The Reality of Calculating Exposure and Energy: Geasa and Tynged

This is the second of seven realities in this series on living with chronic conditions and dynamic…

Humanistic Systems Collections: The Albums & EPs

Since I starting blogging, I have written posts on a range of topics concerning work…

PTSD and the Multiple Hourglass Metaphor

This short post concerns a specific metaphor that those affected by trauma may find helpful.…

Self Care and the Helping Hexagon

In my previous post on the Helping Octagon, I outlined eight roles relevant to helping…

Mental Health and the Helping Octagon

It seems like everyone is talking about mental health. This is most obvious in the…

A Surgeon’s Take on Human and Organisational Factors: A Conversation with Manoj Kumar

Healthcare is perhaps the most complex safety-critical sector, and the challenges have only increased throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Increasingly, human and organisational factors have come under the spotlight. Manoj Kumar is a consultant general surgeon with a background also in safety, human factors, and training. In this conversation with Steven Shorrock, Manoj provides insights and perspectives on the realities of work in healthcare, and the team’s role in improvement.

The Day that Changed Everything: From Paralysis to Growth

Some people can identify a day where everything changed in a way that was previously unimaginable. For Dennie Coumans, this day came at the end of December 2017. What happened totally reshaped his life.

Twenty Five Years: Reflections on the Practice of Improving Work

In this post, I reflect on what I learned since graduating and have found to be most important to practice in the design and improvement of work.

Staying In Control: Five Suggestions From a Long-Distance Psychologist on the Centenary of Air Traffic Control

On the centenary of air traffic control, and the International day of the air traffic controller, I offer five suggestions that have emerged from my experience of working with air traffic controllers over 25 years of practice as a psychologist. 

On Living and Dying: 2. The Simple Thing Wrong With Us

Are there people in your life to whom you feel, at some level, a need…