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ADVENTURES IN RISK AND SAFETY–KING ZERO

January 15, 2018 by Dave Collins Leave a Comment

Adventures in Risk and Safety, King Zero and a more complete outlook on what it is to be human Guest post by one of the USA based students in The Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk (CLLR) online program https://cllr.com.au/online-courses-overseas-students/ Does everyone around me really believe this? Am I the only one who questions […]

Training Calendar for CLLR 2018 – Online and Face-to-Face Studies

December 14, 2017 by Dave Collins Leave a Comment

Training Calendar for CLLR 2018 – Online and Face-to-Face Studies For people in Australia wishing to study with the Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk (CLLR) in 2018, dates and location for introductory face-to-face Units have been set as follows: Face-to-Face Certificate Units: Introduction to The Social Psychology of Risk 22,23,24 January 2018 – […]

Two New Free Training Videos on Culture and The Cultural Values Framework

November 15, 2017 by Dave Collins Leave a Comment

Two New Free Training Videos on Culture and The Cultural Values Framework The MiProfile Diagnostic (https://vimeo.com/24764673) is globally one of the most effective tools available to provide feedback to organisations on culture, risk and learning. This is because MiProfile tests implicit (tacit) knowledge (Polanyi) and the methodology is copyright to Dr Long. The MiProfile data […]

Rob Long Bourdieu is a must read for safety but won’t be...
The Social Politics of Safety · August 16, 2018
Bernard Corden Dear Rob, Many thanks for the Postman link. It is...
The Social Politics of Safety · August 16, 2018
Rob Long Bernard, social politics is mostly unconscious...
The Social Politics of Safety · August 15, 2018
SafetySue67 Started reading the Bourdieu piece. Thick reading....
The Social Politics of Safety · August 15, 2018
Bernard Corden Dear Rob, I forgot to add that the flat screen TV...
The Social Politics of Safety · August 15, 2018
Rob Long Hi Bernard. The embodiment of ideology in symbols...
The Social Politics of Safety · August 15, 2018
Bernard Corden Dear Rob, I did I semiotic walk in the waiting...
The Social Politics of Safety · August 15, 2018
Rob Long Thanks David. I’m not sure many in safety...
The Social Politics of Safety · August 15, 2018
David Skegg I am sure there will be blow-back from this post,...
The Social Politics of Safety · August 14, 2018
Rob Long And Safety told them to stay put:...
Natural Born Learners · August 14, 2018

How Groupthink Works

How Groupthink Works In light of the binary discourse that is floating about my last blog, Like A Collective Brain Snap, this may serve as a follow up. People often scratch their heads wondering why people do things and in exasperation and dismissal come up with the traditional stupidity/idiot causation scenario. This kind of binary […]

Until Nothing Changes in Safety

Until Nothing Changes in Safety The industry of safety becomes more and more fixed in its current trajectory through its linguistic practices, semiotic meanings and social reproduction. What does this mean? Humans are the sum of their social relationships and the language that is used to communicate identity. Safety articulates itself through a discourse of […]

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