"Hello. We would like to change our culture. We want you to deliver us some training through which people to change the culture in our company!" It is the first sign that the interlocutor is at least confused about this subject. Lines like this make me ask myself more questions. What is the … [Read more...] about Culture – more than “how we do things, around here.”
Safety Culture
Review – Safemode White Paper – Towards a Safety Learning Culture for the Shipping Industry
I was sent this paper from a seafarer that requested a review and I thought perhaps readers might be interested in it: https://www.safemodeproject.eu/uploadFile/11420221156354245081.pdf The paper commences with this (p.6): ‘Within the framework of the EU-funded SAFEMODE project, a … [Read more...] about Review – Safemode White Paper – Towards a Safety Learning Culture for the Shipping Industry
Understanding Culture Differently
Any approach that seeks an understanding of culture requires a sophisticated sense of ‘knowing’ because, culture in itself cannot be defined or controlled like some would like. Indeed, in seeking to define (and control) Culture one already reduces it by a method of reductionism. That is, culture … [Read more...] about Understanding Culture Differently
Manufacturing a Worldview to Fit Safety
One of the things Safety does best is state what is, by what isn’t. What happens most often in the closed echo chamber of Safety is that one starts with the assumption that safety is the sacred starting point for thinking and then make the world fit that assumption. We see this typically with … [Read more...] about Manufacturing a Worldview to Fit Safety
What is Psychological Safety?
Find Psychological Safety Resources HERE >>>> Mental Health is certainly a hot topic at the moment. Even the Safety Regulators are encouraging us to apply the same old ineffective safety methodologies to “fixing” the problem people. Emerging also are buzz words like “Mental First Aid” … [Read more...] about What is Psychological Safety?
Day 4 SPoR in Europe
After a day in and half of semiotic overload and cultural saturation of Vienna we started our first day of Social Psychology of Risk; Culture with Mondi. https://www.mondigroup.com/en/home/ Mondi has been implementing the Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) in a measured pace. This trip marks … [Read more...] about Day 4 SPoR in Europe
The Mortal ‘Affliction’, Zero and Safety
The Mortal ‘Affliction’, Zero and Safety I was recently did a semiotic walk through the old Adelaide Cemetery. I had not walked through this cemetery before and expected it to be unique as Adelaide is unique in Australian History. South Australia was founded as a ‘Paradise of Dissent’ as is well … [Read more...] about The Mortal ‘Affliction’, Zero and Safety
It’s Knowing ‘Y’ That Matters
It’s Knowing ‘Y’ That Matters Dolphyn recently launched our new brand and website (www.dolphyn.com.au). This involved a change not only to our name, but also the focus of what we do, which is supporting people and organisations to better understand and deal with risk. We do this by developing and … [Read more...] about It’s Knowing ‘Y’ That Matters
Who Are Your People?
Article by John Toomey with great story on what happens to our cultures and our business success when we focus on how awesome people are rather than dehumanising them. Its very easy to fall into this trap (ie “they are just a contractor”?) . See also: The Dehumanisation of Safety, There is No Way I … [Read more...] about Who Are Your People?
I was just trying to Help
I was just trying to Help A friend called me recently to tell me that they’d lost their job. They couldn’t understand the decision and we spoke for an hour or so working through the roller coaster of emotions they were feeling, from anger, to frustration, to anxiousness and amazement. I just … [Read more...] about I was just trying to Help
