Human Performance in Practice: Challenges and Resources

Recorded On: 04/08/2021

Despite a substantial effort on the part of many industry bodies, including the UK Energy Institute (EI) and the International Oil and Gas Producers Association (IOGP), to raise awareness of human-factors principles, with some exceptions in a few organizations, progress on implementation has been slow.

This webinar will highlight a range of challenges to the practical implementation of human performance in operations, and offer guidance through the practical resources that could be used straight away.

This webinar is categorized under the Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability technical discipline.

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OnePetro Papers:

Closing the Gap in Human factors Everybody Has a Role to Play

Deploying Human Performance: Where Do We Start?

Proactive Application of Human Performance Science in Risk Assessment Process within Dynamic Operations of an Oilfield Service Provider

How can the Petroleum Industry Benefit from Human Reliability Analysis?

Dr. Marcin Nazaruk

Human Performance and Culture Leader, Baker Hughes

Dr. Marcin Nazaruk is a Human Performance and Culture Leader at Baker Hughes and a Chairperson of the SPE Human Factors Technical Section. He's held a number of senior leadership roles in the energy industry focused on human performance.

Marcin offers a unique combination of a world-class multi-disciplinary expertise (Ph.D. in psychology of human performance and a broad range of advanced qualifications in management (MBA), executive coaching, systems thinking, project management, instructional design, or human factors) with robust and in-depth practical application. This has attracted multiple, international awards, including the IOGP Outstanding Young Professional Award 2018.

Marcin has extensive experience in modernising risk management and safety culture through demonstrating the value of applied psychology. His presentations and workshop sessions at the industry fora are bringing a visible shift in understanding of psychology applied to risk control. This is translating into practical actions taken by many companies, whether it’s upskilling their investigators in human factors or working with HF experts to tune their processes to be people-friendly. Marcin also shares his expertise with a broader community through contributing to the development of industry standards, guidance and frameworks (IOGP, Energy Institute, International Association of Drilling Contractors) as well as publishing in prestigious journals.

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