1202 - The Human Factors Podcast
Barry Kirby explores aspects of Human Factors, from practitioners in the field, through Processes and Tools that are useful (or not) and other Information and News that may be beneficial. For HF people to keep in touch and non-HF people to hear what we do.
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Feb. 19, 2026
Talking with the CIEHF President - An interview with Martin Thody
Barry chats with long time friend of the show, and current President of the Chartered Institute or Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF), Martin Thody. He shares his HF journey since his last interview, and reflects on his time as President.
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Jan. 25, 2026
UX, HF and Defence, an interview with Matt Odell
Barry Kirby chats to Matt Odell, MD of MILUX, about UX in defence, and the relationship with Human Factors.
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Nov. 25, 2024
Human Factors in Government - An interview with Sarah Sharples
Sarah Sharples, the Chief Scientific Officer for the Dept. of Transport and Past President of the CIEHF shares her thoughts on how Human Factors can engage with Government Policy development and how she champions HF within Government, both directly and indirectly.
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Nov. 9, 2024
Space Wales - An Interview with Rosie Cane
Rosie Cane, Cluster Manager for Space Wales, chats to Barry about what Space Wales is, how it works, and the opportunities for Human Factors and Ergonomics to add value to the sector.
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Oct. 8, 2024
Meet the President of the IEA - An interview with Andrew Thatcher
Andrew Thatcher, the newly elected president of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) shares his background and his vision for the IEA in the next three years.
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Sept. 15, 2024
When Podcasts Collide - Human in the Loop
Barry chats with Adam Smith and Rhian Williams-Skingley about their Human Factors Podcast Human in the Loop
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Aug. 30, 2024
Crossing the Streams - HF across domains with Filip Florek
Filip Florek joins Barry to discuss just how Human Factors tools and techniques can cross be used across domains.
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Aug. 16, 2024
Neurodiversity in Rail - An interview with Kimberley Harding
Kimberley Harding shares insights about why understanding and inclusion of Neurodiversity in the Rail sector is important, and provides an insight into the Neurodiversity in Rail Conference.
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Aug. 2, 2024
Cyber Risk Management - An Interview with Bec Mckeown
Bec Mckeown shares her thoughts and experiences of how to manage Cyber Risk in organisations both large and small.
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July 12, 2024
Aerospace Wales and Human Factors - An interview with Rachael Blackburn
Rachael Blackburn, Director of Aerospace Wales, gives us an insight into the organisation and how HF practitioners within Wales can get involved.
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June 28, 2024
Think Human - Planning the CIEHF 75th
Some of the team behind the upcoming Think Human Exhibition share what its about, what we can expect to see and how we can engage with it. With Mark Young, Ella-Mae Hubbard and Ellie King.
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June 13, 2024
When Podcasts Collide - An interview with Sara Pazell
Sara Pazell is not only a Human Factors practitioner in Australia, and Barry wanted to chat about her perspectives on HF application but she is also a co-host on the Why Work Podcast, and they chat about that too.
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