I wanted to republish this article from last year after just reading yet another article about safety culture being "the way we do things around here" and therefore to change that, "Leaders need to walk the walk and talk the talk". I have never been comfortable with the term "safety culture", its … [Read more...] about Safety and Risk Culture Cloud
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Register for Free SPoR Module on Culture – Starting 9 July 2025
The next free module being offered by CLLR (https://cllr.com.au/) is on Culture. Places are limited to 50 places and we already have 15 registrations. So, if you want to learn about culture you can register here: admin@spor.com.au The free module will work through the book 51 Stories in … [Read more...] about Register for Free SPoR Module on Culture – Starting 9 July 2025
Blog Culture Cloud Tour Part Ten; Artefacts
Artefacts: These are the things that are left behind, things that archaeologists search for to make meaning of the past. This branches out to things that follow: On walls Things Systems Tools Text Documents Policies: These are NOT self-explanatory and can be resurrected … [Read more...] about Blog Culture Cloud Tour Part Ten; Artefacts
Blog, Culture Cloud part 8 – History
History: Social History or the History of Mentalities is an approach to cultural history which aims to describe and analyse the ways in which people interact in the world around them, as distinct from traditional approaches to history that focuses on events, power, economics, technology etc. … [Read more...] about Blog, Culture Cloud part 8 – History
Culture Cloud tour part 5; Values Attitudes and Beliefs
These are helped from by the central Ontology or World View at the centre of the cloud. Attitudes values and beliefs have their own trajectory and we need to know where this takes us. This can also be shaken by the very Turbulence of the Cloud and Stressors. This can manifest for example with a … [Read more...] about Culture Cloud tour part 5; Values Attitudes and Beliefs
Culture Cloud Tour – Part 2: Habits and Heuristics
Culture Cloud Tour Part 2: Habits and Heuristics So we head straight North on the Culture cloud as we discuss Habits and Heuristics Both are unconscious, one is learned Short cuts, the other is Uncontrolled actions and activity. So if Habits and Heuristics are unconscious what are … [Read more...] about Culture Cloud Tour – Part 2: Habits and Heuristics
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With the advent of Psychosocial Risk and Hazards (I hate the concept of a person being a hazard) there are many organisations that realise they have no understanding of what is being asked here. Safework Australia Code of Practice; managing psychosocial hazards at work With a short of Mental … [Read more...] about Culture Cloud Tour
Understanding Culture Differently
Any approach that seeks an understanding of culture requires a sophisticated sense of ‘knowing’ because, culture in itself cannot be defined or controlled like some would like. Indeed, in seeking to define (and control) Culture one already reduces it by a method of reductionism. That is, culture … [Read more...] about Understanding Culture Differently
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The Culture Cloud as a way of explaining Safety Culture This weeks conversation is about Safety Culture. Dave Whitefield from Semiosphere and Andrew Thornhill from Clarity Enabled and myself discuss the Culture Cloud as a way of explaining Safety Culture. Safety Culture from Matthew Thorne … [Read more...] about Culture Cloud
Day Zero. SPoR in Europe
I’ve decided to keep a bit of a diary for those interested in SPoR and what’s happening over the next 2 weeks. I’m off for 2 weeks of workshops with Dr Rob in Austria and Hungary. So let’s start with Day Zero. Day Zero doesn’t mean we do nothing. So doesn’t that make it a paradox. Yes, that’s … [Read more...] about Day Zero. SPoR in Europe