{"id":41,"date":"2025-06-25T10:09:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T10:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2025-08-08T11:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:06:32","slug":"why-it-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/?page_id=41","title":{"rendered":"Why it works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Please find out eight reasons why the scientifically-proven method of Your Safety Jester works!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Independency<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

To start with: the Safety Jester sits in an independent position. There is no line of authority between the Jester and the lines of power in an organisation. The Safety Jester therefor has no boundaries to speaking up candidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”<\/strong> \u2014 Christopher Hitchens<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Prevention versus curation<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Safety Jester above all has a role in preventing things from going wrong. Unlike Confidentiality Persons and Whistleblowers arrangements, the Safety Jester operates before<\/em> things are going wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An important credo is: ‘you do not have to be ill to become better.’<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Honest Insights & Truth-telling<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Delivers candid, honestry, integrity and vulnerability. reliable information free from hierarchy or office politics\u2014no spin, no sugar-coating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.”<\/strong> \u2014 Mahatma Gandhi<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

360\u00b0 Organizational Access<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Safety Jester moves freely across hierarchy levels, engaging with everyone\u2014from leadership to front-line teams, from all organisational perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“A 360-degree perspective isn’t just seeing more\u2014it’s seeing differently, again and again, until judgment gives way to understanding.”<\/strong> \u2014 Unknown<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Humor and Lightness<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Safety Jester uses playful interventions to ease tensions and open minds\u2014humor becomes the tool to lower defenses and highlight uncomfortable realities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The basis of humor is not laughter, but surprise; and surprise means a sudden shift of perspective.”<\/strong> \u2014 Wayne C. Booth<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Independent & Unbiased<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Safety Jester has no internal, external, or financial agenda\u2014fully impartial in role and with no operarional duties, thus not taking part in the line of command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Th<\/strong><\/em><\/strong>e first principle is that you must not fool yourself \u2014 and you are the easiest person to fool.”<\/strong><\/strong> \u2014 Richard P. Feynman<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Durable Cultural Impact<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Safety Jester integrates reflective practices into your organisation’s daily routines, leaving behind tools and methods so the effect lasts beyond the Jester’s tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We want to set up people for success. That is not the same as preventing them from failure.<\/strong> \u2014 Todd Conklin<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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scientifically-proven method<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Safety Jester follows the award-winning Hofnarmethode\u00ae<\/strong>, based on an award-winning academic research and a validated 16-role framework by Juri Hoedemakers, Chief Jester Officer at Het NarrenGilde. Find out more about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“There is one sin which I have come to fear above all others: certainty. Certainty is the great enemy of unity. Certainty is the deadly enemy of tolerance. \u2026 Our faith is a living thing precisely because it walks hand in hand with doubt<\/em>.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ralph Fiennes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Please find out eight reasons why the scientifically-proven method of Your Safety Jester works! Independency To start with: the Safety Jester sits in an independent position. There is no line of authority between the Jester and the lines of power in an organisation. The Safety Jester therefor has no boundaries to speaking up candidly. “The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1023,"href":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/1023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/safetyjester.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}