Past Event Videos
A collection of video recordings of our past events, workshops, and interviews with world renowned experts in safety and risk.
A conversation with Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Pedro Ferreira
How do you understand culture, cultural sensitivity and risk intelligence? How can being culturally sensitive make us risk intelligent? Nippin Anand and Pedro Ferreira offer some thoughts. And guess where they are – in the cultural capital of Europe i.e. Rijeka, Croatia
A conversation with Dr Nippin Anand and Steve Shorrock
This podcast is dedicated to people who put on a performance (a show) every day when they come to work. performance means many things, although in the risk and safety world we have become excessively focused on work and the narrative goes something like this that in order for the worker to perform well, she needs the right support from the company. Support in the form of the right processes, right tools, right instructions, right directions and the right rules. And once you do that, not only safety but reliability, quality and efficiency will also improve. Since it is all about performance, the focus still remains on measurements and dashboards, AI and technique. But there is another kind of performance, the kind of performance that we notice with people who are going through so much in their lives (family issues, marital problems, trauma, identity crisis, discrimination, victimisation, bullying, harassment, sexual abuse and so on) and yet they are expected to put on a show when they turn to work. that’s performance, just like Freddie Mercury making sure the show must go on. Do we care to understand performance from this perspective? Is it even important given that this has ‘nothing’ to do with work? Steve Shorrock and I had a heartfelt conversation on this topic and we share our thoughts in this podcast. We hope this podcast will make you think, reflect and approach your colleagues and friends with a different perspective about performance.
A conversation with Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Rob Long
Our society has become so obsessed with measurement that even leisure, reading, wellbeing and healthy living have become a topic for efficiency. Many of us live and die without experiencing a life outside of efficiency and measurement. Take for instance the case of the father of scientific management Frederick Taylor. Even on his deathbed, Taylor was seen winding a stopwatch. What a paradox that we won’t let go of measurement even when there is no time left to live? But things are not that straightforward. How do we explain the countless time sitting on the couch browsing through social media without purpose or meaning? How do we explain investments in weapons of mass destruction? Clearly these are issues that cannot always be understood through the lenses of efficiency. In this podcast, Rob Long and I discuss the meaning of Technique as an ideology (or a worldview) that has come to dominate our lives. The ideology of Technique comes from the work of the French philosopher Jacques Ellul but was also discussed in the work of Heidegger and other philosophers. We hope this podcast will make you think, reflect and live a more fulfilling life.
A conversation with Dr Nippin Anand and Greg Smith
Greg Smith and I recently did a podcast where I asked Greg about how far the industry has onboarded his wisdom about paper safety. The discussion ended in a very interesting place where we both felt the need to articulate a very basic question – what is safety?
It sounds like a simple question but there are so many dimensions to the idea of safety that we never come to a shared understanding and so I’m afraid we don’t have an answer but we do have some questions for you to reflect upon.
I hope you will enjoy listening and watching this podcast as much as Greg and I enjoyed creating it for you.
A conversation with Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Rob Long
The world is a semiosphere meaning the visual world around us have a symbolic and mythical meaning. In Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR), we often say that when it comes to making meaning of the outside world, ‘everything is significant’ or ‘nothing never happens.’ To a semiotically sensitive person i.e., to someone who becomes aware of the limits of their senses, there is so much wisdom in coming to terms with our ignorance. Being semiotically aware makes us culturally sensitive and risk intelligent.
I hope you will enjoy listening and watching this podcast as much as Dr Rob Long and I enjoyed creating it for you.
A conversation with Dr Nippin Anand and Greg Smith
Measurement has come to dominate every aspect of human life. In the risk and safety world, we have been exclusively and excessively wedded to methods that can demonstrate tangible ways (i.e. through documented procedures and KPIs) of proving risk and safety. But the limitations of these methods are increasingly gaining traction in our industry and some of us are even asking bold questions such as what exactly are we doing in the name of risk and safety?
Greg Smith in his book “Paper Safe” has brilliantly unpacked this issue and the assumptions behind this thinking in a pragmatic sense. Greg and I met in his hometown, in fact at his home in Perth, Australia for a heartfelt conversation on this topic. My question in this podcast to Greg is this – ‘to what extent the industry has embraced his wisdom about the illusion of paper safety?’
A conversation with Dr Rob Long and Dr Nippin Anand
I hope this video will provide a starting point for the philosophy, ethic and predisposition of Social Psychology of Risk and what is unique (not better or superior) about the SPoR worldview.
