In this post, I describe four roles for the spread of new ideas, and reflect on corresponding ego traps or shadow roles.
Author: stevenshorrock
This blog is written by Dr Steven Shorrock. I am interdisciplinary humanistic, systems and design practitioner interested in human work from multiple perspectives. My main interest is human and system behaviour, mostly in the context of safety-related organisations. I am a Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist with the CIEHF and a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society. I currently work as a human factors and safety specialist in air traffic control in Europe. I am also Adjunct Associate Professor at University of the Sunshine Coast, Centre for Human Factors & Sociotechnical Systems. I blog in a personal capacity. Views expressed here are mine and not those of any affiliated organisation, unless stated otherwise. You can find me on twitter at @stevenshorrock or email contact[at]humanisticsystems[dot]com.
When stressful or traumatic life events come along, we all respond in different ways. One of these may seem counter-intuitive, that we can thrive and flourish following adversity. In this article, Stephen Joseph introduces the psychology of post-traumatic growth, with Steven Shorrock.
While we sometimes talk about the ‘new normal’, the only thing that is normal is change. So how might we navigate the new reality? The following five practices are important in adjusting and adapting and are supported by research on resilience and growth.
When it comes to human performance, most efforts to understand work are dedicated to operational roles such as air traffic controllers and professional pilots. In this article, I outline five challenges for engineers in the drive for digitalisation.
This article is a reproduction of the Editorial published in HindSight magazine issue 33 in…
HindSight 33 on Digitalisation and Human Performance is Out Now
In this series of short posts, I outline some of proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-judged.
In this series of short posts, I outline some of proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-measured.
In this series of short posts, I outline some of proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-instructed.
In this series of short posts, I outline some of proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-simulated.
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