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?

The start of the journey

Yep, that was me!

The start of my adventure

Looking deeper

Control

Binary

Fear

When safety is all about:

Maturing at work

and as a person

The Adventure

I’m proud to be associated with

Putting things into

practice

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

What are you looking for?

Some of the things I do

differently

Being a Student Learning & Unlearning

“It’s not much like a Uni course if you’re

not much like a student”

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