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Work and How to Survive It: Lesson 1. Understand ‘How Work Goes’

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 29/09/201828/02/2023

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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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

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

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 03/06/201805/10/2023

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/Ergonomics

Human Factors and Ergonomics: Looking Back to Look Forward

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 25/02/201816/03/2023

During the second world war, the United States lost hundreds of planes in accidents that…

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  • Culture

The Archetypes of Human Work: 7. Defunct

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 11/02/201711/06/2026

This is the seventh in a series of posts on The Archetypes of Human Work, on the Defunct archetype.

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  • Culture

The Archetypes of Human Work: 6. P.R. and Subterfuge

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 06/02/201715/03/2023

This is the sixth in a series of posts on The Archetypes of Human Work, on the P.R. and Subterfuge archetype.

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  • Culture

The Archetypes of Human Work: 5. Projection

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 02/02/201715/03/2023

This is the fifth in a series of posts on The Archetypes of Human Work, on the Projection archetype.

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

The Archetypes of Human Work: 4. Ignorance and Fantasy

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 31/01/201715/03/2023

This is the fourth in a series of posts on The Archetypes of Human Work, on the Ignorance and Fantasy archetype.

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

The Archetypes of Human Work: 3. Taboo

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 29/01/201715/03/2023

This is the third in a series of posts on The Archetypes of Human Work, on the Taboo archetype.

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  • Human Factors/Ergonomics

The Archetypes of Human Work: 2. Congruence

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 27/01/201715/03/2023

This is the second in a series of posts on The Archetypes of Human Work, on the Congruence archetype.

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The Archetypes of Human Work: 1. The Messy Reality

  • by Steven Shorrock
  • Posted on 13/01/201715/03/2023

This is the first in a series of posts on The Archetypes of Human Work, on The Messy Reality archetype.

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    Work-as-done is the work that people actually do, cognitive, verbal and manually. Work-as-judged is the judgement, evaluation or appraisal of work, via other proxies for work-as-done. Work-as-simulated is the work that is imitated or recreated in some way for the purposes of learning, testing, design, research, assessment, or exploration. Work-as-instructed is the explanation and demonstration describing how work is to be conducted or performed; the work that people are taught to do.

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