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Month: May 2013

  • Safety

If you want to understand risk, you need to get out from behind your desk

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 22/05/201314/11/2016

I saw this poster in an airport some time ago. It is an advert for…

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Steven Shorrock is an interdisciplinary humanistic, systems and design practitioner interested in human work from multiple perspectives.

Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) & Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist (CErgHF)

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