{"id":228,"date":"2025-07-03T05:05:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T05:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/?page_id=228"},"modified":"2026-04-03T05:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:38:05","slug":"why-a-safety-jester","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/?page_id=228","title":{"rendered":"Why a Safety Jester?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fb9cb4b8 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It always worked. Like in the old days. The King felt a need for honest feedback and understanding what was really going on and observed in the Kingdom. Todays leaders in organisation have the same needs to understand raw sentiments and to have better steering information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-playfair-display-sc-font-family has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Perspectives on reality<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Perspective is crucial. Every individual looks differently to the same situation. How we observe a challenge or a reality drives how we experience a situation or define the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Truly experienced realities do not reach boardrooms automatically. And vice versa: intended realities of the boardroom do not reach the workfloor automatically. We always end up in discussions about &#8217;the truth&#8217;. There is no single truth for anything. What we have is various realities from various perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fb9cb4b8 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-playfair-display-sc-font-family has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Perspectives on reality:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\">Intended reality by Leaders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\">Experienced reality by People<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\">Observed reality by the Jester<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:0;height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">You may recognize some of these common pains and inconveniences in your own organization:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Projects that do not meet deadlines and budgets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Actions agreed upon that are not followed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">No clear definition of &#8216;done&#8217; or &#8216;good&#8217;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Disappointment for not meeting expectations or living up to promises<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Recurrence of unwanted events or incidents&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Diminishing involvement, increasing absence rates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">All KPI sheets show green, but smell red &#8211; and no one addresses the doubt felt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Culture of silence &#8211; No input received when asking for suggestions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Blame Gen-Z mentality and longing for the past when all was fine and normal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A strong feeling that we demonstrate safety rather than doing it, we practice optical compliance rather than genuinely comply and we practice <a href=\"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/?page_id=836\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"836\">kayfabe<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Decisions are based on what we know, not on what we don&#8217;t know.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Bottomline: you know there is a lot going on in your organization, but you can&#8217;t tell exactly what and why. You would like to understand better and improve, but can&#8217;t find the right path forward. That&#8217;s where the Jester comes into play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>What about problems that people feel, but can not put into words?<\/em><\/strong> <em><strong>The Safety Jester helps to give words to gut feelings, weak signals and early warnings.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-playfair-display-sc-font-family has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Candor and honest reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Safety Jester is the independent, unprejudiced entity to bring that raw (anonymized) information to the Boardroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time the Safety Jester reflects with employees at all levels about their realities and their stakes and roles in dealing with their realities. It is a two-direction approach that brings more candor, more honest and open dialogues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Learning is impossible when the price of honesty is high.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-playfair-display-sc-font-family has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Safety Jester is a change agent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">By challenging the realities from various perspectives, the Safety Jester helps in breaking organisational myopa, wilful blindness, shallowness in discussions. The Jester sees through demonstrated safety, optic compliance and kayfabe and dares addressing it, which ignites discussions for change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\"><strong><em>&#8216;The most common source of mistakes i<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>n management decisions is the emphasis on finding the right answer rather than asking the right question&#8217;<\/strong>\u2014 Peter Drucker<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-7 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fb9cb4b8 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-base-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8\">Your Safety Jester helps your organisation grow towards a growth mindset:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:0;height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"wp-block-table has-medium-font-size\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><em>Metrics<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>-&gt; <\/strong> <strong><em>             Mastery<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><em>Control<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>-&gt; <\/strong> <strong><em>             Curiosity<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><em>Judgement<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>-&gt;  <\/strong> <strong><em>            Awaress<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em><strong>Fixing<\/strong><\/em><\/td><td><strong>-&gt;   <em>            Listening<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><em>Giving answers <\/em><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>-&gt;  <\/strong>           <strong><em>Asking questions<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><em>Conditioning<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>-&gt;               <em>Freedom to think differently<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><em>Brittleness<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>-&gt;             <em>  Resilience<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>We cannot solve problems with the same thinking we used to create them.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-74f493fd wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3976fd6c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Doubt is not a weakness. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It is a sign of intellectual integrity&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f564e8de wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/images-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-296\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover;width:168px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:0\">Timothy Caulfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-spbadd-entrance=\"\" superb-addons-animation=\"zoomIn\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-3-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\"><em>in his book The Certainty Illusion (2023)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It always worked. Like in the old days. The King felt a need for honest feedback and understanding what was really going on and observed in the Kingdom. Todays leaders in organisation have the same needs to understand raw sentiments and to have better steering information. Perspectives on reality Perspective is crucial. 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