We were introduced to the nature of ‘paradigm shift’ by Thomas Kuhn in the 1960s. One thing you can know for sure is that neither Kuhn, Feyerabend or Laktos will be found on any reading list in safety. Even when Safety uses the word ‘science’ it is not about a paradigm shift but rather more of the … [Read more...] about Without Change in Paradigm, There Will Be No Sustainable Change in Safety
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Evaluating Value by the Value of What You Don’t Know
You can’t know what you don’t know and so you can only evaluate a value by what you do know, by your worldview/paradigm. However, regardless of that worldview, there are other worldviews that are just as valid. All worldviews compete just as all values compete, for power, within a culture. Unless … [Read more...] about Evaluating Value by the Value of What You Don’t Know
No Paradigm Shift with BBS
The cardinal rule in safety is to present what you are not by stating what something is, then claiming the myth created as true. Then anchor a symbol and ritual to that myth and it becomes the new truth. Is it true? No! Does it work? No! But why let reality get in the way of a good myth. This is the … [Read more...] about No Paradigm Shift with BBS