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

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

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

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

Twenty Five Years: Reflections on the Practice of Improving Work

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.

‘Human Factors’ and ‘Human Performance’: What’s the Difference?

The term ‘Human Performance’ (and ‘Human and Organisational Performance’ (or HOP) has become increasingly common…

The Problem with Professional Appropriation: The Case of ‘Human Factors’ and ‘Ergonomics’

In a recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper by journalist Liam Mannix (A…

The Loneliest Profession in Healthcare

You’d expect that Human Factors/Ergonomics would be very relevant to the NHS. But is it actually integrated?

Déformation Professionnelle: How Profession Distorts Perspective

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