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Dolphyn Newsletter – May 2018

May 6, 2018 by Rob Sams Leave a Comment

Dolphyn Newsletter – May 2018 IN THIS ISSUE Welcome to our third Newsletter for 2018, where we again welcome new subscribers, many of who join us after recently purchasing Social Sensemaking eBook edition. We love hearing feedback after people have read the book and we share in some of this feedback below. Next week we […]

Dolphyn Newsletter–August 2017

August 8, 2017 by Rob Sams Leave a Comment

One of the few Risk and Safety Newsletters worth reading these days Reflections of a Great Mate Remembering Max Geyer It is with much sadness, yet at the same time some relief, that we open this Newsletter with the news of the passing of our dear mate Max Geyer. After a period of illness for […]

Reflecting on Another Year of Learning

December 12, 2016 by Rob Sams 3 Comments

Reflecting on Another Year of Learning – Dolphyn Newsletter December 2016 Reflections of 2016 2016 has been an energising year filled with much learning, a lot of travel and a book! Dolphyn’s ‘Community of Practice‘ have continued to support many organisations and people to better understand how we make decisions and judgments about risk. We […]

Semiotics and Corporate Logo Fails

Semiotics and Corporate Logo Fails Our good friend and author of Its All in The Sign, Max Geyer, has just undertaken a redesign of his company logo as part of an overall revamp of his business. Being “Risk Savvy” he consulted far and wide with his friends and colleagues and the result is pretty impressive […]

No Evidence for the Religion of Zero

No Evidence for the Religion of Zero Vision Zero or Zero Vision? Religious studies demonstrate that in our post-science/post-text world the secular is becoming more religious and the religious is becoming more secular (Ostwalt, 2012, Secular Steeples, Popular Culture and the Religious Imagination Bloomsbury, London also https://aeon.co/amp/ideas/why-religion-is-not-going-away-and-science-will-not-destroy-it). There is no better evidence for this than […]

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Weird Types of Insurance that Actually Exist

Weird Types of Insurance that Actually Exist In the insurance world, monotony is an everyday experience. Income protection, life, and vehicle insurance are all things that are commonly heard of with the same information being repeated time and time again. However, every now and then even the most standardized subject matter shows a glimmer of […]

Behind Every Safety Rule Is A Story

Behind Every Safety Rule Is A Story (usually only 1) A friend of mine recently organised a holiday apartment through Airbnb. They sent him a short list of house rules and the last one was: “Please be considerate and only use oil based lubricant” – I immediately started to imagine what had happened for that […]

Is Complacency Evil?

Republished by request…… Is Complacency Evil? Lots of words are thrown around the safety sector with little definition. Everyone seems to know what everyone else is thinking and yet there is little clarification. The word ‘culture’ is perhaps the best example of an overused but under-defined word in safety. Most people when they talk about […]

Push or Pull – It’s Not Your Fault – It’s a Norman Door!

The Art Of Human Centred Design Have you ever struggled to open a door only to discover that you were pushing when the sign clearly says “PULL” – its not your fault, rather, faulty design. This is called a ‘Norman Door’ and they open into some good lessons for Safety. One of the most common […]

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