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The Paradox of “Lifesaving Rules”

March 13, 2019 by Admin 10 Comments

The Paradox of “Lifesaving Rules” Guest Post by Danny Fay As part of my assignment in Unit 5 of the Diploma in Social Psychology of Risk, I am evaluating the paradox of “Lifesaving Rules” against the five principles of collective mindfulness as developed by Professor Karl Weick. Collective … [Read more...] about The Paradox of “Lifesaving Rules”

Filed Under: CLLR, Slips Trips and Falls Tagged With: 10 commandments, collective mindfulness, karl weick, lifesaving rules, paradox

Learning Wisdom from the Collective Unconscious

January 19, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Learning Wisdom from the Collective Unconscious It was C.G Jung who named the ideas, language, aesthetics, art, dance, myth, symbols, values, artefacts and song shared between cultures as the ‘collective unconscious’. It is in these that we find the true meaning of culture. In 2018 I was asked to … [Read more...] about Learning Wisdom from the Collective Unconscious

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: collective mindfulness, unconscious

Is Safety “a few tools short of a toolbox”?

June 9, 2018 by Admin Leave a Comment

Is Safety “a few tools short of a toolbox”? 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/ Collective mindfulness is an acceptance of equivocality; understanding that all … [Read more...] about Is Safety “a few tools short of a toolbox”?

Filed Under: CLLR, Humble Inquiry, Toolbox Talks Tagged With: collective mindfulness, Toolbox Talks

Achieving Due Diligence through Collective Mindfulness

December 15, 2017 by Admin 1 Comment

I’m really pleased to have permission to publish this short piece by Narelle Stoll, submitted as part of her studies at the Centre of Leadership Learning in Risk (see the CLLR training calendar for 2018 here). I hope you will have a good read and provide here with some questions, support and … [Read more...] about Achieving Due Diligence through Collective Mindfulness

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Strategic Business Plans, hierarchically driven

November 2, 2015 by Dennis Millard 29 Comments

Strategic Business Plans, hierarchically driven – who are the real experts? by Dennis Millard   When companies develop safety plans for work scopes, they tend to utilise who they consider to be the experts for the task. Even today we notice key managers, leaders and safety personnel are the … [Read more...] about Strategic Business Plans, hierarchically driven

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation Tagged With: collective mindfulness, sense making, weick

Expecting the Unexpected

June 10, 2015 by Admin Leave a Comment

Expecting the Unexpected Thanks to Craig Marriot, one of our NZ readers, for sending this article in. No its not a spud head safety inspection but a local community event gone wrong. Several hot air balloons came down in the nearby chemical plant! Now most organisations would not have considered … [Read more...] about Expecting the Unexpected

Filed Under: Emergencies, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: collective mindfulness, high reliability, unexpected accidents, weick

How does collective mindfulness apply to workers compensation?

September 4, 2014 by James Ellis 10 Comments

How does collective mindfulness apply to workers compensation? How do our expectations get us into trouble? Oh, and what is the meaning of life? I’m not so sure which I enjoy most anymore, being right or being wrong? My family, who are accustomed to my insatiable appetite for being right are (I … [Read more...] about How does collective mindfulness apply to workers compensation?

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems, Workers Compensation Tagged With: collective mindfulness, Workers Compensation

Managing the Unexpected

July 15, 2014 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Ed: Ok, you’ve been asking for it – a practical workplace application of Safety and Risk Psychology Managing the Unexpected Karl Weick and Kathleen Sutcliffe published Managing the Unexpected in 2001 and brought many of the principles of the social psychology of organizing into the risk and safety … [Read more...] about Managing the Unexpected

Filed Under: Construction Safety, Robert Long, Simplistic Safety, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: collective mindfulness, karl weick, sense making, unexpected

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