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THE KING’S CORONATION

July 5, 2023 by Admin 1 Comment

By Brian Darlington (co-author of IT WORKS) - First published here: https://sheqmanagement.com/the-kings-coronation/  My wife and I were spending a couple of days in Lisbon for a weekend away, planning to visit some of our favourite sites. Not being royalists, we were not that keen to spend the day … [Read more...] about THE KING’S CORONATION

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: groupspace, myths, rituals, symbols

Shared Ritual in the Safety Congregation?

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Shared Ritual in the Safety Congregation? When anything involves salvation there is ritual. This is the energy of Zero. Follow these procedures, habits, practices, myths or routine enactments and thou shalt be saved … [Read more...] about Shared Ritual in the Safety Congregation?

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: rituals, swms

Ritual Performance and Risk

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Ritual Performance and Risk One of the by-products and effects of safety bureaucracy is the reduction of personal agency. That is, people are controlled by process, systems and rituals rather than by relationship, interactive engagement and human mediation. The process of displacement then makes … [Read more...] about Ritual Performance and Risk

Filed Under: Risk Management, Robert Long Tagged With: neuroscience, rituals, wayside chapel

Safety Sacraments and Rituals

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 15 Comments

Safety Sacraments and Rituals As Australians approach the time of year most dense with symbolism (ANZAC and Easter), it may be helpful to ponder the nature, power and significance of symbols, sacraments and rituals in relation to the safety industry. After all, the safety industry is now imbued … [Read more...] about Safety Sacraments and Rituals

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: anzac, easter, rituals, vision zero

Creating Myths and Rituals in Safety

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

The test of how ‘religious’ someone is about anything is to see what they can do without or compromise on (what they make sacred or taboo). Just ask a sports fan to take down their poster of their favourite team. Just suggest to someone that something they are attached to and anchored to, be taken … [Read more...] about Creating Myths and Rituals in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Tagged With: myths, rituals

Culture Silences in Safety – Ritual

June 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Talking about ‘ritual’ in safety is a bit like talking about the war (see video below). Safety is so often noisy about petty risk and so silent about the many critical indicators of culture (https://safetyrisk.net/category/safety-culture-silences/ ). Just search for safety+culture+ritual and see … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety – Ritual

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Silences Tagged With: heuristics, paradox, rituals, safety moments

Scapegoating and Safety

May 6, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Scapegoating and Safety The Scapegoat has always been a part of the way the Sacred deals with harm, suffering, uncertainty and guilt. All civilizations and religions have practiced various forms of scapegoating for millennia. The best way to understand the nature of scapegoating is through … [Read more...] about Scapegoating and Safety

Filed Under: Investigation, Robert Long Tagged With: rituals, scapegoat

Safety Gives Me the Right to ‘Over-Ride’ Your Rite

December 22, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

One of the most offensive and unethical signals on culture used by Hopkins and Cooper in their chapters in the book Safety Cultures, Safety Models is the language of ‘over-ride’. This is the kind of stuff Safety delights in when it has no ethic of risk. Both authors suggest a desirability to … [Read more...] about Safety Gives Me the Right to ‘Over-Ride’ Your Rite

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long, Safety Culture Tagged With: rituals

Rituals in Risk Management – Podcast

November 11, 2022 by Admin Leave a Comment

A conversation between Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Robert Long on the importance of understanding ritual in relation to understanding culture. The discussion is based on the SPoR Ritual and Gesture Tool. Next podcast will be on the importance of gesture in risk management. LISTEN TO IT HERE … [Read more...] about Rituals in Risk Management – Podcast

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: rituals

Ritual as Embodied Learning in Safety

September 23, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Ritual as Embodied Learning in Safety I have written about the nature of ritual previously, particularly the properties of ritual: https://safetyrisk.net/safety-as-ritual-performance/ All rituals (and associated semiotics) ‘embody’ learning. It is important when understanding learning that we … [Read more...] about Ritual as Embodied Learning in Safety

Filed Under: Learning, Robert Long, Semiotics Tagged With: icam, rituals

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