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

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

Proxies for Work-as-Done: 3. Work-as-Disclosed

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

Proxies for Work-as-Done: 2. Work-as-Prescribed

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

Proxies for Work-as-Done: 1. Work-as-Imagined

In this seres of short posts, I outline briefly some proxies for Work-as-Done.

Ten Contextual Conversations

All human activity, along with associated emergent problematic situations and opportunities, is embedded in context. The ‘context’ is, however, a a melange of different contexts. An approach that I have found useful is to spend time considering contextual influences (e.g., on decision making, at multiple levels of organisations) on problematic situations or potential solutions, more explicitly.

Learning About Aviation Work in a Pandemic

Everyday work in aviation COVID-19 pandemic has been affected almost beyond recognition, and with it how we feel about work and the future. So what might we learn about work from the perspectives of two front-line professions: air traffic controllers and professional pilots?

Learning About Healthcare Work in a Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has had one of the biggest effects on work-as-done in healthcare in living memory. So what might we learn about work from the perspectives of frontline workers? I asked a variety of practitioners to give a short answer.

HindSight 30 on Wellbeing is out now

HindSight Issue 30 on Wellbeing is now online at SKYbrary. You can download the full issue, and individual articles. HindSight magazine is free and published twice a year, reaching tens of thousands of readers in aviation and other sectors worldwide. You will find an introduction to this Issue in this post, along with links to the magazine and the individual articles.

The Reality of Goal Conflicts and Trade-offs

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

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

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