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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.
  • Culture

The Principles of Punk Rock at Work

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 05/10/201322/04/2016

About the time I was born, a new musical genre emerged. Disillusioned with the rock…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

‘Human error’: The handicap of human factors, safety and justice

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 21/09/201315/01/2018

“Oh my God. I told those guys at safety that it was dangerous and one…

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  • Safety

Safety culture cards application: Exploring experiences using Schein’s cycle

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 26/08/201313/07/2014

The safety culture discussion cards are now in use in a number of countries within…

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  • Systems Thinking

Target Culture: Lessons in Unintended Consequences

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 02/07/201328/01/2019

By Steven Shorrock & Tony Licu The text in this article first appeared in HindSight…

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  • Systems Thinking

Goats in sheep pens

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 26/06/201307/11/2014

When I was younger, my family had a smallholding with a few animals including chickens, ducks,…

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  • 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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  • Humanistic Psychology

Why do we resist new thinking about safety and systems?

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 12/04/201329/11/2014

Something I have been thinking about for a while is the way that we look…

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  • Systems Thinking

John Locke and the unintended consequences of targets

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 17/03/201313/10/2014

With the huge evidence of the destructive effect of targets in complex systems such as…

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  • Culture

“So you have an under-reporting problem?” System barriers to incident reporting.

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 07/02/201313/10/2014

The reporting of safety occurrences and safety-relevant issues and conditions is an essential activity in…

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  • Culture

Using the Safety Culture Discussion Cards: Tips for SWOT analysis from a user

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 30/01/201319/04/2018

David Thompson, a Human Factors Specialist from NATS, UK, has provided some feedback on the…

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

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Human Factors & Ergonomics in Practice

'Human Factors & Ergonomics in Practice' concerns the real practice of human factors and ergonomics (HF/E), conveying the perspectives and experiences of practitioners and other stakeholders in a variety of industrial sectors, organisational settings and working contexts. Buy direct from Routledge.

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