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)
Author Archives: stevenshorrock
Proxies for Work-as-Done: 4. Work-as-Analysed
In this series of short posts, I outline some of proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-analysed. Continue reading
Posted in Human Factors/Ergonomics, Safety, Systems Thinking
Tagged work-as-analysed, work-as-done
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Proxies for Work-as-Done: 3. Work-as-Disclosed
In this series of short posts, I outline some of proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-disclosed. Continue reading
Posted in Human Factors/Ergonomics, Safety, Systems Thinking
Tagged work-as-disclosed, work-as-done
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Proxies for Work-as-Done: 2. Work-as-Prescribed
In this series of short posts, I outline briefly some proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-prescribed. Continue reading
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Proxies for Work-as-Done: 1. Work-as-Imagined
In this seres of short posts, I outline briefly some proxies for Work-as-Done. Continue reading
Posted in Human Factors/Ergonomics, Safety, Systems Thinking
Tagged work, work-as-done, work-as-imagined
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The Commodification of Human Decency
Many ideas spring up in the world of management and organisational behaviour aimed at ‘treating people better’ – humanely. Very few of these, if any, are really new. Mostly, they stem from basic human values, which might be called humanistic … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Humanistic Psychology
Tagged Humanistic psychology, just culture, psychological safety
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Three Spaces for Work-as-Disclosed
In a previous post on four ‘varieties of human work‘, I introduced the concept of ‘work-as-disclosed’. Work-as-disclosed is what we say or write about work, and how we talk or write about it, either casually or more formally. Work is … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Safety, Systems Thinking
Tagged secrecy, whistleblowing, work-as-disclosed, work-as-done
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Ten Contextual Conversations
All human activity, along with associated emergent problematic situations and opportunities, is embedded in context. The ‘context’ is, however, a a melange of different contexts. An approach that I have found useful is to spend time considering contextual influences (e.g., on decision making, at multiple levels of organisations) on problematic situations or potential solutions, more explicitly. Continue reading
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Tagged context, human factors, opportunities, problems, systems safety, Systems Thinking, work
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Learning About Aviation Work in a Pandemic
Everyday work in aviation COVID-19 pandemic has been affected almost beyond recognition, and with it how we feel about work and the future. So what might we learn about work from the perspectives of two front-line professions: air traffic controllers and professional pilots? Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Human Factors/Ergonomics, Mental Health, Safety
Tagged aviation, COVID-19, learning, Mental Health, safety, work, work-as-done
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Learning About Healthcare Work in a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had one of the biggest effects on work-as-done in healthcare in living memory. So what might we learn about work from the perspectives of frontline workers? I asked a variety of practitioners to give a short … Continue reading
Posted in Human Factors/Ergonomics, Safety, Systems Thinking
Tagged change, COVID-19, learning, work, work-as-done, work-as-imagined, work-as-prescribed
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QF32 and Post-Traumatic Stress
Most of us will experience post-traumatic stress at some point in our lives, associated with critical incidents at work or events in our personal lives. For some, this progresses to a more severe disorder. In this article, Steven Shorrock reports on an interview with Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny, on his experiences post-QF32. Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health, Safety
Tagged aviation, Mental Health, ptsd
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