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Twenty Five Years: Reflections on the Practice of Improving Work

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 06/11/202210/11/2022

In this post, I reflect on what I learned since graduating and have found to be most important to practice in the design and improvement of work.

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What Human Factors isn’t: 1. Common Sense

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 10/07/201901/10/2019

‘Human Factors’ (or Ergonomics) is often presented as something that it’s not, or as something…

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The Organisational Homelessness of ‘Human Factors’

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 04/07/201921/07/2021

In this post, I outline four common homes for HF/E within organisations, drawing on personal experience in each of the four organisational divisions in different organisations. I conclude with some of the implications of organisational homelessness.

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‘Human Factors’ and ‘Human Performance’: What’s the difference?

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 24/04/201913/01/2022

The term ‘Human Performance’ (and ‘Human and Organisational Performance’ (or HOP) has become increasingly common…

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Giving Guidance to Government

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 27/10/201817/01/2022

This article was published in The Ergonomist, published by the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and…

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The problem with professional appropriation: The case of ‘human factors’ and ‘ergonomics’

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 08/10/201802/04/2019

In a recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper by journalist Liam Mannix (A…

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The Safety-II Dance: A Podcast by Greater Than Code

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 31/07/2018

A few weeks ago, I had a chat with Jamey Hampton, Jessica Kerr, John K. Sawers of Greater…

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Suitably Qualified and Experienced? Five Questions to ask before buying Human Factors training or consultancy

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 05/06/201810/11/2022

Ergonomics (or human factors) is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among…

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The Loneliest Profession in Healthcare

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 11/05/201813/01/2022

You’d expect that Human Factors/Ergonomics would be very relevant to the NHS. But is it actually integrated?

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Human Factors and Ergonomics: Looking Back to Look Forward

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 25/02/201810/11/2022

During the second world war, the United States lost hundreds of planes in accidents that…

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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' 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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