in Canberra to learn as much as they could about SPoR. Dec and Manu are Directors of Corporate Dynamics. (https://www.corporatedynamics.ro/) Based in Bucharest, Romania, Decebal runs training and consulting projects in … [Read more...] about Romanian Perceptions of Australian Culture, A Window to Understanding Organising
Leading-Following, Methods in Helping/Caring in Risk
The closing section of our book Following-Leading in Risk, A Humanising Dynamic presents what we call an ‘Adaptive Toolbox’. These are a suite of methods that can help anyone in management/supervision demonstrate an ethic of care/helping. It is one thing to have aspirations and slogans about leading … [Read more...] about Leading-Following, Methods in Helping/Caring in Risk
SEEK Investigations Workshop – Brisbane 3-5 March 2026
The Risk Diversity SEEK (Social psychology Event Exploration & Knowledge) Investigations Program is an event investigation program based on the foundations of a Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR). The program is unique as it applies the key principles of the Social Psychology of Risk to the way … [Read more...] about SEEK Investigations Workshop – Brisbane 3-5 March 2026
Supervision, Managing the In-Between, On-line Program
Supervision is one of the toughest jobs in the business. Managing the in-between is a huge challenge. Supervisors sit on that thin red line between managing up and managing down, usually to the very people they were a part of only a few months before. The strange thing is, people often accept … [Read more...] about Supervision, Managing the In-Between, On-line Program
Read Everything!
I was talking to a friend of mine who is a teacher in a primary school about a FB post trend of putting up all the books people have read in the past year. Not the Teacher’s reading list. In her current role, literacy is part of her job and luckily part of her passion. But she lamented to me … [Read more...] about Read Everything!
Icing on the Safety Cake and Transdisciplinarity
There are many models, tools and methods we offer in SPoR that clearly include traditional approaches to safety. We don’t talk about this much because why discuss traditional safety with people who already know what it is. Afterall, when the safety curriculum is 85-90% Technical/Engineering in … [Read more...] about Icing on the Safety Cake and Transdisciplinarity
Trust, the Foundation for Psychosocial Safety
I find it fascinating all these programs on psychosocial safety that don’t articulate a foundation in an ethic of trust/risk. There is no trust without risk nor psychosocial safety without trust. But most importantly, there is little point focusing on psychosocial safety if you think it is about … [Read more...] about Trust, the Foundation for Psychosocial Safety