One of the foundations of appreciating the Olympics is knowing what you don’t know. It is so easy to be an armchair expert, having never studied the event, have no experience in the event, no feeling for the event, no knowledge in the event and using your expertise in philately to analyse what you … [Read more...] about Knowing What You Don’t Know in Safety
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Culture – Edgar Schein
Culture - Edgar Schein This weeks conversation is about Safety Culture, Dave Whitefield from Semiosphere and Andrew Thornhill from Clarity Enabled and myself discuss Edgar Schein's model as a way of explaining Safety Culture. Couple of out takes from the discussions "The tricky part of … [Read more...] about Culture – Edgar Schein
Sucking on the Same Old Safety Bottle
Sucking on the Same Old Safety Bottle I see posts about culture in safety and about ‘safety culture’ often articulated by voices with no expertise in the social sciences, Poetics or culture. Strange this industry that seeks views on culture through the narrow band of engineering, mechanistic … [Read more...] about Sucking on the Same Old Safety Bottle
Developing Our Inner Introversion
Developing Our Inner Introversion …..the art of questioning becomes more difficult as status increases. Our culture emphasizes that leaders must be wiser, set direction and articulate values, all of which predisposes them to tell rather than ask”. Edgar Schein in Humble Inquiry (2013, p.5) I … [Read more...] about Developing Our Inner Introversion