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

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 30/01/202331/03/2023

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

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Digitalisation at Sea: All Hands on Deck

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 03/02/202220/03/2023

This article is a reproduction of the Editorial published in HindSight magazine issue 33 in…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

HindSight 28 on Change is out now!

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 21/02/2019

HindSight Issue 28 is now available in print and online at SKYbrary and on the EUROCONTROL website. You can download the full issue, and individual articles. HindSight magazine is free and published twice a year, reaching tens of thousands of readers in aviation and other sectors worldwide.

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Vive la Compétence !

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 16/08/201831/03/2023

This summer, we have been entertained by the world’s best footballers – experts in the game. And it just so happens that Competency and Expertise is theme of this Issue of HindSight. What might we learn from World Cup 2018? Here are five observations.

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Work-as-Imagined Solutioneering: A 10-Step Guide

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 03/06/201817/11/2022

In this post, I outline a typical process of 10 Steps by which problematic solutions come into being. Some of the steps may be skipped, but with the same outcome: a problematic solution.

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Human Factors at The Fringe: The Girl in the Machine

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 07/09/201621/03/2023

Polly is a professional, a high achiever and an addict. Her drug of choice is…

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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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