Why is it that even with ample information, and despite ‘knowing‘ differently, that sometimes our ‘feeling of risk’ may override, or at least heavily influence, our response to it? Also, how could someone who has studied and reflected on it in a rather intimate way for the last six years, not control or change their […]
There are many people working in Safety who seek a ‘different’ way of engaging with others, and rightly so. The current policing and patrolling approaches adopted by many, seem to be doing little to support people in how they tackle the challenges of risk. Some even suggest that rather than being a problem, people are […]
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I had the privilege today to meet up with a friend, one who I’ve known for a while, yet up until today we’d not had the opportunity to meet in person, so we both made the time and effort to catch up. We shared in a wholesome conversation, one where we wrestled with the tension […]
https://dolphyn.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Hands-Image.jpg220220Robert Samshttps://dolphyn.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1-600x600.jpgRobert Sams2018-04-16 14:50:452018-04-16 14:50:45The Mystery and Paradox of Being an Individual in a Social World
So What is Social Sensemaking? As author Rob Sams notes, the book and the idea itself of ‘sensemaking’, was born from a search for a more humanistic approach and methodology to supporting people to deal with risk. That is because to make sense of risk, we need to commune and converse with others; that is, […]
I’m enjoying reading David G. Benner’s Human Being and Becoming (http://www.drdavidgbenner.ca/human-being-and-becoming/) at the moment; I’m on my third read. Here are some quotes from the read on my flight home this afternoon: “Ultimately, we need a meaning that will be strong enough to make suffering sufferable… But for meaning to be useful, it has to help […]
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The Importance of Social Identity in Health – Including Dealing with Pain We know that humans are social beings. That is, we long for, and need connection with others. It is at the very heart of what it means to our being as a human. We know also that on the flip side of this is […]
https://dolphyn.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Hands-Image.jpg220220Robert Samshttps://dolphyn.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1-600x600.jpgRobert Sams2018-03-13 08:50:302018-03-13 09:40:53In This Together
I was Offloaded!
in BlogsWhy is it that even with ample information, and despite ‘knowing‘ differently, that sometimes our ‘feeling of risk’ may override, or at least heavily influence, our response to it? Also, how could someone who has studied and reflected on it in a rather intimate way for the last six years, not control or change their […]
Do we Need a Different Way of Being in Safety?
in BlogsThere are many people working in Safety who seek a ‘different’ way of engaging with others, and rightly so. The current policing and patrolling approaches adopted by many, seem to be doing little to support people in how they tackle the challenges of risk. Some even suggest that rather than being a problem, people are […]
The Mystery and Paradox of Being an Individual in a Social World
in BlogsI had the privilege today to meet up with a friend, one who I’ve known for a while, yet up until today we’d not had the opportunity to meet in person, so we both made the time and effort to catch up. We shared in a wholesome conversation, one where we wrestled with the tension […]
Social Sensemaking – Auckland Workshop – 14 May 2018
in BlogsSo What is Social Sensemaking? As author Rob Sams notes, the book and the idea itself of ‘sensemaking’, was born from a search for a more humanistic approach and methodology to supporting people to deal with risk. That is because to make sense of risk, we need to commune and converse with others; that is, […]
Human Being and Becoming
in BlogsI’m enjoying reading David G. Benner’s Human Being and Becoming (http://www.drdavidgbenner.ca/human-being-and-becoming/) at the moment; I’m on my third read. Here are some quotes from the read on my flight home this afternoon: “Ultimately, we need a meaning that will be strong enough to make suffering sufferable… But for meaning to be useful, it has to help […]
In This Together
in BlogsThe Importance of Social Identity in Health – Including Dealing with Pain We know that humans are social beings. That is, we long for, and need connection with others. It is at the very heart of what it means to our being as a human. We know also that on the flip side of this is […]