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January 20, 2020January 20, 2020

The Power of Symbols in Safety

We saw the story recently of the Nazi flag being flown in Beulah Victoria. Interestingly, the etymology of the word ‘Beulah’ designates a mystical place tied to Jewish identity. The controversy over the flying of the flag demonstrates the power… Read the rest

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020

Bridging the Disciplines for Better Outcomes

One of the challenges of a closed knowledge culture is that such will not help us meet the needs of the future. Whether one understands intractable complexity as a ‘wicked problem’ or just complexity there is no doubt that the… Read the rest

January 4, 2020

Safety sure is dumb sometimes

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Continue readingSafety sure is dumb sometimes… Read the rest

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019

Risk and Safety as a Wicked Problem

Introduction It is nearly ten years since the outstanding research by Wagner and Associates ‘Safety - A Wicked Problem’ was published (http://www.peterwagner.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Safety-A-Wicked-Problem2.pdf). The project examined responses by prominent CEOs to common problems associated in tackling risk and safety at work.… Read the rest

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019

Dumbs for Safety

There’s nothing quite like a safety campaign that doesn’t consider what it communicates unconsciously through semiotics and messaging. This is classically displayed in the Mums for Safety campaign . It doesn’t matter how you ‘spin’ the framing and priming of… Read the rest

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