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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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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

‘Human error’ in the headlines: Press reporting on Virgin Galactic

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 30/07/201530/07/2015

Again, a familiar smoke pattern has emerged from the ashes of a high-profile accident. The…

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The safety-fication of everything

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 05/11/201416/12/2014

Some time ago, I noticed the safety-fication of everything. I noticed that otherwise fairly ordinary words…

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  • Humanistic Psychology

Déformation professionnelle: How profession distorts perspective

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 12/12/201313/01/2019

So, what do you do? If you work in a health and safety role, there…

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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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