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Work and how to survive it: Lesson 3. Encourage the whole self

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 19/01/201930/01/2019

This is the third in a series reflecting on excerpts from Life and How To Survive It, by the psychotherapist Robin Skynner and the comedian John Cleese, with some reflections on work and organisations.

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The Commercialisation and Commodification of Competency

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 28/10/201829/10/2018

Two or three years ago, I undertook a course involving UX ‘certification’. I had already…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

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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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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  • The Varieties of Human Work
  • 'Human Factors' and 'Human Performance': What's the difference?
  • Four Kinds of Human Factors: 3. Factors Affecting Humans
  • Adjusting to Major Life Changes
  • Four Kinds of ‘Human Factors’: 2. Factors of Humans
  • How To Do Safety-II
  • Proxies for Work-as-Done: 1. Work-as-Imagined
  • Navigating the New Reality
  • Four Kinds of Thinking: 2. Systems Thinking
  • Four Kinds of 'Human Factors': 1. The Human Factor

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