Are you Creating an ‘Obeyiance’ Culture?

Some organisations are so fixated on meeting their legal requirements (and the system) that they become blinded to the impact that this has on culture. Companies that focus their attention solely on a system create a culture that demands obedience, in what I refer to as an ‘Obeyience Culture’ – obedience in the name of […]

I was just trying to Help

When we think that ‘helping’ people has to be about taking action, about solving their problems, or about giving answers, we can be seduced into thinking that doing such things may be ‘helpful’ when in fact they may be an impediment. Perhaps sometimes the best help is ‘doing’ less and listening more. http://www.safetyrisk.net/im-was-just-trying-to-help/  

Jerry Won the Safety Award (but he Didn’t do Anything)

I was at a family gathering recently and got talking to Jerry who I hadn’t spoken with for a while. We chatted about our work and he asked whether I was still in ‘safety’. I said no, that’s not what I do anymore: (I’m Not that into Safety Anymore) my work focuses on people and […]

Who Decides What is Ugly?

A visit to our local Art Gallery last week with some good friends taught me a lot about risk and safety. You might be surprised what you see when you open your eyes to a new way of looking and observing. Art can teach us so much http://www.safetyrisk.net/who-decides-what-is-ugly/

Competition – Win a Ticket to the Psychology of Risk Conference

Are you keen to learn about a fresh perspective to dealing with risk? Are you sick of attending conferences that that are full of regulators, lawyers, bureaucrats and fear centred safety? Then set these dates aside! There has been nothing like this conference before. ACU, Human Dymensions and the Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk are […]

Newsletter #1 – December 2014

Welcome to Dolphyn’s First Newsletter In this first Newsletter, we reflect on 2014 by: sharing stories of what we’ve been up to; outlining some of our programs; launch our first competition; celebrate the fun and learning we had in 2014 We hope you enjoy reading and as usual, we look forward to your thoughts and […]