AIHS Repeating the ‘Race to 80’ and ‘Live With COVID’ Rhetoric Interesting to see the AIHS buying the cool-aid of the ‘Race to 80’ and ‘live with COVID’ rhetoric. This is NOT the discourse of the Doherty Report . At best, this idea of ‘race to 80’, language of ‘freedom’ and ‘living with COVID’ are […]
Covid-19
Working From Home Health and Safety Tips – Covid-19
Working From Home Safety Tips – Coronavirus https://safetyrisk.net/covid-19-work-from-home-safety-checklists-and-risk-assessments/ Working from home, or telecommuting, is becoming compulsory (furloughed) in the wake of social isolation due to the COVID-19 virus spread. I’ve done it for years and, despite the disadvantages, I couldn’t imagine commuting each day. But it is a workplace and proper safe practices must still […]
On Confinement
Thanks to Rob Long for sharing this article from https://www.theschooloflife.com/thebookoflife/on-confinement/ . A great read for all those furloughed at the moment and perhaps feeling like you are missing out on something: At some point in the 1650s, the French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal jotted down one of the most counterintuitive aphorisms of all time: […]
The Common Sense Fallacy
We hear it all the time, this call for ‘common sense’: · https://www.examiner.com.au/story/6690707/time-for-common-sense-approach-to-covid-19/ · https://www.newsport.com.au/2020/march/coronavirus-facts-common-sense-and-compliance/ · https://hackernoon.com/common-sense-for-companies-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-mv8h32hs · https://www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews/pandemic-the-board-game · https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12318713 Of course if common sense existed you would neither have to talk about it or request it. It is because knowledge is not common that people become frustrated with others who don’t see the […]
Challenges and Opportunities for Learning in a Crisis
With so many people working or unemployed at home we have taken off with a ‘jump out of the blocks’ at the Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk (CLLR) with a number of courses and programs that are free and online. This week we had some very successful ZOOM (https://zoom.us/) sessions with our Reading […]
