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Navigating the New Reality

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 07/05/202207/05/2022

While we sometimes talk about the ‘new normal’, the only thing that is normal is change. So how might we navigate the new reality? The following five practices are important in adjusting and adapting and are supported by research on resilience and growth.

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Learning About Aviation Work in a Pandemic

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 27/09/202013/01/2022

Everyday work in aviation COVID-19 pandemic has been affected almost beyond recognition, and with it how we feel about work and the future. So what might we learn about work from the perspectives of two front-line professions: air traffic controllers and professional pilots?

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Learning About Healthcare Work in a Pandemic

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 17/09/202010/03/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had one of the biggest effects on work-as-done in healthcare in living memory. So what might we learn about work from the perspectives of frontline workers? I asked a variety of practitioners to give a short answer.

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Learning Teams, Learning from Communities

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 13/01/201913/01/2022

Learning Teams, Learning from Communities
In this article, I refer to some of the ideas and writings of asset-based community development to reflect on Learning Teams in health and safety, and small group conversations and action more generally in organisations. I highlight four lessons from ABCD for learning teams and host organisations.

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Giving Guidance to Government

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 27/10/201817/01/2022

This article was published in The Ergonomist, published by the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and…

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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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