The Parable of the Ant: Context Shapes Behaviour
“Context shapes behaviour” – This fundamental principle in human performance is brilliantly illustrated through the Parable of the Ant. This blog traces this powerful metaphor from Herbert Simon’s original insight to modern human factors applications.
Beyond the Basic HSE PIF list: Reflections on types of Performance Influencing Factors
We often rely on standard HSE checklists for identifying Performance Influencing Factors, but there’s so much more to consider.
Human Factors GATEWAY Approach: Leveraging SCTA Outputs to Identify HF Issues in Related Tasks
This blog introduces the Human Factors GATEWAY (Generic Audit Tool Exercise to Widen and Accelerate Yield) approach. This extends Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA) insights from one task to similar critical tasks across multiple sites or work areas.
Near Miss Management: Formative ideas for a book chapter
I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to contribute a chapter in a book about Near Miss Management. I’ll mainly be discussing the application of Human Factors Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA) for investigating near misses for Process Safety related concerns.
I wanted to share these early ideas and request feedback from you, the reader.
In Praise of Positive PIFs (Performance Influencing Factors) in Human Factors Risk Assessments
Performance Influencing Factors (PIFs) are factors that can increase or decrease the likelihood of human error occurring. Negative PIFs increase the likelihood of error; positive PIFs decrease the likelihood of error.
