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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

PTS(D) and Me

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 31/01/202010/12/2024

An experiential account of PTS(D).

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  • Systems Thinking

Four Kinds of Thinking: 2. Systems Thinking

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 25/11/201930/10/2025

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 Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 06/11/201930/10/2025

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 Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 03/11/201919/03/2023

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 Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 30/10/201930/10/2025

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

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  • Systems Thinking

Shorrock’s Law of Limits

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 24/10/201924/03/2023

“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 Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 01/10/201913/03/2023

‘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 Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 23/09/201913/03/2023

‘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 Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 18/09/201913/03/2023

‘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: 1. Common Sense

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 10/07/201913/03/2023

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

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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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