Human Factors - Safety - Organisational Excellence - CORTEXIA

Out of the box with Cortexia.

WHO IS CORTEXIA?

Cortexia is a boutique human factors consultancy working closely with organisations from a variety of high-risk industries. We take the latest research and turn it into real world solutions. Our work encompasses the full range of human factors applications for your projects, as well as customised programs to give your business the performance edge.

WHY CORTEXIA?

You won't get an organisational advantage by doing the same thing as everyone else. As much as that adage applies to your business and operations, it also applies to us. We apply cutting edge research and practices to formulate solutions that improve your results without the scientific jargon and unwieldly academic approaches. We are real world practitioners, human factors experts, ahead of our competition, with over 100 years combined experience solving complex high-risk problems.

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OUR ETHOS

We are passionate about being innovative and finding cost-effective solutions for our clients that will be measurable and make a real impact on operations. In 2016 we even had our ethos designed into the artwork you see above! Our focus is and always will be, improving your capability, safety, efficiency and bottom-line with our human factors expertise.

OUR ADVANTAGE.

~Our deliverables are always concise, pragmatic, cost-effective and impactful

~We keep the academic jargon out of our work without losing the science

~All our consultants are well recognised in the fields of Human Factors, Safety and Organisational Psychology

~We understand your budget matters and deliver to scale

OUR LEADERSHIP & DIRECTION

In addition to our human factors, system safety and organisational psychology experts, Cortexia is led by a team of globally-recognised executives.

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Dr. Damien Armenis
Founder & Managing Director

Damien is a world recognised expert in the fields of human factors, safety and organisational excellence. He completed his Honours thesis in Behavioural Finance and his PhD in 2006 focussing on naturalistic decision making and corporate culture and then went on to successfully lead a major human performance research program within the Department of Defence focussing on Human Factors and Distributed Cognition. Damien has over 18 years experience designing, leading and developing human performance programs across a range of industries. He has integrated human factors on numerous projects across all lifecycle phases and has a keen understanding of the demands of complex automated systems. He has played key roles on international human performance working groups and helped develop numerous international standards including CANSO's Human Performance Standard of Excellence. As a human factors expert, his pragmatic and results-driven focus combined with exceptional comprehension of the field and formal accreditation in Change Management, mean your operational outcomes will be second to none.

Download a copy of Damien's CV here and check out Damien's book on Decision Making Bias and Training here.

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Ana Vilaca
Research & Operations Manager

Ana is Cortexia's Research & Operations Manager ensuring our interventions and solutions are always leading edge and evidence-based by leveraging the latest in human, organisational and safety performance research. This requires an up to date and in-depth comprehension of the research along with a keen ability to present this information in a consolidated, succinct and pragmatic manner. Ana has over a decade's experience in research across a number of roles and high-reliability industries including healthcare, pharma and medical device manufacturing. By keeping this role in-house Cortexia is able to provide cost-effective solutions that leverage the latest evidence-based practices.

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Nick Carter
Client Relationship Manager

Nick has over 20 years of international business experience, client relationship management and conflict resolution. Nick also has a unique expertise in deploying complex projects with large numbers of stakeholders, which requires a high level of skill in conflict management and collaboration.  Using these skills, Nick has won product development, entrepreneurship and innovation awards both in Australia and overseas.

Human Factors Services

We deliver big results for our clients across high-reliability and high-risk industries. 

Coca Cola Amatil Executive Decision Making Program

Coca Cola Amatil Executive Decision Making Program

Petrobras Offshore Team Performance

Petrobras Offshore Team Performance

Special Operations Distributed Cognition Program

Special Operations Distributed Cognition Program

Commonwealth Bank of Australia Human Factors & Ultra-Resilience Program

Commonwealth Bank of Australia Human Factors & Ultra-Resilience Program

Yarra Trams Human Factors & Safety Procedures

Yarra Trams Human Factors & Safety Procedures

South32 Operations Diagnostic

South32 Operations Diagnostic

Citipower Powercor Switching Operations Diagnostic

Citipower Powercor Switching Operations Diagnostic

Citipower Powercor Human Performance Workshops

Citipower Powercor Human Performance Workshops

Citipower Powercor Fair & Just Culture

Citipower Powercor Fair & Just Culture

Airservices Sydney Control Tower Cabin Assessment

Airservices Sydney Control Tower Cabin Assessment

HOW WE HELP OUR CLIENTS ACCOMPLISH GREAT RESULTS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING & EVALUATION

We integrate pragmatic human factors approaches into your existing Project Delivery and Systems Engineering processes to ensure your systems are optimised for delivering big results in both safety and operational performance.
OPERATIONS DIAGNOSTIC

Our Operations Diagnostic provides you with an in-depth and results-driven analysis of your current operations including both strengths and weaknesses. Our unique human performance perspective gives you a more holistic approach to improving process, procedures, and most importantly, results.
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE & TRAINING

Our Performance Workshops and training solutions provide your high-risk, high-reliability operators with the practical tools to reach their peak performance and perform under a tighter safety envelope.
SMS DESIGN & PROCEDURES

Cortexia has a proven track record in delivering proven and pragmatic Safety Management System artefacts across the safety and human performance spectrum. Whether it's a regulatory requirement or a drive to be a world leader in safety benchmarks, Cortexia can help you accomplish big results.
JUST CULTURE & PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY

Cortexia has designed and implemented a number of Fair and Just Culture Decision Tools and Procedures. We customise the program to your business and advise on implementation strategy based on best practice and our lessons learnt.
HUMAN FACTORS FOR BANKING & FINANCE

Cortexia are global leaders in integrating high-reliability human factors in the banking & finance industry; our methods are proven to reduce errors in manual processes, empower employees and improve ability to identify systemic risk.
HUMAN ERROR MANAGEMENT

Understanding and controlling risk is a critical aspect of operations. By helping you identify, monitor and control human risk, Cortexia's Human Error Management Systems (HEMS) unleash the potential of your operations to deliver big, bottom-line improvements.
RISK MONITORING: ARGOS PROTOCOL

Cortexia's Argos Protocol allows your organisation to develop safety leading indicators and get ahead of the curve by providing an accurate picture of your normal operating risk, rather than relying on lagging indicators such as incidents which are often too late to highlight your organisation's drift.

OUR EXPERTISE, YOUR PERFORMANCE.