My biggest takeaway from this conversation with Rob was that central to all learning and listening is being honest about our our ethics and how we relate with people and the world around us. Tools, templates and methods are secondary when it comes to listening, understanding human decision making and learning from the others.
Dr Rob Long , Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Pedro Ferreira discuss the perspective of culture
Dr Rob Long , Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Pedro Ferreira discuss about what it means to be an educated person
Continuing their car casts on the roads in Chennai (India), Dr Rob Long, Dr Pedro Ferreira and Dr Nippin Anand ask a basic question – what does it means to be an educated person? What is a human person? What is personhood and why personhood matters when it comes to understanding culture?
Dr Rob Long , Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Pedro Ferreira discuss about what learning is
Dr Rob Long, Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Pedro Ferreira are on a car journey on the roads in Chennai, India exploring the topic of learning. So not the usual podcast but a carcast! The discussion begins with a brief introduction to what learning is not. Drawing up examples of driving and the road journey in India we then discuss how human beings learn. We discuss what is embodiment and why embodied learning matters for learning to become effective and sustainable in an organisation.
Dr Rob Long and Dr Nippin Anand on the hidden aspects of safety culture
Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Rob Long explore the meaning of ‘safety culture’. We explore the symbolism, rituals and myths of safety and question the ‘silences’ (i.e., what is not spoken) in the discourse of safety. We discuss religion and taboos and why focusing on taboos is essential to understanding safety culture.
Dr Rob Long and Dr Nippin Anand on why transdisciplinary thinking being essential for learning
The risk and safety industry typically approaches human being as a rational being and decision making as a rational, calculative, brain-centric exercise. In this podcast, Dr Rob Long and Dr Nippin Anand discuss the need for transdisciplinary thinking to understand how we as human beings make decisions with the view to improve decision making.
Dr Rob Long and Dr Pedro Ferreira on the trust needed to stop a job
In this podcast, Dr Rob Long and Dr Pedro Ferreira discuss the idea of ‘stop the job’. ‘Stop the job’ is a tool to empower people to stop an operation when they feel it is not safe to continue any longer. How does the idea of empowering someone to trust their intuition work in practice?
Dr Rob Long and Dr Pedro Ferreira on faith and learning
Have you ever wondered what is faith in true sense? Why do we hesitate so much to use the word faith? In this podcast Dr Rob Long and Dr Pedro Ferreira explore what is faith and why faith is essential to learning and living.
Dr Rob Long and Dr Nippin Anand on culture and learning
A podcast on understanding culture, safety culture and how we as human beings learn. Dr Rob Long and I explore why doubt is essential to learning? Have you ever paid close attention to how we speak? What is the language of risk and safety? In this podcast, we discuss why the language of doubt and uncertainty is essential to learning.
How can we ask open ended questions? How do we make people think and reflect about their assumptions and biases? How can we apply this framework to our current practices in risk management without having to redesign the entire system? In the video below, we will focus on applying the iCue method to risk assessments and tool box discussions to generate engagement and learning. For more information please reach out to us at support@novellus.solutions.
This is a short video to demonstrate how the iCue method works in practice using the practical example of a risk assessment. iCue method is based on Social Psychology of Risk. For more information please reach out to us at support@novellus.solutions.
This is a short video to demonstrate how the iCue method works in practice using the practical example of an incident investigation. iCue method is based on Social Psychology of Risk. For more information please reach out to us at support@novellus.solutions
Here is an iCue exercise the Novellus team did and enjoyed.
Nippin Anand , Pedro Ferreira, Lincy Mathew
Pitching, Framing, Priming, Mirroring and Anchoring
Here is a conversation with Dr Rob Long where we briefly discuss pitching, framing, priming, mirroring and anchoring. The knowledge of these tools is vital to enriching the quality of our conversations and building trust with others.
Mandala Symbolism: relevance to risk management
In this video Dr Rob Long, Dr Nippin Anand and Dr Pedro Ferreira discuss the Mandala Symbolism based on the work of pioneering thinkers including Carl Gustav Jung. Mandala is one of the earliest symbols of human civilisation and can be found in one form or the other in almost every culture. At a time when humankind is experiencing upheaval and imbalance in every aspect of life, the Mandala symbol helps us to maintain peace and harmony with nature. Listen to the wisdom of Dr Rob Long who discusses how the Mandala symbolism and thinking can be practically applied to the world of risk management.
Transdisciplinary thinking: an introductory discussion with Dr Craig Ashhurst
In this podcast, Craig and I draw from our personal lives and discuss why a transdisciplinary approach is essential to understanding and tackling risk. Amongst other things, we discuss the idea of collective coherence, the myth of normal and yes – the power of dreams that is so overlooked in our contemporary lives. Without dreams, there is no imagination and creativity.
