

INDIVIDUAL & TEAM OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS
Cortexia is a world leader in human performance with proven workshops that have achieved big bottom-line and operational results across industries. Our approaches have been developed by Dr. Damien Armenis, a recognised and published expert in performance and critical decision making, alongside a roster of Special Forces personnel and sports psychologists. Our workshops, tailored to your operational requirements, treat your most significant human risk and provide a proven edge to high-risk critical decision makers, including lineworkers, miners, fund managers, brokers, surgeons, pilots, racing drivers and pit crew.
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Human Error Countermeasures Training
Based on the Threat & Error Management model, Cortexia's human error countermeasures workshops build operators' Hypercognition and Executive Functioning in the brain's frontal lobe. Enhance performance and reduce error with proven countermeasures adapted to your organisation.
Team Performance Training
Our Team Resource Management (TRM) Workshops help your critical teams work more effectively and safely under extreme pressure. Improve situation awareness, communication and coordination.
HUMAN FACTORS SERVICES GEARED FOR HIGH-RISK INDUSTRIES
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The Pitfalls of Automation
November 16, 2016Humans retain a vital role in most high-risk industries, particularly in their abilities to problem solve and respond to unanticipated events. The demands on these operators have been increasing and are likely to reach a point where current human and technological capabilities will be severely strained. This situation has in the past, and will in the … Read More

The Human Factors of Banking and Finance
June 19, 2017THE HUMAN FACTORS OF BANKING & FINANCE The common thread in most studies dealing with financial decision-making deals with mathematical models of financial prediction. In a similar model, traditional approaches to risk management focus on absorbing or “controlling” risk to make profit (Unser, 2000). In the banking and finance industry, reducing error is often attempted … Read More

Safety Leading Indicators
June 11, 2018Developing and Implementing a Safety Lead Indicator Program Organisations are increasingly moving towards an approach to safety that is proactive and predictive. For this to occur, a socio-technical systems approach to safety is often recommended. This involves considering all variables within the work environment and how they interact with one another (e.g., people, procedures, systems, … Read More

Human Performance in Military C2
October 27, 2016Existing military command and control (C2) frameworks have been useful in highlighting technology related issues and their direct effects within an organization. They are, however, limited in assessing the full range of impacts resulting from technology insertions and in exploring the links between C2 changes and battlefield effects. Additionally, traditional C2 frameworks have … Read More

Human Factors Improves Outcomes in the Banking Industry
February 17, 2021What happens when a financial institution takes a traditional approach to risk, with the aim to eliminate or minimise human error with procedure laden controls and a focus on individuals’ actions? Unless the industry is highly stable with very little complexity involved, it can be like trying to fit a square peg into a round … Read More

How Psychological Flexibility Increases Safety and Performance in High-Reliability Industries
July 19, 2020What do financial traders, surgeons, miners, bankers, pit crew, pilots, and air traffic controllers all have in common? Their decisions often have life-impacting implications for themselves and others. Their roles are complex, high-risk, and require rapid decision-making under extreme pressure. To avoid catastrophe, they must manage the unexpected as efficiently, effectively, and safely as possible. … Read More