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Alarm design: From nuclear power to WebOps

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 16/10/201511/12/2015

Me, myself and TMI Imagine you are an operator in a nuclear power control room.…

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Toad’s Checklist

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 01/10/201502/10/2015

Sometimes lessons about work come about from the most wonderful places. Arnold Lobel’s ‘Frog and…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

‘Human error’ in the headlines: Press reporting on Virgin Galactic

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 30/07/201530/07/2015

Again, a familiar smoke pattern has emerged from the ashes of a high-profile accident. The…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Reducing ‘the human factor’

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 08/07/201508/03/2021

If you work in an industry such as transportation or healthcare – where human involvement is…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

The quantified self in a complex system: A systems perspective on mental workload

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 27/05/201528/05/2015

In the last few years, many of us have started to quantify ourselves. We have…

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Is ‘human error’ the handicap of human factors? A discussion among human factors specialists.

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 29/03/201509/04/2015

Following most major accidents, one phrase is almost guaranteed to headline in the popular press:…

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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Practice: A Forthcoming Practitioner-Focused Book

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 06/02/201509/11/2015

Ten years ago, I found myself caught between two worlds. I had spent several years…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Paramedics under pressure: A case study for systems thinking

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 13/12/201412/06/2018

Learning systems thinking is best done by doing. Case studies are useful ways to understand…

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The whole picture

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 06/12/201412/12/2014

During my teenage years, I was primarily interested in the arts, not the sciences. I…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

‘Human error’: Still undefined after all these years

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 02/12/201417/01/2018

Despite the pervasive and controversial nature of the notion of ‘human error’ in academia, industry…

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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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