Jasper van Kuijk at Uselog has also been thinking about the impact of Ergonomics being so heterogeneous yesterday.

http://www.uselog.com/2009/05/many-definitions-of-human-factors-and.html

His point that “any self-respecting profession is obsessed with trying to define itself” is interesting. Do you agree or do you support the alternate idea of some service designers that in creative professions its much better to leave the definition flexible as it encourages innovation?

Other Relevant Posts...

• November 30th, 2009 -- Motivational Design Framework v.0.1 (2)
• October 30th, 2009 -- Design for Self-Service – A motivational psychology perspective (2)
• June 22nd, 2009 -- Design for Change (0)
• May 12th, 2009 -- Hetero or Homo – What’s The Engagement Strategy? (2)
• February 15th, 2010 -- A Big Day for British Youth and Winter Sports – An Inspiration For The Rest of Us? (2)
• December 3rd, 2009 -- Managing Motivation (1)
• October 29th, 2009 -- Theories of Planned Behaviour (2)
• October 28th, 2009 -- User Needs are Outdated, We Should Be Designing User Goals… (1)
• October 1st, 2009 -- Framework of Motivated Behaviour (0)
• September 16th, 2009 -- More on Authenticity (0)

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