About the Author
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)
Monthly Archives: October 2019
The Reality of Goal Conflicts and Trade-offs
“Safety is our number 1 priority!” But is it really? Continue reading
Posted in Human Factors/Ergonomics, Safety, Systems Thinking
Tagged decision making, goal conflicts, goals, Systems Thinking, trade-offs
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Shorrock’s Law of Limits
“When you put a limit on a measure, if that measure relates to efficiency, the limit will be used as a target.” Continue reading
Posted in Systems Thinking
Tagged limits, measures, regulation, Systems Thinking, targets
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What Human Factors isn’t: 4. A Cause of Accidents
‘Human Factors’ (or Ergonomics) is often presented as something that it’s not, or as something that is only a small part of the whole. Rather than just explain what Human Factors is, in this sporadic series of short posts I … Continue reading
Posted in Human Factors/Ergonomics
Tagged accidents, causation, human factors, myths, root cause, safety, safety-I, safety-II
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