This is a Foreword to Are We Learning From Accidents, by Dr Nippin Anand, published…
Tag: accidents
One way to understand the links between unwanted events, conditions and interventions is via causal…
From early rides on the roads, in the sea and in the sky, to diverse…
Twenty years ago, I completed my PhD on human factors in air traffic control. Part…
This article is a reproduction of an article published in HindSight magazine issue 35 in September 2023 (all issues available…
This article is a reproduction of an article published in HindSight magazine issue 35 in September 2023 (all issues available…
HindSight is a magazine on human and organisational factors in operations. HindSight magazine is free and…
Healthcare is perhaps the most complex safety-critical sector, and the challenges have only increased throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Increasingly, human and organisational factors have come under the spotlight. Manoj Kumar is a consultant general surgeon with a background also in safety, human factors, and training. In this conversation with Steven Shorrock, Manoj provides insights and perspectives on the realities of work in healthcare, and the team’s role in improvement.
Reflections on what distinguishes the three zones of performance in the well-known graph associated with Safety-II.
‘Human Factors’ (or Ergonomics) is often presented as something that it’s not, or as something…