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Work and how to survive it: Lesson 2. Understand variation inside your organisation

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 01/10/201805/02/2019

In this sporadic series of posts, I share a few insights, as they might apply to work and organisations, from ‘Life and How To Survive It’ and ‘Families and How to Survive Them’, by psychotherapist (late) Robin Skynner and comedian John Cleese.

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Work and how to survive it: Lesson 1. Understand ‘how work goes’

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 29/09/201819/01/2019

In this sporadic series of posts, Icshare a few insights, as they might apply to work and organisations, from ‘Life and How To Survive It’ and ‘Families and How to Survive Them’, by psychotherapist (late) Robin Skynner and comedian John Cleese.

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Déformation professionnelle: How profession distorts perspective

  • by stevenshorrock
  • Posted on 12/12/201313/01/2019

So, what do you do? If you work in a health and safety role, there…

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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

'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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