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Toad’s Checklist

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 01/10/201530/03/2023

Sometimes lessons about work come about from the most wonderful places. Arnold Lobel’s ‘Frog and…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Is ‘Human Error’ the Handicap of Human Factors? A Discussion Among Human Factors Specialists

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 29/03/201510/03/2023

Following most major accidents, one phrase is almost guaranteed to headline in the popular press:…

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  • Humanistic Psychology

Mind your Mindset: Safety-I and Safety-II

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 19/01/201519/03/2023

During the last few years, different ways of thinking about safety have challenged prevailing worldviews…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Paramedics Under Pressure: A Case Study for Systems Thinking

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 13/12/201424/03/2023

Learning systems thinking is best done by doing. Case studies are useful ways to understand…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

‘Human Error’: Still Undefined After All These Years

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 02/12/201410/03/2023

Despite the pervasive and controversial nature of the notion of ‘human error’ in academia, industry…

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  • Culture

What I Learned From Velocity Barcelona 2014: Reflections on Human Factors, Safety and Webops

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 22/11/201428/02/2023

I went to Velocity EU 2014 in Barcelona this week – the conference for web operations/WebOps…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Life After ‘Human Error’ – Velocity Europe 2014

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 19/11/201410/03/2023

This is a keynote address from Velocity Europe 2014 in Barcelona on 17 November. I…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

Occupational Overuse Syndrome – Human Error Variant (OOS-HEV)

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 13/11/201410/03/2023

Occupational Overuse Syndrome – Human Error Variant (OOS-HEV) is a condition involving the overuse of the…

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  • Safety

The Safety-fication of Everything

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 05/11/201417/03/2023

Some time ago, I noticed the safety-fication of everything. I noticed that otherwise fairly ordinary words…

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  • Safety

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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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 error’: The Handicap of Human Factors, Safety and Justice
  • 'Human Factors' and 'Human Performance': What's the Difference?
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  • Four Kinds of ‘Human Factors’: 2. Factors of Humans
  • The HAL 9000 Explanation: “It Can Only Be Attributable to Human Error”
  • 'Human Error': Still Undefined After All These Years
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