One of the by-products of the positive psychology cult is: the massaging of truth, the creation of false narratives, linguistic spin and ethical gymnastics. Whilst there is nothing wrong with positive psychology in itself its evolution as a reaction against perceived negative analysis such as: … [Read more...] about Sacrificing Truth for No Blame
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The Blame Game of HOP
The HOP club seem to think that reality can be reshaped by a collection of slogans and memes. One of the classics is the slogan ‘blame fixes nothing’. Of course, the reality is that blame fixes things, this is the foundation of the justice system. The court decides where the blame lies and what … [Read more...] about The Blame Game of HOP
Anger, Blame, Shame, Lament, Depression, Fallibility, Resilience and Self-Righteous Safety
One of the things Safety loves to do, is reduce a wicked problem down to a simplistic slogan. In this way it finds a simplistic answer to ‘fix’ a ‘wicked problem’ that cannot be ‘fixed’. This demonstrates the addiction of Safety to reductionism. We see this in the sloganistic and meaningless ‘just … [Read more...] about Anger, Blame, Shame, Lament, Depression, Fallibility, Resilience and Self-Righteous Safety
