Leadership cannot exist in isolation. Leadership has to be enacted, present and relational. Unless people see leadership and unless the leader envisions what it is to lead, no number of meetings in offices means much to people working at the coalface where high-risk occurs. Writing documents … [Read more...] about Visible Leadership in Safety
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Free Introduction to SPoR in Romanian language
If the manager's goal is to achieve the company's objectives by managing the available resources as efficiently as possible, the leader's goal is to take care of people, provide vision and run a business. Understanding how people judge and make decisions is fundamental to being able to do this, … [Read more...] about Free Introduction to SPoR in Romanian language
Risk & Safety. IQ – EQ – iCue
When it comes to risk and safety, there are three strong predictors: cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence, and risk intelligence. If you want to know more about their role and the specific coefficients that measure them, I invite you to read the following article. Defining and testing … [Read more...] about Risk & Safety. IQ – EQ – iCue
By What Method?
There is so much hype and marketing in safety, with so many promises, slogans and mantras. However, when you cut through all of the spin and marketing there needs to be two critical questions to be asked: by what method? And, who does that method privilege? When one asks these questions, one is … [Read more...] about By What Method?
iCue as Visual Verbal Risk Assessment – A Video
One of the positive methods of SPoR is the use of visual-verbal knowing in risk assessments we call iCue (https://safetyrisk.net/understanding-icue-a-visual-verbal-semiotic-method-for-tackling-risk/ ). It takes some learning to develop competence in iCue Engagement but it is worth it for the change … [Read more...] about iCue as Visual Verbal Risk Assessment – A Video
Free Advanced iCue ™ Workshops
This offer is only available for those with foundation studies in SPoR. If you have NOT studied SPoR previously please do not apply. Places are strictly limited to 50. All 4 workshops will be conducted via Zoom. You can register by emailing: robertlong2@icloud.com Registrations close 10 October … [Read more...] about Free Advanced iCue ™ Workshops
Understanding iCue, a Visual, Verbal, Semiotic Method for Tackling Risk
If you really want to do safety differently you need a method that is different too. You can’t do safety differently using the same old systems and methods. More so, you can’t do safety differently from the same mechanistic paradigm. This is why I developed the iCue Method for tackling risk and … [Read more...] about Understanding iCue, a Visual, Verbal, Semiotic Method for Tackling Risk
More Realistic Swiss Cheese Symbol
Dr Rob Long’s recent Safety Myths Series touched quite a few nerves in the safety industry, particularly his piece: Myth and Symbols in Safety, where he suggested that we should deconstruct the projected ‘truths’ of linearity and causality of models such as Swiss Cheese, Dominoes, Bow Tie and … [Read more...] about More Realistic Swiss Cheese Symbol
Conversational iCue
Conversational iCue The past 20 years the most successful program for the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) has been the Safety Conversations program. It doesn’t matter where I go in safety this shows up as the greatest need. It is simply a fact that most safety people have never been trained in the … [Read more...] about Conversational iCue
Dr Long in Vienna 26-30 June, Last Chance for Registration
We have a good group of 40 people registered for the workshops on Semiotics and iCue Engagement 26-30 June, but if you want to come it’s not too late to register. OF course, it’s possible to register for half day or just one day, just email robertlong2@mac.com and we will work something … [Read more...] about Dr Long in Vienna 26-30 June, Last Chance for Registration