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Author: Steven Shorrock

This blog is written by Dr Steven Shorrock. I work as an transdisciplinary humanistic-systems practitioner in safety critical industries. I blog in a personal capacity. Views expressed here are mine and not those of any affiliated organisation. Fellow of the British Psychological Society (FBPsS) | Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) | Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist (CErgHF) | BSc (Hons) MSc (Eng) PhD LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/steveshorrock/ | Email: contact[at]humanisticsystems[dot]com
  • Health and Wellbeing

Navigating the New Reality

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 07/05/202204/10/2023

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.

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  • safety

We Need to Talk About Engineering

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 09/02/202230/10/2025

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.

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  • Systems Thinking

Digitalisation at Sea: All Hands on Deck

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 03/02/202220/03/2023

This article is a reproduction of the Editorial published in HindSight magazine issue 33 in…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

HindSight 33 on Digitalisation and Human Performance is Out Now

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 28/01/202228/01/2022

HindSight 33 on Digitalisation and Human Performance is Out Now

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Proxies for Work-as-Done: 9. Work-as-Judged

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 26/01/202216/03/2023

In this series of short posts, I outline some of proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-judged.

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Proxies for Work-as-Done: 8. Work-as-Measured

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 19/01/202216/03/2023

In this series of short posts, I outline some of proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-measured.

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Proxies for Work-as-Done: 7. Work-as-Instructed

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 16/01/202216/03/2023

In this series of short posts, I outline some of proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-instructed.

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Proxies for Work-as-Done: 6. Work-as-Simulated

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 13/01/202216/03/2023

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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Work-as-observed
  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Proxies for Work-as-Done: 5. Work-as-Observed

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 04/03/202116/03/2023

In this series of short posts, I outline some of proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-observed.

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Proxies for Work-as-Done: 4. Work-as-Analysed

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 24/11/202016/03/2023

In this series of short posts, I outline some of proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-analysed.

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This blog is written by Dr Steven Shorrock. I work as an transdisciplinary humanistic-systems practitioner in safety critical industries. I blog in a personal capacity. Views expressed here are mine and not those of any affiliated organisation.

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