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Sharing Our Knowledge to Benefit Others
Is sharing what we know with others, and putting our effort into meaningful, good work important or desirable? ….. Yes! Three years ago I left my corporate ergonomics job. Officially, I was retiring. I knew that there was more work for me to do, yet, I did not know exactly what that work would be,…
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Unseen and Unheard
If I speak they might hear me …If I move they might see me ………. in the forest …Hikers, runners and walkers pass by ………. their words easily understood. …I sit, quiet and still, undiscovered ………. only a few feet off the trail …tracing a path with my stylus on the screen of my phone,…
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Seeing with a Camera – On what do we focus, in the world around us? (Part 2)
Viewing the world in the frame of a camera allows me to zoom in, see detail and relationships among shapes, light and dark, colors, objects and more. These relationships are much less noticeable when there is more in the frame of view. I am drawn time and time again to the experience of spotting something…
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Ways ergonomics and human factors can contribute to sustainability. (Let’s crowd source a list!)
Ergonomics is generally applied to help optimize an operation from both the human sustainability and human performance perspectives. The human performance focus often yields operations efficiencies in ways…
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Ergonomics and Sustainability: How can we make a difference?
We ergonomists can make a difference in sustainability** focused efforts by doing what we already know how to do. Day in and day out we apply our ergonomics…