About the Author
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)
Category Archives: Systems Thinking
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. Continue reading
Posted in Human Factors/Ergonomics, Safety, Systems Thinking
Tagged work-as-analysed, work-as-done
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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. Continue reading
Posted in Human Factors/Ergonomics, Safety, Systems Thinking
Tagged work-as-disclosed, work-as-done
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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. Continue reading
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Tagged work-as-done, 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. Continue reading
Posted in Human Factors/Ergonomics, Safety, Systems Thinking
Tagged work, work-as-done, work-as-imagined
Three Spaces for Work-as-Disclosed
In a previous post on four ‘varieties of human work‘, I introduced the concept of ‘work-as-disclosed’. Work-as-disclosed is what we say or write about work, and how we talk or write about it, either casually or more formally. Work is … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Safety, Systems Thinking
Tagged secrecy, whistleblowing, work-as-disclosed, 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. Continue reading
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Tagged context, human factors, opportunities, problems, systems safety, Systems Thinking, work
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Human Factors/Ergonomics, Safety, Systems Thinking
Tagged change, COVID-19, learning, work, work-as-done, work-as-imagined, work-as-prescribed
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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. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Human Factors/Ergonomics, Humanistic Psychology, Mental Health, Safety, Systems Thinking
Tagged ATC, aviation, culture, health and safety, healthcare, HindSightMagazine, human factors, Mental Health, mindfulness, nuclear, organisational culture, organisations, ptsd, stress, wellbeing
Four Kinds of Thinking: 2. Systems Thinking
Understanding and intervention for system performance and human wellbeing is rooted – to some extent – in four kinds of thinking. In this short series, I outline these. This post concerns Systems Thinking. Continue reading
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Tagged systems safety, Systems Thinking
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