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

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 30/01/202330/01/2023

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

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

HindSight 34: Handling Surprises (Tales of the Unexpected) is out now

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 26/01/202326/01/2023

HindSight is a magazine on human and organisational factors in operations. HindSight magazine is free…

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PTS(D) and Me

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 31/01/202010/11/2022

An experiential account of PTS(D).

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Human Factors at the Fringe: BaseCamp

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 04/08/201804/08/2018

A legendary rivalry: one mountain and two climbers seeking to be the best. We join…

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Four Kinds of ‘Human Factors’: 2. Factors of Humans

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 12/08/201705/02/2023

This second post in a series on Four Kinds of ‘Human Factors’ explores another kind of human factors: Factors of Humans.

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

The quantified self in a complex system: A systems perspective on mental workload

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 27/05/201528/05/2015

In the last few years, many of us have started to quantify ourselves. We have…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

‘Human error’: The handicap of human factors, safety and justice

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 21/09/201315/01/2018

“Oh my God. I told those guys at safety that it was dangerous and one…

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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' 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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