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This four-minute video https://vimeo.com/1195240616 demonstrates the nuances in definition between an engineer (Manu), a leadership coach (Decebal) and a social psychologist (Rob). We had this conversation recently with these two Romanian friends of SPoR who came to spend a week in Canberra. Manu and Dec are Directors of Corporate Dynamics in Romania and help organisations […...

Originally posted on August 26, 2016 @ 4:24 PMThe Tension of Opposites and Binaries in Risk We are all familiar with the symbol of the Ying/Yang – the meshing of black and white into each other signifying the merging of the two. We observe in the Ying/Yang that the white appears in the centre of […]

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  Prof. Karl E. Weick died on 21 May 2026. He was indeed a pioneer and scholar of distinction in the Social Psychology of Risk. We have been studying the work of Weick for many years in SPoR (https://cllr.com.au/product/social-psychology-high-reliability-organising-unit-5/) and wish to pay tribute to Karl for all he has offered. It is indeed synchronous […]

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The binary dichotomy of work-as-imagined and work-as-done is yet another construct by academics to create a market. Moreso, it seems if any of these lords or gurus in safety declare something, it is deemed both truth and incontestable. The lemmings fall in line because truth has been declared. How odd, this adoption of academic views […]

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This is a video with Decebal Marin of Corporate Dynamics Romania (https://www.corporatedynamics.ro/ ), and Rob Long, on the difference between Psycho-Social Risk/Social-Psychological Risk. The conversation emerged as part of a week of sharing in SPoR and, Decebal prompted the discussion because ISO 45003 is being rolled out in Romania. The video discussion is here: https://vi...