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Seven Threats to New Safety Movements: 2) Egotism and Leaderism

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 04/06/202421/12/2024

Movements throughout the ages have suffered from egotism, especially those aligned with pseudopsychology, self help,…

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On the Spread of Ideas: Four Roles and Four Traps 

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 22/06/202230/10/2025

In this post, I describe four roles for the spread of new ideas, and reflect on corresponding ego traps or shadow roles.

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What Are You Reading For?

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 12/10/201417/03/2023

The comedian Bill Hicks died just over 20 years ago. He was not ‘just a comedian’.…

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Why Do We Resist New Thinking About Safety and Systems?

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 12/04/201324/03/2023

Something I have been thinking about for a while is the way that we look…

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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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'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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