When stressful or traumatic life events come along, we all respond in different ways. One of these may seem counter-intuitive, that we can thrive and flourish following adversity. In this article, Stephen Joseph introduces the psychology of post-traumatic growth, with Steven Shorrock.
Many ideas spring up in the world of management and organisational behaviour aimed at ‘treating…
Understanding and intervention for system performance and human wellbeing is rooted – to some extent – in four kinds of thinking. In this short series, I outline these. This post focuses on humanistic thinking.
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.
This is the first of a short blog post series, on four kinds of ‘Human Factors’: ‘The Human Factor.
If you work in an industry such as transportation or healthcare – where human involvement is…
In Kurt Vonnegut’s dystopian novel ‘Player Piano’, automation has replaced most human labour. Anything that…
Most of us in democratic countries would hate to see the rise authoritarianism. When we…
In May 2013, Edition 5 of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)…
Many involved in human-centred design (ergonomics, human factors, UX, interaction design, etc) have an internal…
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