One of the things Safety does best is state what is, by what isn’t. What happens most often in the closed echo chamber of Safety is that one starts with the assumption that safety is the sacred starting point for thinking and then make the world fit that assumption. We see this typically with … [Read more...] about Manufacturing a Worldview to Fit Safety
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Just as Well Culture Doesn’t Listen to Safety
In Hopkin’s chapter (4) The Use and Abuse of “Culture” in Safety Culture, Culture Models the assumption is made that misunderstanding and misuse of an idea is ‘abusive’. (The use of such an emotive term is never explained by Hopkins, nor is any connection made between supposed ‘confusion’ and … [Read more...] about Just as Well Culture Doesn’t Listen to Safety
No Wonder Safety is Confused About Culture
Whenever you hear or read anything from First Nations people about culture it is always anchored to: spirituality, stories, Dreaming, ritual, symbolism, myth, identity, belonging and embodied living in the world. There is no idea that culture is a ‘fog’ or ‘cloudy’, culture is known intuitively, … [Read more...] about No Wonder Safety is Confused About Culture
A Critique on Safety Views on Culture
Recently a group of interested people in SPoR from Australia, Argentina, Europe, Canada, Romania and USA had a discussion on commonly accepted views of culture in safety. All participants are highly experienced managers in risk and safety. The discussion was based on the book Safety Cultures, … [Read more...] about A Critique on Safety Views on Culture