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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.
  • Mental Health

PTS(D) and Me

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 31/01/202010/11/2022

An experiential account of PTS(D).

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  • systems thinking

Four Kinds of Thinking: 2. Systems Thinking

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 25/11/201903/10/2022

Understanding and intervention for system performance and human wellbeing is rooted – to some extent – in four kinds of thinking. In this short series, I outline these. This post concerns Systems Thinking.

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  • Humanistic Psychology

Four Kinds Of Thinking: 1. Humanistic Thinking

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 06/11/201923/12/2022

Understanding and intervention for system performance and human wellbeing is rooted – to some extent – in four kinds of thinking. In this short series, I outline these. This post focuses on humanistic thinking.

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  • Safety

How To Do Safety-II

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 03/11/201913/01/2022

Safety-II, its cousin Resilience Engineering (and offshoots such as resilient healthcare), as well as predecessor…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

The Reality of Goal Conflicts and Trade-offs

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 30/10/201903/02/2022

“Safety is our number 1 priority!” But is it really?

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  • systems thinking

Shorrock’s Law of Limits

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 24/10/201924/10/2019

“When you put a limit on a measure, if that measure relates to efficiency, the limit will be used as a target.”

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

What Human Factors isn’t: 4. A Cause of Accidents

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 01/10/201901/10/2019

‘Human Factors’ (or Ergonomics) is often presented as something that it’s not, or as something…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

What Human Factors isn’t: 3. Off-the-shelf Behaviour Modification Training

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 23/09/201905/03/2021

‘Human Factors’ (or Ergonomics) is often presented as something that it’s not, or as something…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

What Human Factors isn’t: 2. Courtesy and Civility at Work

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 18/09/201901/10/2019

‘Human Factors’ (or Ergonomics) is often presented as something that it’s not, or as something…

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What Human Factors isn’t: 1. Common Sense

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 10/07/201901/10/2019

‘Human Factors’ (or Ergonomics) is often presented as something that it’s not, or as something…

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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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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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