This week has been a great time of learning, coaching, understanding and meeting two colleagues from Romania (Decebal and Manu) wishing to learn more about SPoR in Canberra. It has been a week of conversation about how SPoR can help shape a new approach to risk in Eastern Europe. Dec and Manu are … [Read more...] about Conversations about Following-Leading in Risk
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Tension and Meeting
By Frank Garrett While on a walk-about in Denag VN I came across the following street art. In the last image I was drawn to the expression of a young girl alone and without connection to others. The feeling made me think of Martin Buber ‘s I-thou philosophy, and the theory that there is no being, … [Read more...] about Tension and Meeting
AIHS Bares its Sole
At the recent AIHS National Conference held in Melbourne in May 2024, with the worthy slogan ‘Stronger Together’. An admirable slogan that deserves a powerful and positive semiotic. What an opportunity wasted. When any organisation is trying to convey a message (whether it is known or unknown), … [Read more...] about AIHS Bares its Sole
Not Much Like Safety…
Not Much Like Safety… A visit to The Wayside Chapel in Sydney's Kings Cross is a treat. This is a place where people don't seem too proud to say that, for one reason or another and at a point of time in their life, they may have been, or perhaps still are, 'by the wayside'. There is so much about … [Read more...] about Not Much Like Safety…
Meeting in Safety With NO ‘Meeting’
Meeting in Safety With NO ‘Meeting’ In the work of Martin Buber we understand the difference between meeting and Meeting, between presence and Presence. What Buber refers to here is the relational connection to persons in an activity. Unfortunately, in many of our meetings there is no Meeting, no … [Read more...] about Meeting in Safety With NO ‘Meeting’
Meeting is NOT About Technique
Meeting is NOT About Technique I have received an amazing amount of feedback on my piece on Meeting (https://safetyrisk.net/meeting-in-safety-with-no-meeting/ ). So, this blog seeks to extend the discussion a little further. Ellul’s notion of Technique proposes that any quest for efficiency in … [Read more...] about Meeting is NOT About Technique