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Human Performance in the Spotlight: Mental Practice

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 15/10/2025

This article is a slightly edited reproduction of an article published in HindSight magazine issue 36 (Autumn 2024) (all issues…

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Seven Threats to New Safety Movements: 1) Over-commercialism

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 03/06/202421/12/2024

Over-commercialism has been a hallmark of many previous movements. Some started out with a distinct…

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  • safety

“Why Are We Having More Incidents?” Causal Loops in Reactions to Unwanted Events

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 29/01/202427/05/2024

One way to understand the links between unwanted events, conditions and interventions is via causal…

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  • safety

From Cockpits to Courtrooms: Looking Back on a 50-Year Journey – A Conversation With Tom Lintner

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 15/12/202315/12/2023

From early rides on the roads, in the sea and in the sky, to diverse…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

A Desk Is a Dangerous Place From Which to Watch the World

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 06/03/202330/10/2025

This article is a reproduction of an article published in HindSight magazine issue 28 in February 2019 on the…

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

What Human Factors Isn’t: 3. Off-The-Shelf Behaviour Modification Training

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 23/09/201913/03/2023

‘Human Factors’ (or Ergonomics) is often presented as something that it’s not, or as something…

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Suitably Qualified and Experienced? Five Questions to Ask Before Buying Human Factors Training or Consultancy

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 05/06/201816/03/2023

Ergonomics (or human factors) is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among…

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