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Seven Threats to New Safety Movements: 4) Dogmatism

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 01/11/202421/12/2024

Dogmatism is characterised by the expression of opinion as fact, or the tendency to assert…

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  • safety

Seven Threats to New Safety Movements: 3) Simplism and Populism

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 20/06/202421/12/2024

Movements of many kinds have encountered a tension between the need for detailed understanding and…

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  • safety

Seven Threats to New Safety Movements: 1) Over-commercialism

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 03/06/202421/12/2024

Over-commercialism has been a hallmark of many previous movements. Some started out with a distinct…

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  • safety

The Wrong Kidney

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 24/05/202427/05/2024

The post discusses a short fictional film, ‘The Wrong Kidney’, created to explore the complexities…

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  • safety

Laughing Boy: Love, Justice and Drops of Brilliance

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 03/05/202430/10/2025

As we go about our daily lives, any exposure to news media confronts us with…

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  • safety

Are We Learning From Accidents?

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 17/04/202424/05/2024

This is a Foreword to Are We Learning From Accidents, by Dr Nippin Anand, published…

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  • safety

Why Is It Just So Difficult? Barriers to ‘Just Culture’ in the Real World

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 18/10/202330/10/2025

This article is a reproduction of an article published in HindSight magazine issue 35 in September 2023 (all issues available…

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  • Culture

Humanistic Systems Collections: The Albums & EPs

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 12/10/202330/10/2025

Since I starting blogging, I have written posts on a range of topics concerning work…

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  • Systems Thinking

Diversity of Thought: Surviving and Thriving in a Changing World

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 29/09/202330/10/2025

In a rapidly evolving world, organisations must adapt to survive and thrive. However, the key lies not only in technological innovation, but in the diversity of thought within an organisation. This article sheds light on the crucial role diversity of thought plays in navigating the complexities of our changing world.

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Surprises, Fast and Slow: Preparing for the Limits of Work-as-Imagined

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 30/01/202331/03/2023

This article is a reproduction of the Editorial published in HindSight magazine issue 34 in…

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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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    Work-as-done is the work that people actually do, cognitive, verbal and manually. Work-as-judged is the judgement, evaluation or appraisal of work, via other proxies for work-as-done. Work-as-simulated is the work that is imitated or recreated in some way for the purposes of learning, testing, design, research, assessment, or exploration. Work-as-instructed is the explanation and demonstration describing how work is to be conducted or performed; the work that people are taught to do. Work-as-analysed is the process and product of examination, decomposition, categorisation, modelling and representation of work. Work-as-measured is the quantification of aspects of work: the work that is represented through numbers, metrics, indicators, scores, targets, dashboards, and other forms of quantification. Work-as-observed is the observation of the work of others, formally or informally - directly, remotely, live, or recorded - and the interpretation of what is observed by the observer. Work-as-disclosed is the work that people say that they (or others) do or did, either in formal or informal accounts. Work-as-prescribed is the formalisation, specification and design of work. It is the work that people ‘should do’, especially according to policies, procedures, rules, and so on.

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