Resiliencing, sustainability, cognitive dissonance and learning
This podcast is a discussion about inner resilience, positive psychology, cognitive dissonance and learning. For anyone interested to understand the deeper and person-centred meaning of resilience you may find the concepts discussed in this podcast helpful.
Speakers: Dr. Nippin Anand, Dr. Rob Long
Learning, change and paradigm shift - Reflections on the iCue method
What is learning and what is the relationship between listening and learning? In a podcast with Nick Little, the headteacher of the International School of Aberdeen, we discuss learning and ‘paradigm change using the iCue framework. The iCue method is a framework for extracting intelligent cues(iCue) in a conversation with the view to listen, understand and improve the quality of decisions. After attending one of the iCue sessions, Nick offers his insights about the iCue method and how he believes that this approach can bring about a paradigm shift for learning and change.
Part 5 - Is Just Culture desirable for learning?
This is the fifth of six sessions on learning explore the relationship between just culture and learning with a panel of internationally renowned experts in safety and human factors. The purpose of this session is to explore the different perspective on just culture and learning and to understand those differences from a legal, operational, and research perspective.
Panellists: Nippin Anand, Kym Bancroft, Daniel Hummerdal, Jay Banerjee, Clive Lloyd
Part 4 - Is Just Culture desirable for learning?
This is the fourth of six sessions on learning explore the relationship between just culture and learning with a panel of internationally renowned experts in safety and human factors. The purpose of this session is to explore the different perspective on just culture and learning and to understand those differences from a legal, operational, and research perspective.
Panellists: Nippin Anand, Steven Shorrock, Rosa Carrillo, Carsten Busch, Tanya Hewitt
Part 3 - Is Just Culture desirable for learning?
This is the third of six sessions on learning explore the relationship between just culture and learning with a panel of internationally renowned experts in safety and human factors. The purpose of this session is to explore the different perspective on just culture and learning and to understand those differences from a legal, operational, and research perspective.
Panellists: Donna Cohen, Robert J de Boer, Nikolaos Chalaris and Nippin Anand
Part 2 - Is Just Culture desirable for learning?
This is the second of six sessions on learning explore the relationship between just culture and learning with a panel of internationally renowned experts in safety and human factors. The purpose of this session is to explore the different perspective on just culture and learning and to understand those differences from a legal, operational, and research perspective.
Panellists: Neil Richardson, Diane-Chadwick Jones, Oessur Hilduberg, Nektarios Karanikas
Part 1 - Is Just Culture desirable for learning?
This is the first of six sessions on learning explore the relationship between just culture and learning with a panel of internationally renowned experts in safety and human factors. The purpose of this session is to explore the different perspective on just culture and learning and to understand those differences from a legal, operational, and research perspective.
Panellists: Neil Richardson, Diane-Chadwick Jones, Oessur Hilduberg, Nektarios Karanikas, Robert J de Boer, Greg Smith, Steven Shorrock
The war on expertise: how to prepare and how to win
Expertise has become increasingly advanced and increasingly essential in settings requiring skilled decision-making, particularly under time pressure and uncertainty. And yet expertise has come under greater and greater assault from a variety of communities. This session will review these attacks, explain their flaws, and describe tactics for countering the critics and for promoting expertise in organizational settings.
Rituals for moving on from disaster
It is often said that if you know your subject well you should have no difficulty in making clear and concise arguments. The proof is in the pudding. My guest, Johan Bergström, in this week’s podcast is blessed with immense wisdom and the unique ability to communicate his thoughts on one of the most difficult topics in safety sciences with such clarity and depth (in about twenty minutes).
Paper Safe: The triumph of bureaucracy - Greg Smith
If you appreciate the problem of rising bureaucracy in health and safety, this discussion will make sense. Together with Greg Smith, we explore the problem of the misalignment between documented processes and their purpose.
Organizing for safety -Andrew Hopkins
Does organisational structure create culture? A thought-provoking session with Professor Andrew Hopkins that challenges us at many levels especially at the time when we have been bogged down by so many competing theories in safety sciences.
Why organizations fail -Prof Lee Clarke
In this video, Professor Lee Clarke reminds us that organisations are designed for a purpose and consistently rationalised to ensure that efficiency is maximised in pursuit of profitability. And when we say an organisation has failed, it’s often that failure sits outside the narrow purpose for which the organisation was designed. Listen to the video to learn more.