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What I Learned From Velocity Barcelona 2014: Reflections on Human Factors, Safety and Webops

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 22/11/201428/02/2023

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 20/10/201420/03/2023

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

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“Are We the Baddies?!” Symbols and Organisational Cultures

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 08/11/201320/03/2023

Once your own culture becomes invisible to you, you know you have become a victim…

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The Principles of Punk Rock at Work

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 05/10/201320/03/2023

About the time I was born, a new musical genre emerged. Disillusioned with the rock…

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Safety Culture Cards Application: Exploring Experiences Using Schein’s Cycle

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 26/08/201324/04/2023

The safety culture discussion cards are now in use in a number of countries within…

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  • Culture

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

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 07/02/201309/08/2023

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 30/01/201324/04/2023

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 26/11/201224/04/2023

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

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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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  • Culture

Safety Culture in Your Hands

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 04/07/201224/04/2023

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

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