What Can Marx Say to Safety? It’s important to understand that the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) emerges from traditions in Marxism, Post-Structuralism, Semiotics and Deconstruction. This is represented graphically (semiotically) as follows: Marxist and Post-Marxist theory is most observable … [Read more...] about What Can Marx Say to Safety?
Social Psychology of Risk
No Gurus, No Stars, No Heroes Needed in Safety
No Gurus, No Stars, No Heroes Needed in Safety The discourse of gurus and heroes in the safety industry draws attention away from everyday realities (https://safetyrisk.net/everyday-safety/) of tackling risk. The endless quest for silver bullets and ‘safety programs’ is a distraction from the basic … [Read more...] about No Gurus, No Stars, No Heroes Needed in Safety
Free Online Module: Introduction to The Social Psychology of Risk
Free Online Module Introduction to The Social Psychology of Risk The Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk (CLLR - https://cllr.com.au/) and Dr Long are pleased to make Module One An Introduction to The Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) Free and available to those who want to commit to the … [Read more...] about Free Online Module: Introduction to The Social Psychology of Risk
Intuitional Ways of Knowing in Safety
Intuitional Ways of Knowing in Safety One of the miracles/mysteries of human decision making is the way we embody knowledge through heuristics. Some of the many heuristics humans use for fast and efficient decision making are listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic. However, this list … [Read more...] about Intuitional Ways of Knowing in Safety
The Safety Cacophony Cupboard
The Safety Cacophony Cupboard I often get contacted by people in safety after they ‘try everything’ and they discover that ‘none of it works’. Safety is so good at exploring every yo-yo theory possible from BBS to useability in search for the ‘silver bullet’ when there is none. With so much … [Read more...] about The Safety Cacophony Cupboard
Positives and Negatives in Dialectic in Safety
Positives and Negatives in Dialectic in Safety I find it interesting how positives (in language and discourse) have now been attributed with a moral imperative in safety. Of course, negatives and positives ought to be held in balance/tension, one is not morally better than the other. If the outcome … [Read more...] about Positives and Negatives in Dialectic in Safety
Are You on The Safety Teat?
Are You on The Safety Teat? A short while ago I was helping an associate fill out a third party platform for Safety, lets call the platform DN4. DN4 is both a software application and a supposed new design in how safety should be reported. My work was as an advisor to an organisation, for the … [Read more...] about Are You on The Safety Teat?
Deconstruction and Reconstruction for Safety
Deconstruction and Reconstruction for Safety The discipline of Social Psychology has a unique evolution that emerges out of the disciplines of: Critical Theory, Cultural Theory, Semiotics, Poetics, Social Politics, Ethics, Post-Structuralism, Neo-Marxism, Education, Dialectics, Discourse Analysis, … [Read more...] about Deconstruction and Reconstruction for Safety
It Works! A New Approach to Risk and Safety
It Works! A New Approach to Risk and Safety Global Book Launch We are proud to announce the publication of the 10th book in the series on the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR). The book is entitled It Works! A New Approach to Risk and Safety. You can purchase the book HERE This is the fourth … [Read more...] about It Works! A New Approach to Risk and Safety
Spin, Nonsense Language and Propaganda in Safety
Spin, Nonsense Language and Propaganda in Safety It wasn’t that long ago that the latest trend in safety was to label someone a ‘thought leader’ or a ‘disrupter’ (https://safetyrisk.net/safety-and-the-spin-of-disruption/ ). Of course this was meaningless language because tradition, orthodoxy and … [Read more...] about Spin, Nonsense Language and Propaganda in Safety