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January 20, 2020January 20, 2020

The Power of Symbols in Safety

We saw the story recently of the Nazi flag being flown in Beulah Victoria. Interestingly, the etymology of the word ‘Beulah’ designates a mystical place tied to Jewish identity. The controversy over the flying of the flag demonstrates the power… Read the rest

December 31, 2019December 31, 2019

The Poetics of Risk

The idea of poetics stems back to Aristotle and denotes (https://www.iep.utm.edu/aris-poe/) experiences and non-technique (Ellul) focused modes of knowing and thinking (namely STEM). Poetry is one form of poetics but any form of non-technical expression and experience defines what it… Read the rest

December 28, 2019December 28, 2019

Wrong-Headed Safety

So much about the safety industry is about wrong thinking. The STEM-only worldview has us convinced that good safety is about rationality and cognition. This worldview has us convinced in typical binary framing that the emotions and rationality are opposites.… Read the rest

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

Safety as a Knowledge Culture

We all know the saying ‘you can’t see the forest for the trees’ meaning, when you are so deep in something you can’t see what you are in. The saying also captures the dynamic of immersion, of being so deeply… Read the rest

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019

What Does SPoR Do?

The Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) is not just a theory about how people make decisions and enact those decisions. SPoR is a way of thinking about work and how all work is social and psychological. SPoR is a very… Read the rest

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