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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

“So You Have an Under-Reporting Problem?” System Barriers to Incident Reporting

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 07/02/201327/03/2023

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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  • Culture

Using the Safety Culture Discussion Cards to Help Understand Textual Data

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 26/11/201228/02/2023

‘What we call our data are really our own constructions of other people’s constructions of…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Five Questions About Boredom, Fatigue and Vigilance

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 07/11/201228/02/2023

1. How different are boredom and fatigue? Both affect our ability to pay attention –…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Should the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors be more of a campaigning organisation? Yes.

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 03/10/201213/10/2014

Published in ‘The Ergonomist’, Newsletter of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors, October 2012, p. 4…

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  • Culture

Using the Safety Culture Discussion Cards: Tips From a User

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 18/07/201228/02/2023

I have received some great practical tips (and considerations for the future) from an ATC…

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  • Safety

Reading on the Job: Fatigue, Boredom and Distraction While Underloaded

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 17/07/201228/02/2023

I have received a few queries asking for a view (or “the science”) on reading…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Breaks From Operational Duty and Fatigue Management

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 16/07/201228/02/2023

by Steve Shorrock (Adapted from HindSight, Volume 13, Summer 2011, pp. 68-69, EUROCONTROL) Guidelines from Human Factors…

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  • Culture

Safety Culture in Your Hands

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 04/07/201228/02/2023

(This article featured in The Controller – Journal of Air Traffic Control, April 2012.) by…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Is Ergonomics a Scientific Discipline? No.

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 27/06/201213/10/2014

This is taken from the article “Head to head: Is Ergonomics a Scientific Discipline?”, published…

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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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