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FREE SPoR e-Books by Dr. Robert Long

Risk Makes Sense, Human Judgment and Risk was released in 2012 and helped launch a new approach to risk based on Social Psychology. The Social Psychology of Risk (SPoR) brings together a unique Body of Knowledge that informs the way people understand: work, risk, culture, learning and human decision making. Since 2012 thousands of people and hundreds of companies have participated in workshops in SPoR with many of the practical tools developed in SPoR being used in many International and National organisations.  

It’s important to note each of the free books Dr. Long has provided, have extensive reference lists of books for further study included.

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Human Judgement & Risk
In a world of growing risk aversion, one could be forgiven for thinking that risk doesn’t make sense

(182 pages, 20 illustrations)
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Human Fallibility & Risk
In a perfect world things don’t go bump and wheels don’t fall off, humans don’t make mistakes and people don’t suffer...

(168 pages, 39 illustrations)
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Human Discerning & Risk
Risk is about what is uncertain. Humans don’t know the future and so the challenge for us to live and learn in risk is the capability to discern with wisdom...
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A Humanising Dynamic
As risk is a social activity, learning and discerning in risk must be undertaken communally rather than individually....

(141 pages 16 illustrations)
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A Field Guide to Risk & Learning
This book is a Field Guide and therefore provides practical insight into how to tackle learning in risk. It seeks to maintain a balance between academic expressions, ideas, stories, graphics and practical tips
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Seeing, Vision & Meaning in Risk
This is a book about seeing: Physically, Psychologically, Teleologically, Socially, Mystically, Transcendently, Imaginatively and Unconsciously and then applying such knowledge to the tackling of risk.
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Living With Uncertainty
The challenge of this book is for the risk industry to embrace a transdisciplinary approach to risk and to include other bodies of knowledge and disciplines into its discourse in tackling risk.
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The Great Safety Delusion
This book explores the ideology of zero as it continues to morph into a greater monster and burden for the risk and safety industry.
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Other Reading:

The Centre for Leadership and Learning in Risk (CLLR)

Prospectus 2023 – 2028

Other SPoR Websites

  • Human Dimensions Website
  • CLLR Website
  • Safetyrisk Blog – Excellent searchable resource for any risk and safety articles or author / contributor

  • SPoR Experts: Here you will find professionals who have all studied extensively in the Social Psychology of Risk and have consultancies in leadership, risk and culture in the Social Psychology of Risk.

SPoR Videos

Three days of conversations, spread across 22 videos about risk between Craig Ashhurst, Rob Long and Greg Smith. The videos are arranged in topics and are the basis for the book Risky Conversations, The Law, Social psychology and Risk.

Human Dymensions are specialists in Culture, Learning and Risk; Providing training, diagnostics, advice, consulting and research to organizations who want to improve performance through engaging understanding in the social psychology of risk.

A collection of 71 videos on a variety topics

Returning to Work: Lidia and Frank discuss many facets of returning to the workplace.