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Just Culture in La La Land

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 03/03/201709/04/2017

It was always going to happen. The wrong Best Picture winner was read out live on…

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The Archetypes of Human Work: 7. Defunct

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 11/02/201714/01/2022

This is the seventh in a series of posts on The Archetypes of Human Work, on the Defunct archetype.

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The Archetypes of Human Work: 6. P.R. and Subterfuge

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 06/02/201714/01/2022

This is the sixth in a series of posts on The Archetypes of Human Work, on the P.R. and Subterfuge archetype.

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The Archetypes of Human Work: 5. Projection

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 02/02/201714/01/2022

This is the fifth in a series of posts on The Archetypes of Human Work, on the Projection archetype.

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Just culture: Who are we really afraid of?

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 24/11/201626/11/2016

When we think about just culture, we usually think about accidents and incidents, associated ‘honest…

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Human Factors at The Fringe: Every Brilliant Thing

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 29/09/201629/09/2016

You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s done something stupid. She finds…

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Human Factors at The Fringe: Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 20/09/201629/09/2016

Walrus’ award-winning show returns to Edinburgh in Paines Plough’s Roundabout. ‘Let’s just talk until it…

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Human Factors at The Fringe

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 07/09/201604/08/2018

There have been many debates in human factors about its status as science or art…

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What I learned from Velocity Barcelona 2014: Reflections on Human Factors, Safety and WebOps

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 22/11/201412/12/2014

I went to Velocity EU 2014 in Barcelona this week – the conference for web operations/WebOps…

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If it weren’t for the managers…

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 20/10/201418/01/2017

“If only it weren’t for the managers, the goddamned managers, always getting tangled up in the…

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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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