Newsletter # 3 – March 2015

Dolphyn Newsletter #3 “When Thou is spoken, the speaker has no thing for his object. For where there is a thing there is another thing. Every It is bounded by others; It exists only through being bounded by others. But when the Thou is spoken, there is no thing. Thou has no bounds.” Buber (1958, […]

There is no way I would do that!

The impact of social arrangements on our decisions and judgments I had the privilege last week of meeting a new group of people as they commenced their adventure into the world of better understanding people and how we make decisions and judgments about risk. I felt especially privileged to be able to present a short […]

A Learning Adventure in Understanding Risk and People

When you open your mind to learning, ‘unlearning’ and to a new and different way of thinking, it can be refreshing, liberating and motivating. In May 2012, I commenced my  learning adventure in understanding risk and people. This is when I started my post-graduate studies in the Social Psychology of Risk under Dr Robert Long […]

Understanding How People Make Decisions and Judgments

Robert Sams presented at the 2015 National Workers Compensation Summit in Melbourne NSW on 25 February. In the midst of presentations that mainly focused on numbers, graphs and data, most of which were about how to ‘control’ workers compensation (including people, organisations and stake holders), Rob’s presentation focused on better understanding people. (you can see the […]

What Happens when Safety is a ‘Battle’?

It’s great how reflecting with others can sometimes help us see what is really happening. http://www.safetyrisk.net/what-happens-when-safety-is-a-battle/

Experiential Learning

There are plenty of options for organisations to consider when it comes to learning and training programs for risk and safety. In fact, just working through the array of programs can be difficult enough, let alone sit through programs that often ‘flood’ participants with information, and focus on competency rather than experience and learning. If […]