Learning Wisdom from the Collective Unconscious It was C.G Jung who named the ideas, language, aesthetics, art, dance, myth, symbols, values, artefacts and song shared between cultures as the ‘collective unconscious’. It is in these that we find the true meaning of culture. In 2018 I was asked to give a keynote address at a […]
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Due Diligence Workshop Sydney 20,21 February 2019
Due Diligence Workshop Sydney 20,21 February 2019 Don’t miss your opportunity to join in on the Due Diligence Workshop with Dr Rob Long and Greg Smith on 20,21 February in Sydney. You can register here: https://cllr.com.au/product/due-diligence-workshop-unit-13/ This highly successful workshop makes plain what Due Diligence is all about and dispels myths that abound about formulas, […]
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Toilet Roll Safety
Toilet Roll Safety My eldest daughter has just graduated and has her first teaching work. So, we talk a lot about teaching, learning, curriculum, hidden curriculum, scaffolding, conversion, child development, psychology of learning, ethics, the politics of schooling and curriculum ideas. Last week we were sharing ideas about art and craft and I mentioned […]
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Framing Your World
Framing Your World In some of our education programs we focus on messaging. Messaging is what lies underneath language and what is embedded in discourse. Sometimes the way we ‘frame’ language and ‘prime’ our audience contradicts the very message we want to send. This is often not intentional but is a hidden by-product focusing too […]
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No Zero – A Bitter Pill to Swallow
No Zero – A Bitter Pill to Swallow Despite all the nonsense speak of ‘zero tolerance’ and ‘war on drugs’ it is clear that such strategies cost a fortune and don’t work. Here are some reasons why: · http://www.doctusproject.com/2018/10/14/why-the-war-on-drugs-isnt-stopping-deaths-at-music-festivals/ · https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2018/May/The_pros_and_cons_of_pill_testing The zero tolerance approach is based on a set of binary absolutes as if: […]
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The Art of the Open Question
The Art of the Open Question One of the big challenges in communication workshops we do is helping develop the art of open questioning. It is important at the outset in this discussion not confuse the skill of asking a question as a ‘technique’ with the disposition of ‘suspending agenda’ and relinquishing control. If you […]
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Social Psychology of Risk Doability
Social Psychology of Risk Doability One of the recurring criticisms appropriated towards all I do is that the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) is not doable. Remarkably this comes strongest from people who have never done anything in SPoR. SPoR is about putting more energy and activity into what works rather than simply producing more […]
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When ‘Hearts and Minds’ are not ‘Hearts and Minds’
When ‘Hearts and Minds’ are not ‘Hearts and Minds’ One of the profound findings of current neurophysiological and neuropsychological research is that the human person is an embodied mind, not a behaviourist computer on top of a body. Research by: Damasio – The Feeling of What Happens; Descartes Error Varela – The Embodied Mind Claxton […]
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The Domino Delusion in Safety
The Domino Delusion in Safety Domino theory was popular political mythology of the 1950s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_theory ). The theory was used by President Eisenhower in 1954 to explain the threat of communism and how Nation states would fall if not defended. Domino theory is built on the symbology of a chain reaction, a cumulative affect that […]
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Some Christmas Reading for Risk and Safety People
Some Christmas Reading for Risk and Safety People (editors note: Try “Fallibility and Risk” by Dr Rob Long – its free to download here: https://safetyrisk.net/free-safety-ebooks/ ) Christmas and New Years is often a time to catch up on some reading and relax on the beach or by a river and take in a page or […]
