The Bias of Method Design in Risk Anything that is designed hides the assumptions and philosophy of the designer. The methodology (philosophy) of the designer is not visible but is rather hidden in the method, what is enacted. So, if one looks at the iCam method one tends not to see its bias (https://safetyrisk.net/deconstructing-icam-useful-or-useless/ ). […]
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Visualising Risk
Visualising Risk One of the foundational practices in SPoR is the visualization of social relationships in risk. This is why the study of Semiotics is essential for risk assessment and understanding human judgment and decision making. It is unfortunate that the safety industry is so naïve and ignorant in its use of images, symbols, graphics […]
STEP 1, Suspend Your Agenda
STEP 1, Suspend Your Agenda There are 3 critical impediments to reviewing events and incidents: Carrying an agenda into the interview (suspend your agenda, bias awareness) Thinking of what to say next (which means you are not listening) and, Following a set process or form. Each of these three common characteristics of safety interviews ensure […]
Foresight Blindness, Hindsight Bias and Risk
Foresight Blindness, Hindsight Bias and Risk One of the beauties of fallibility is what Alan Watts called The Wisdom of Insecurity . Watts describes how binary worldviews create fear and dogma, making people frightened and concocting securities that don’t exist. Watts thinking helps one step out of the binary worldview and accept a way of […]
The Shaping of SPoR Intelligence, Skills and Competence in Risk
The Shaping of SPoR Intelligence, Skills and Competence in Risk The next free module in SPoR will be run in September, you can register your interest here: https://safetyrisk.net/free-online-module-introduction-to-the-social-psychology-of-risk/ You can’t access knowledge you don’t have and neither can you enact skills you don’t have. Even the enactment of skills without understanding is possible but without […]
