A Learning adventure in
understanding risk and people
Robert Sams06 March 2015
Australian Catholic University
Social Psychology and Risk – Cohort Three
Key Question
How can we influence if we don’t understand how
humans make judgments and decisions?
• what were they thinking?
• why did they do that?
• why didn’t they think?
• how could you think that?
What we can learn about risk from a line?
• Framing
• Priming
• Bias
• Perception
• Subjective
• Imagination
No more tools
No more bureaucracy
No new systems
Use the ones you have better
Engage, connect, listen
Dialogue, Influence, Relationships
Be a culture change agent
The Psychosocial Safety Message
Layers of Hazards and Risks
Workspace Headspace Groupspace
Primary
Physical
Secondary
Psychological
Tertiary
Cultural
Being a Student Learning & Unlearning
“It’s not much like a Uni course if you’re
not much like a student”