Aneta Darlington and Dr Rob Long The above title is that of a new PhD being undertaken by Aneta Darlington from Bydgoszcz in Poland. Aneta has been an associate of The Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) for 5 years. Previously Aneta worked for 10 years as Service Manager Emirates Airline and … [Read more...] about The Significance of C.G. Jung for The Social Psychology of Risk
Social Psychology of Risk
Uncommon Sense
By Aneta Darlington - first published here: Uncommon sense - SHEQ Management Within half a second, the all-knowing Google search engine is able to return about 1.8 billion results for the typed phrase “common sense”. The Britannica Dictionary definition explains common sense as “The ability to … [Read more...] about Uncommon Sense
Setting Your Agenda Aside
by Brian Darlington - first published here: Set your agenda aside - SHEQ Management Often leaders and others employed in the risk and safety field believe they need to do the talking, tell others what to do, control and guide the discussions, and have all the answers. This should not be the case. … [Read more...] about Setting Your Agenda Aside
Are we living in Chronos or Kairos time?
by Brian Darlington Following a visit to Slovenia’s Skocjan Caves, our columnist reflects on two different types of time and highlights why we should all live in the one as often as we can. After a recent visit to one of our operations in Italy, focusing on a large rebuild project, I decided to … [Read more...] about Are we living in Chronos or Kairos time?
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
Understanding The Social Psychology of Risk – Prof Karl E. Weick
Understanding The Social Psychology of Risk – Prof Karl E. Weick The contribution of Prof. Karl E. Weick to the genre of social psychology is enormous. (His 5 key texts are listed below). I first read Weick in 1985 as part of my Master’s Thesis at Sydney University and would count my contact with … [Read more...] about Understanding The Social Psychology of Risk – Prof Karl E. Weick
Four New Videos from SPoR, Fallibility, Human Error and Foundations
I saw a video the other day entitled ‘Zero Suicide … Understanding Human Error’. No surprise, it had nothing to do with suicide or understanding human error. This is what we expect from Safety, declaring something by what it isn’t … [Read more...] about Four New Videos from SPoR, Fallibility, Human Error and Foundations
Symbols Can be Useful But Are Not ‘True’
One of the first things one learns in the use of signs and symbol systems is that all graphics, models and symbolics are subjective and are used to validate a methodology. In this way one can declare something as mythically true or symbolically true but not true in an evidential or philosophical … [Read more...] about Symbols Can be Useful But Are Not ‘True’
Who Said We Don’t Need Systems?
What a strange sense of logic to fixate on the absence of something (injury) as a demonstration of the presence of something else (safety). Such a proposition misunderstands the dynamic of risk and being human. Who Said We Don’t Need Systems? I find it interesting that when some people read what … [Read more...] about Who Said We Don’t Need Systems?
Making Safety Better by Using Our Adaptive Toolbox
The excellent work of Gerd Gigerenzer introduces us to the limitations of rationality and the need to validate our ‘adaptive toolbox’. In several of Gigerenzer’s books he shows how our use of statistical data is mostly ineffective and disconnected from reality. Gigerenzer shows that injury data in … [Read more...] about Making Safety Better by Using Our Adaptive Toolbox
