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Twenty Five Years: Reflections on the Practice of Improving Work

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 06/11/202210/11/2022

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.

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System Safety: Seven Friends of Intervention

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 04/04/201913/01/2022

In this short series, I highlight seven foes and seven friends of system safety, both…

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Human Factors at The Fringe

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 07/09/201604/08/2018

There have been many debates in human factors about its status as science or art…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Human Factors and Ergonomics in Practice: A Forthcoming Practitioner-Focused Book

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 06/02/201509/11/2015

Ten years ago, I found myself caught between two worlds. I had spent several years…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Human factors research and practice – Part 1: surveying the gap

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 10/03/201202/04/2018

This article by Steve Shorrock and Amy Chung was published in The Ergonomist (newsletter of…

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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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