You won’t find a detailed study of the human unconscious in relation to risk and safety in the safety industry. Yet, you will hear countless references to it as: ‘complacency’, ‘lack of awareness’ and ‘lack of concentration’ etc. Indeed, most often when the word ‘complacency’ is given that’s the end … [Read more...] about The Mystery of The Unconscious for Safety
The Abilene Paradox
Has it ever happened to you to have an opinion about something and when you get to say your opinion in public to say what others want to hear while keeping your opinion just for yourself? If so, it is quite possible that you are a victim of the Abilene paradox. The story behind the Abilene … [Read more...] about The Abilene Paradox
The Meaning of Resilience in Safety
The safety industry is so poor at tackling the nature of resilience because it denies the nature of human fallibility. This is the burden of believing in zero! There’s no need to speak about resilience if you believe in zero. The key message in safety is to ‘just believe’ or to ‘believe the … [Read more...] about The Meaning of Resilience in Safety
Free Introduction to SPoR Methods
The Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk (CLLR) and Risk Diversity is holding Introduction to SPoR Methods on the 6th of August 2024. There will be and Australia/Pacific, Americas and Europe/Africa time slots, details below. This is a pre-requisite for all SPoR Courses. This will … [Read more...] about Free Introduction to SPoR Methods
Scars That Never Heal
One of the grand delusions of Safety is its focus on physical harm. This is fostered by the silly language of ‘hazards’ and ‘controls’. Even then, the silly industry describes psychosocial harm as a ‘hazard’ (https://safetyrisk.net/what-is-psychosocial-safety/ ). You couldn’t make such stupidity … [Read more...] about Scars That Never Heal
Hide Those Knives, There are Adults Around
I was on a Tier One construction site recently and was surprised that knives are still banned on site. I had brought a puzzle as part of training and needed a sharp knife to break the puzzle that had been wedged together. Unfortunately, there were no pocket knife or Stanley knives on site. I … [Read more...] about Hide Those Knives, There are Adults Around
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
Why Some People Never Achieve
Why Some People Never Achieve – Positive Thinking Causes Failure!!! Last night I attended a presentation by leading Sport Psychologist Phil Jauncey. He convinced us all that people fail because they are into positive thinking, attitude adjustment, focus and motivation. His point is that it has … [Read more...] about Why Some People Never Achieve
CLLR June Newsletter 2024
Theme: The Challenges of Quantum Mechanics and Risk Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the development of Quantum Mechanics (Max Plank) (https://quantum2025.org/en/). As Kuhn warned us many years ago (https://www.lri.fr/~mbl/Stanford/CS477/papers/Kuhn-SSR-2ndEd.pdf), it takes a long time in … [Read more...] about CLLR June Newsletter 2024
You don’t Need to be a Hero to be a Safety Leader
You don’t Need to be a Hero to be a Safety Leader “When a meeting between two people truly takes place, when there is just you and me and we are interacting in a very real and honest way, dropping agendas and stepping into a wide space where the air is fresh and competitors become brothers and … [Read more...] about You don’t Need to be a Hero to be a Safety Leader