Professor of Industrial/Organisational Psychology at Wits

Joined May 2009
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Yup. And the converse is true too. If we resolve problems in one area it can have knock-on effects for other areas. x.com/DrGetafix/status/93493…

26 Nov 2017
Humans and the environment are a complex system. Problems in one area, leads to problems in others. #sustainable #ergonomics #HFESA2017
Actually, my figures were a bit off here, it’s 4.8 earths, but the point is still made - the number is bigger than we have. Frighteningly, my personal footprint (if everyone was to live like me) is 5.3 earths (mostly air travel) x.com/DrGetafix/status/93492…

26 Nov 2017
If everyone lived like Australians, we’d need 7 earths! The rich have caused the problems, so have the moral responsibility and the means to fix it. #sustainable #ergonomics #HFESA2017
It’s easy, we just have to apply HFE to the issues x.com/DrGetafix/status/93492…

26 Nov 2017
Getting people on bikes is great for humans and the environment. But it's not always easy! #sustainable #ergonomics #HFESA2017 Prof A Thatcher
I’m hoping these issues get some airtime x.com/DrPaulSalmon/status/93…

Prof Andrew Thatcher on 5 key challenges for the HFE discipline #humanfactors #complexity #systemsthinking #HFESA2017 #ergonomics #sustainability
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26 Nov 2017
#Sustainable #Ergonomics. As the climate warms it will become more chaotic. This will make it more difficult to design safe work #HFESA2017 Prof Andrew Thatcher
looks like the keynote went down as intended x.com/DrPaulSalmon/status/93…

Prof Andrew Thatcher on #humanfactors and #sustainability. The world's richest are the biggest consumers - the burden for change sits squarely with us #systemsthinkers #consumption #riches #ergonomics #HFESA2017
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Makes you feel hope when there are white kids out there who can think like this. x.com/TherealLungsta/status/…

22 Oct 2015
one of the freedom fighters who was arrested in Parliment yesterday.We need more white people like him #JHBShutDown
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Student Ns have increased by government decree but subsidy/student has fallen over the last 10 yrs. Unsustainable x.com/pierredevos/status/656…

A sustainable system of systems approach: a new HFE paradigm - Ergonomics - tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…

Replying to @bee_institute
@leilambee yup me too ... felt like a rumbling wave that really shook my whole house. Any news?
just had a massive earth tremor in Jo'burg anyone have any info on this?
#district9 foreign audiences must miss most of the innuendo and language and they still love it. Amazing! Loved it!
Report on Twitter in highereducation http://bit.ly/sEtBh a useful reader for newbies

WitsT@L Twitter for newbies http://bit.ly/wGvid WitsT&L hashtags for newbies http://bit.ly/915Hw
T&L symp. talk on "twitter in highered" today. Good turn out (50 ) and seemed to go quite well. Unsuccessful load of present. onto LinkedIn
Finished reading http://bit.ly/4cjCh0 - some great insights regarding twitter and highered presentation at T&L symposium on monday

Working on a paper for teaching and learning symposium on using twitter for higher education blended learning - hints and tips appreciated
Wondering whether twitter can work like Mxit ...
Working on a paper "Is twitter for tWits?"