It is tempting to venture outside one’s field in expertise and experience. Ballantyne discusses this in his work on what he calls ‘Epistemic Trespassing’. I see this often in the safety industry in three key areas: ethics, culture and linguistics. Please note, this is not just a discussion on qualifications or research but a holistic […]

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Weick uses three poems in critical positions in his book The Social Psychology of Risk (https://archive.org/details/socialpsychology0000weic_2nded), including his opening grook (https://safetyrisk.net/weicks-grook-and-the-authority-power-myth/). Understanding Poetics (all that is un-measurable) is critical for tackling the ambiguities, uncertainties, paradox and wickedity of ...

In the last of this series on Prof. Karl E. Weick we present his thinking on causal loop thinking. All in preparation for those who are joining us on the free workshop series on Weick and HROing in June: https://safetyrisk.net/free-workshops-june-weick-and-hroing/ You can register for a place here: [email protected] Weick’s love of loops is one of […]

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Weick was years ahead of the game when it comes to a discussion of organising. What he discussed would be later articulated by Fuchs (Intercorporeality and Interaffectivity) in the nature of the embodiment of organising. Again, Weick was years ahead in his thinking about organising and risk. He states (p.65): Words such as connection, relation, […]

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One of the creative things about The Social Psychology of Organising is Weick’s consciousness of metaphor, his semiotic illustrations and linguistic turn. We see this in how Weick explains ‘think-ing’, transformation, conversion and change/movement/learning. In his discussion (p.43) he uses the morphing of a pseudopod to exemplify the process of change/movement/learning in or...