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Just Culture: Who Are We Really Afraid Of?

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 24/11/201624/05/2024

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

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  • Culture

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/Ergonomics

Human Factors at The Fringe: The Girl in the Machine

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 07/09/201621/03/2023

Polly is a professional, a high achiever and an addict. Her drug of choice is…

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  • Culture

Human Factors at The Fringe

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 07/09/201621/03/2023

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

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  • Humanistic Psychology

Mind your Mindset: Safety-I and Safety-II

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 19/01/201519/03/2023

During the last few years, different ways of thinking about safety have challenged prevailing worldviews…

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  • Culture

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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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Maslow’s Hammer: How Tools Bias Attention and Straightjacket Thinking

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 18/12/201327/03/2023

In May 2013, Edition 5 of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)…

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  • Humanistic Psychology

Déformation Professionnelle: How Profession Distorts Perspective

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 12/12/201317/03/2023

So, what do you do? If you work in a health and safety role, there…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

‘Human error’: The Handicap of Human Factors, Safety and Justice

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 21/09/201310/03/2023

“Oh my God. I told those guys at safety that it was dangerous and one day we would lose concentration and pay for it. I already told those guys at safety that it was very dangerous! We are human and this can happen to us. This curve is inhuman!”

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  • Humanistic Psychology

Why Do We Resist New Thinking About Safety and Systems?

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 12/04/201324/03/2023

Something I have been thinking about for a while is the way that we look…

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Steven Shorrock is an interdisciplinary humanistic, systems and design practitioner interested in understanding and improving work and life.

Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) | Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist (CErgHF) | BSc (Hons) MSc (Eng) PhD

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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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  • Four Kinds of ‘Human Factors’: 2. Factors of Humans
  • The Varieties of Human Work
  • 'Human Factors' and 'Human Performance': What's the Difference?
  • Why Do We Resist New Thinking About Safety and Systems?
  • What Human Factors Isn't: 1. Common Sense
  • Four Kinds Of Thinking: 1. Humanistic Thinking
  • The HAL 9000 Explanation: “It Can Only Be Attributable to Human Error”
  • Four Kinds of Human Factors: 4. Socio-Technical System Interaction
  • What Human Factors Isn't: 2. Courtesy and Civility at Work
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics: Looking Back to Look Forward

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