Season 4
The Dirty Dozen - An interview with Michael Bates and Gordon Dupont
Sept. 26, 2022
Michael Bates interviews Gordon Dupont about the creation of the "Dirty Dozen" the 12 main reasons behind why human error occurs.
Applying Human Factors on the ground - An interview with Suzy Broadbent
Aug. 29, 2022
Suzy Broadbent is a Fellow of the CIEHF with twenty years experience working in Human Factors across defence, rail and now healthcare domains. She gave the Institute Lecture at EHF2022. This discussion looks back at her ca…
Publishing Human Factors books - An interview with Bob Bridger
Aug. 15, 2022
We all have our "go to" reference book: but how do you go about writing and publishing such a thing? Past President of the CIEHF, Robert Bridger, gives us an insight into the art of writing, publishing and updating Human Fa…
Human Factors in Iarnród Éireann - An interview with Nora Balfe
Aug. 1, 2022
Iarnród Éireann, or Irish Rail, has its own share of Human Factors Challenges, and the person with the challenge of ensuring HF is kept up to standard is Nora Balfe. In this episode, Nora gives us an insight into the breadth…
RAF Safety and Just Culture
July 18, 2022
Over the past decade or so, the Royal Air Force has been going through a cultural evolution. In this episode, Ian and Avril give us an insight into how the implementation of Human Factors and the attitudes to safety has evol…
HF in Rail - An interview with David Golightly
July 4, 2022
David Golightly is a lecturer at Newcastle University and works in the field of cognitive ergonomics, understanding the factors that make technology and systems fit for the intended user's needs and cognitive abilities.
The Surgical approach to Human Factors - An interview with Peter Brennan
June 20, 2022
Professor Peter Brennan is a NHS Consultant Surgeon in Portsmouth, specialising in head and neck cancer. Barry talks with him to see how he is driving Human Factors approaches from his perspective. To date, Peter has publi…
HFES - The Presidents Perspective - An interview with Chris Reid
June 6, 2022
Chris Reid is the Human Factors and Ergonomics Boeing Technical Fellow within the Environment, Health and Safety organization at Boeing. He is also the current President at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). …
Ergonomics and Human Factors Conference 2022 - Review
May 23, 2022
Barry talks to attendees and some of the key people behind the scenes about putting together EHF 2022 and what they thought of the result. Fair warning, this is the first time ever that Barry has put together a multi-pers…
Farming, Decision Making and IOT - An interview with John Owen
April 18, 2022
In this podcast, Barry interviews John Owen, Project Manager at Gelli Aur Farm, Coleg Sir Gar, where they teach agriculture students about using future technologies in farming, as well as providing cutting edge research util…
The Burning Issue - An Interview with Nick Rutter from Fire Angel
April 4, 2022
Humans are currently blamed for the majority of damaging dwelling fires. An underlying reason behind that is a lack of knowledge of how people behave when waking up bleary eyed to a smoke or fire alarm. Nick Rutter,
Supporting Musculoskeletal Health - an interview with FLX Health and Arco
March 21, 2022
In this interview, the topic of musculoskeletal disorders are a leading cause of occupational ill health in the UK, accounting for 30% of all work-related ill health cases and 27% of lost working days. Affecting 14.9 million…
Human Factors in Healthcare - An Interview with Tony Andre
March 8, 2022
Tony Andre is the founder of Interface Analysis Associates and has decades of experience applying Human Factors in the healthcare setting. Additionally he also started the international symposium on Human Factors and Ergonom…
Human Factors in Agriculture - An interview with Jill Poots
Feb. 21, 2022
A domain that has always held an attraction is Agriculture, and even more so with the development of technology that is being utilised to enable fewer people on a farm to do a lot more. From GPS enabled tractors to the use o…
Working from home - getting serious about furniture - An Interview with Guy Osmond
Feb. 7, 2022
Working from home has been a necessity throughout the pandemic, but now the idea of Hybrid Working is the "new normal". As we move from necessity to normal, we should also be moving from the dining room chair to something t…
What does 2022 hold?
Jan. 18, 2022
An introduction to the 2022 programme, what can be expected and what are the opportunities.