These are a big group of four when it comes to understanding Culture. It tis important to understand what it means to be a person. Just a person. It is not their mind body, it is embodiment, we cannot have parts of them, it needs to exist as whole to be an Embodied Person. And once we wrap our … [Read more...] about Culture Cloud part 7: Ethics, Personhood, Moral Philosophy and Politics
Safety Culture
Culture Cloud part 6: Embodied Learning
Embodied Learning and Somatics: When we understand the somatic and kinaesthetic nature of human embodied action we know that the whole body participates in decision making and that the brain is NOT a computer. The use of this computer metaphor is as silly as thinking of the human eye as a camera. … [Read more...] about Culture Cloud part 6: Embodied Learning
Culture Cloud Tour – Part 4 Stress
Stress, de-Stress, diStress and euStress 4 different types of Stress that the Culture Cloud identifies, so what does this do to a person inside the organisation, how does this effect Teams, Subordinates and Peers? Stress: Normalised pressure that is put upon people, groups and or … [Read more...] about Culture Cloud Tour – Part 4 Stress
Toilet Safety
Toilet Safety I’m amazed at the reaction that Gabrielle’s recent article: Where to put the Portaloo is a Hazard has received. As per usual the Safety Spud Heads have missed the point and started debating about OSHA washroom regulations and having more comprehensive checklists. The Safety Potato … [Read more...] about Toilet Safety
Culture Cloud Tour Part 3: Behaviours
As a part of culture, everyone can understand behaviours. It is simple because it just requires us to watch and listen. Preferably to discuss what we have seen and heard, but not necessary, in particularly when it comes to investigations. We make judgements based on how we interpret the … [Read more...] about Culture Cloud Tour Part 3: Behaviours
Culture Cloud Tour – Part 2: Habits and Heuristics
Culture Cloud Tour Part 2: Habits and Heuristics So we head straight North on the Culture cloud as we discuss Habits and Heuristics Both are unconscious, one is learned Short cuts, the other is Uncontrolled actions and activity. So if Habits and Heuristics are unconscious what are … [Read more...] about Culture Cloud Tour – Part 2: Habits and Heuristics
Knowledge and Curriculum for Risk and Safety People
Knowledge and Curriculum for Risk and Safety People Every time I am engaged by an organisation I conduct a survey (gap analysis and MiProfile), asking executives, safety people and managers to nominate the knowledge and skills they would like to develop. I have conducted this survey with more than … [Read more...] about Knowledge and Curriculum for Risk and Safety People
Of Course, Safety is a ‘Thing’
I read with amusement yesterday a self-declared ‘safety expert’ who asserted that safety was not a ‘thing’ so therefore there was no such ‘thing’ as ‘safety culture’. It’s always amusing to observe mono-disciplinary Safety, with no expertise in Linguistics, Semiotics, Ethnology, Poetics, Ethics … [Read more...] about Of Course, Safety is a ‘Thing’
The Joy Of Blame
The Joy Of Blame Recent blog post by Phil La Duke – see it here Extract: What is it about blaming that feels so good? Why do we enjoy it so much? What’s that? YOU don’t enjoy blaming people; I’m sorry, I’m skeptical. I have reason to be. As a certified Just Culture practitioner who … [Read more...] about The Joy Of Blame
Sammie’s Lament – A Powerless Purpose
Sammie’s Lament – A Powerless Purpose I spoke with Sammie the other day to get a sense of how things were going. I heard the all too familiar lament of, ‘no-one’s listened before why should I tell you my story now’? Sammie felt so despondent because she was frustrated, she was inundated with … [Read more...] about Sammie’s Lament – A Powerless Purpose
