A few weeks ago, I had a chat with Jamey Hampton, Jessica Kerr, John K. Sawers of Greater…
Tag: safety
You’d expect that Human Factors/Ergonomics would be very relevant to the NHS. But is it actually integrated?
This is the fourth in a series of posts on different ‘kinds’ of human factors, as understood both within and outside the discipline and profession of human factors and ergonomics itself. This post explores a fourth kind of human factors: Socio-technical system interaction.
This third post explores another perspective on ‘human factors’: Factors Affecting Humans.
It was always going to happen. The wrong Best Picture winner was read out live on…
The analysis of work cannot be limited to work as prescribed in procedures etc (le travail prescrit), nor to the observation of work actually done (le travail réalisé). Similarly, it cannot be limited to work as we imagine it, nor work as people talk about it. Only by considering all four of these varieties of human work can we hope to understand what’s going on.
When we think about just culture, we usually think about accidents and incidents, associated ‘honest…
Nuclear Family is a gripping piece of interactive theatre which follows Joe and Ellen, nuclear…
Written and directed by Matthew Wilkinson. A thrilling modern tragedy about a Russian architect driven…
There have been many debates in human factors about its status as science or art…
Humanistic Systems 