September 2023 Ryan Donald is a Chartered Safety Professional (CMIOSH) and Human Factors Consultant (Chartership pending) with extensive experience in the management of safety in the subsea industry and experience in applying Human Factors methods in the offshore Oil & Gas industry. He has a master’s degree in Behaviour Change with a specialist pathway in…
Human Factors consultancy IHF has established a partnership with an innovative duo from the aviation and medical sectors. Airline captain James Taylor and his consultant oncologist father Roger will work as associates of Edinburgh-based IHF to enhance its capabilities in human factors, and will set up an office in Brighton. IHF’s team of 24 consultants…
Building your own Intelligent Customer Capability The concept of Intelligent Customer (IC) in relation to high-hazard safety was developed by the UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and has gained acceptance around the world. The UK Health and Safety Executive defines IC as: “The capability of the organisation to have a clear understanding and knowledge…
Work as Imagined vs Work as Done When we look at approaches to safety and Human Factors, it’s very important to understand the difference between the two terms. For example, one of the leading causes of medical errors is the difference between the way work is imagined and the way it is actually done. It’s…
Human Error v Human Factors Often the terms human error and human factors are used in an interchangeable way – but they are quite different things. Human error refers to an unintentional action or decision which can then have a knock-on consequence such as an accident or workplace incident. Or put more simply it involves all…
There is a huge pressure in change initiatives to be completed quickly often without considering the human element in enough detail. Organisations often don’t consider the human contribution early enough and in enough detail. There can be a huge difference between a project that is overly technically focussed, with little regard for the people who need to enact…
Integrated Human Factors, one of the UK’s leading specialist Human Factors consultancies is expanding its offering in the Australia and the wider Asia Pacific region and establishing an office in Perth, Western Australia. IHF, a tech-driven human factors consultancy was founded a decade ago in the UK by Neil Clark and is a registered member…
