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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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  • 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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  • Culture

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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  • Systems Thinking

Target Culture: Lessons in Unintended Consequences

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 02/07/201324/03/2023

By Steven Shorrock & Tony Licu The text in this article first appeared in HindSight…

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  • Systems Thinking

Goats in Sheep Pens

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 26/06/201320/03/2023

When I was younger, my family had a smallholding with a few animals including chickens, ducks,…

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  • Safety

If You Want to Understand Risk, You Need to Get Out From Behind Your Desk

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 22/05/201328/02/2023

I saw this poster in an airport some time ago. It is an advert for…

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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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  • Systems Thinking

John Locke and the Unintended Consequences of Targets

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 17/03/201324/03/2023

With the huge evidence of the destructive effect of targets in complex systems such as…

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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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