By Simon Renatus Phenomenology[i] challenges traditional distinctions between appearance and reality by proposing that phenomena reveal reality directly. Rather than searching for a hidden truth behind appearances, phenomenology asserts that reality is embedded in how the world presents itself to … [Read more...] about Phenomenology: Appearance and Reality
Social Psychology of Risk
The Phenomena of Risk Series
By Simon Renatus Sunday, 6 October 2024 12:35 PM I knew what they were looking for. “That’s very interesting, Simon, but it’s not what we’re after. We encourage e play, but the procedure clearly specifies an ICAM for this kind of incident, so can you please rework it in the correct form by close … [Read more...] about The Phenomena of Risk Series
Forecasting Safety
Here’s the challenge for anyone who holds to the mantra ‘all accidents are preventable’. Ask them to predict how long it will be in their organisation or any organisation for that matter, that they will be harm free. Hopefully they will go to their injury data and based on the history of injury at … [Read more...] about Forecasting Safety
Its all About Behaviours
Its all About Behaviours I'd like a dollar for every time I get asked if do programs on 'behaviours'. Oh, doesn't safety love behaviours. I often get asked this question by people who want to control the behaviour of others. It is amazing how attractive behaviourism is to the safety industry. … [Read more...] about Its all About Behaviours
SPoR Workshops in Vancouver, Calgary (Canada) London, Copenhagen and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
For those wanting to study SPoR face-to-face in: Vancouver, Calgary (Canada) London, Copenhagen and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) we are excited to announce that Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Pedro Ferreira will be there soon. You can see the times, places and register for these events … [Read more...] about SPoR Workshops in Vancouver, Calgary (Canada) London, Copenhagen and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Is Choice The First Casualty in the Worker’s Compensation War?
Introducing our latest awesome Author: James Ellis from The Framework Group Is Choice The First Casualty in the Worker’s Compensation War? Every day we make decisions based on insufficient information, informed by our biases and shortcuts, which ironically, we’re also ignorant to. Even in the … [Read more...] about Is Choice The First Casualty in the Worker’s Compensation War?
The Human Safety Newsletter is Out
Human Dymensions Newsletter 2014 Quarterly Newsletter If you are over boring safety newsletters about legislation updates, recent fines and the latest PPE flooding your inbox then here is a Safety Newsletter worth reading. You can subscribe here: http://www.humandymensions.com/mailing-list … [Read more...] about The Human Safety Newsletter is Out
I Wasn’t Thinking Mr Spock
I Wasn’t Thinking Mr Spock “We make thousands of decisions everyday in automatic mode without a mistake. Yet we don’t reflect and celebrate this wonderful mode of human decision making at work rather, we put the blow torch on the one moment when it doesn’t work and something goes wrong” So much of … [Read more...] about I Wasn’t Thinking Mr Spock
Theology and Risk Workshop
It is amazing just how much theological language is used in the risk and safety industry, without much understanding or awareness of what is being stated. A classic is Dekker’s book on suffering loaded with over 30 references to biblical theology. This book opens with Dekker apologising for even … [Read more...] about Theology and Risk Workshop
The Seduction to Simplify Safety
The Seduction to Simplify Safe Work Method Statements Everyone knows that we are already in an age of excess in safety. This is the dilemma of optimisation. Some now talk about ‘ultra-safety’ organisations and wonder how much more they can do and say in the name of safety. How much does one have to … [Read more...] about The Seduction to Simplify Safety
