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 […]

Newsletter # 2 – January 2015

Newsletter # 2 Welcome to Dolphyn’s First Newsletter for 2015. 2014 was a great year with our brand ‘refresh’ including changing our name to Dolphyn, a new logo and the launch of our updated website. We are proud of what we achieved in 2014 and are looking forward to continuing our great relationships in 2015.In this edition […]

Could Understanding Grey be the Silver Bullet?

A key theme of the feedback that I receive from my Blogs is that some of the concepts are difficult to fully comprehend because what I write about is not always black or white (or what we know of as binary thinking). That is, it can be ambiguous, grey and messy. People are often looking […]

Competition Winner Announced – Well Done Dave Gettins

Congratulations Date Gettins, you’re coming to the Social Psychology of Risk Conference on Dolpyhn, good one mate! http://www.safetyrisk.net/what-is-excessive-regulation-doing-to-us-all-competition-winner/

Balancing Between Tightly and Loosely Coupled Systems

My last two articles on art and helping, generated feedback and questions that are worthy of further explanation. Amongst the feedback was that I ‘systems bash’ when I write about risk and safety. In this piece I explore different options for how ‘systems’ may be arranged including Karl Wrick’s model of tightly and loosely coupled systems. http://www.safetyrisk.net/balancing-tight-and-loose-coupled-systems/

Out of Your Unconscious Mind

To understand and discern risk, we make decisions and judgments about uncertainty. We are often required to do this without the benefit of unlimited time, or by using rational and logical thinking in our conscious mind. This is because risk is subjective and decisions about risk often need to be made quickly. http://www.safetyrisk.net/out-of-your-unconscious-mind/