About the Author
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)
Tag Archives: work-as-done
Proxies for Work-as-Done: 4. Work-as-Analysed
In this series of short posts, I outline some of proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-analysed. Continue reading
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Proxies for Work-as-Done: 3. Work-as-Disclosed
In this series of short posts, I outline some of proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-disclosed. Continue reading
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Tagged work-as-disclosed, work-as-done
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Proxies for Work-as-Done: 2. Work-as-Prescribed
In this series of short posts, I outline briefly some proxies for work-as-done. This post concerns work-as-prescribed. Continue reading
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Proxies for Work-as-Done: 1. Work-as-Imagined
In this seres of short posts, I outline briefly some proxies for Work-as-Done. Continue reading
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Tagged work, work-as-done, work-as-imagined
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Three Spaces for Work-as-Disclosed
In a previous post on four ‘varieties of human work‘, I introduced the concept of ‘work-as-disclosed’. Work-as-disclosed is what we say or write about work, and how we talk or write about it, either casually or more formally. Work is … Continue reading
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Tagged secrecy, whistleblowing, work-as-disclosed, work-as-done
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Learning About Aviation Work in a Pandemic
Everyday work in aviation COVID-19 pandemic has been affected almost beyond recognition, and with it how we feel about work and the future. So what might we learn about work from the perspectives of two front-line professions: air traffic controllers and professional pilots? Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Human Factors/Ergonomics, Mental Health, Safety
Tagged aviation, COVID-19, learning, Mental Health, safety, work, work-as-done
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Learning About Healthcare Work in a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had one of the biggest effects on work-as-done in healthcare in living memory. So what might we learn about work from the perspectives of frontline workers? I asked a variety of practitioners to give a short … Continue reading
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Tagged change, COVID-19, learning, work, work-as-done, work-as-imagined, work-as-prescribed
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Reflections from the edge
I have ‘worked on work’ for my whole professional career. For the majority of that time, I have worked primarily in aviation. Unlike many in the industry my primary interest is not in aviation, any more than it is in … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Humanistic Psychology, Systems Thinking
Tagged ethnography, observing, work, work-as-done
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System Safety: Seven Friends of Explanation
In this short series, I highlight seven foes and seven friends of system safety, both for explanation and intervention. Each is a concept, meme, or device used in thinking, language, and intervention (reinforced by more fundamental foes that act as barriers … Continue reading
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Tagged ABCD, adjustments, assets, degraded system, goal conflicts, human performance, interactions, local rationality, patterns, performance adjustments, performance variability, Systems Thinking, trade-offs, work, work-as-done
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