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

  • by stevenshorrock
  • 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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From Cockpits to Courtrooms: Looking Back on a 50-Year Journey – A Conversation With Tom Lintner

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 15/12/202315/12/2023

From early rides on the roads, in the sea and in the sky, to diverse…

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Set Taxonomies to Neutral

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 11/11/202324/05/2024

Twenty years ago, I completed my PhD on human factors in air traffic control. Part…

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HindSight 35: Just Culture…Revisited is out now

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 14/10/2023

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

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The Curious Incident of the Runway Incursion in the Night-Time

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 18/03/202320/03/2023

Sometimes after an incident, a system-wide change is implemented that makes work more difficult and creates new problems. This story is one such example, which contains useful lessons for responding to rare events. Steven Shorrock recounts the tale.

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Steven Shorrock is an interdisciplinary humanistic, systems and design practitioner interested in understanding and improving work and life.

Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) | Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist (CErgHF) | BSc (Hons) MSc (Eng) PhD

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