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“Why Are We Having More Incidents?” Causal Loops in Reactions to Unwanted Events

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 29/01/202427/05/2024

One way to understand the links between unwanted events, conditions and interventions is via causal…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Human Performance in the Spotlight: ‘Human Error’ and ‘Honest Mistakes’

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 20/10/202330/10/2025

This article is a reproduction of an article published in HindSight magazine issue 35 in September 2023 (all issues available…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Surprises in Healthcare

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • 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

HindSight 34: Handling Surprises (Tales of the Unexpected) is out now

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 26/01/202305/10/2023

HindSight is a magazine on human and organisational factors in operations. HindSight magazine is free…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

HindSight 33 on Digitalisation and Human Performance is Out Now

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 28/01/202228/01/2022

HindSight 33 on Digitalisation and Human Performance is Out Now

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

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

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 24/04/201916/03/2023

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

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  • safety

System Safety: Seven Friends of Explanation

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 30/03/201910/03/2023

In this short series, I highlight seven foes and seven friends of system safety, both…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Four Kinds of Human Factors: 3. Factors Affecting Humans

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 18/09/201713/03/2023

This third post explores another perspective on ‘human factors’: Factors Affecting Humans.

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Four Kinds of ‘Human Factors’: 2. Factors of Humans

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 12/08/201713/03/2023

This second post in a series on Four Kinds of ‘Human Factors’ explores another kind of human factors: Factors of Humans.

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