Complex Systems and Safety

An interview with Steven Shorrock

Episode 11 of the EEAST General Broadcast podcast, hosted by East of England Ambulance Service, titled "Complex Systems and Safety" was published on December 29, 2023 and runs 45 minutes.

December 29, 2023 ·45m · EEAST General Broadcast

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Summary

It's important to think about how we are safe on the front line, doing the work day in and day out, but how do our polices, processes and practices across an entire organisation impact the safety of our work?Steven Shorrock is an interdisciplinary humanistic, systems and design practitioner interested in human work from multiple perspectives. He currently specialises as a human factors and safety specialist in air traffic control in Europe, but has worked across most safety critical sectors.We talk about how policies can interfere with each other, how hierarchy impacts performance and reflecting on incidents in this fascinating chat.Steven's blog can be found here Humanistic Systems and he's also on Twitter @StevenShorrock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Description

It's important to think about how we are safe on the front line, doing the work day in and day out, but how do our polices, processes and practices across an entire organisation impact the safety of our work?

Steven Shorrock is an interdisciplinary humanistic, systems and design practitioner interested in human work from multiple perspectives. He currently specialises as a human factors and safety specialist in air traffic control in Europe, but has worked across most safety critical sectors.

We talk about how policies can interfere with each other, how hierarchy impacts performance and reflecting on incidents in this fascinating chat.

Steven's blog can be found here Humanistic Systems and he's also on Twitter @StevenShorrock.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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