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Competency and Moral Dilemmas: “What Would You Do?”

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 30/03/202304/04/2023

Sometimes in our working lives, we have to make decisions that involve a kind of…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Surprises in Healthcare

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 21/02/202331/03/2023

Surprises in healthcare are common and can have lasting effects on clinicians. Steven Shorrock asked clinicians to reveal aspects of their experience with implications for learning.

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Surprises, Fast and Slow: Preparing for the Limits of Work-as-Imagined

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 30/01/202331/03/2023

This article is a reproduction of the Editorial published in HindSight magazine issue 34 in…

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We Need to Talk About Engineering

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 09/02/202231/03/2023

When it comes to human performance, most efforts to understand work are dedicated to operational roles such as air traffic controllers and professional pilots. In this article, I outline five challenges for engineers in the drive for digitalisation.

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Learning About Aviation Work in a Pandemic

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 27/09/202031/03/2023

Everyday work in aviation COVID-19 pandemic has been affected almost beyond recognition, and with it how we feel about work and the future. So what might we learn about work from the perspectives of two front-line professions: air traffic controllers and professional pilots?

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Learning About Healthcare Work in a Pandemic

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 17/09/202031/03/2023

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 answer.

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The Reality of Goal Conflicts and Trade-offs

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 30/10/201930/03/2023

“Safety is our number 1 priority!” But is it really?

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Vive la Compétence !

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 16/08/201831/03/2023

This summer, we have been entertained by the world’s best footballers – experts in the game. And it just so happens that Competency and Expertise is theme of this Issue of HindSight. What might we learn from World Cup 2018? Here are five observations.

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Alarm Design: From Nuclear Power to WebOps

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 16/10/201531/03/2023

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 01/10/201530/03/2023

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

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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)

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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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  • ‘Human error’: The Handicap of Human Factors, Safety and Justice
  • 'Human Factors' and 'Human Performance': What's the Difference?
  • Proxies for Work-as-Done: 1. Work-as-Imagined
  • Four Kinds of ‘Human Factors’: 2. Factors of Humans
  • The HAL 9000 Explanation: “It Can Only Be Attributable to Human Error”
  • 'Human Error': Still Undefined After All These Years
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  • Alarm Design: From Nuclear Power to WebOps
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