This episode is about psychosocial hazards. Never heard of them? Start by listening to our mini-episode about Psychosocial Hazards -- or watch the video version on our website.

In many countries, employers are responsible for measuring and minimising physical and psychosocial hazards in the workplace. But how do we measure psychosocial hazards -- and what are the challenges we face when we try?

This episode's guest answers to these questions.

Jason van Schie, a Masters-qualified psychologist and founder of FlourishDx, helps organisations worldwide simplify psychosocial safety with deep expertise and scalable tech. Known globally as co-host of the ‘Psych Health and Safety’ podcast, Jason blends science, strategy, and storytelling to make workplaces safer, healthier, and higher-performing.

For more information about psychosocial hazards, check out this guide from SafeWork Australia.

Mind on the Job is created, presented & produced by Dr Ben Searle. Check out our website, MindOnTheJob.com, for more resources.

Music is Cypher by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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This Mind on the Job mini-episode introduces listeners to the concept of "psychosocial hazards", which is important for our upcoming interview with FlourishDX founder Jason van Schie, but it will be relevant to many other episodes this season. Psychosocial hazards are aspects of jobs and work environments with the potential to harm a worker's mental health.

This season's mini-episodes are also available in video format -- look for Mind on the Job on YouTube or check out my videos on MindOnTheJob.com.

Mind on the Job is created, presented & produced by Dr Ben Searle.

Music is Cypher by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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This episode is about work design. Never heard of it? Start by listening to our mini-episode about Work Design.

When it comes to work design, we sometimes have an idea of what not to do -- such as micromanaging, overloading, and generally mistreating staff. But what SHOULD we be doing? Is there a way of describing what good work should be like?

This episode's guest answers to these questions.

An Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, Sharon Parker is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor in Organisational Behaviour in the Faculty of Business and Law at Curtin University, where she directs the Centre for Transformative Work Design. Professor Parker is a world-leading researcher on the topic of work design, as well as other topics such as proactivity, job performance, and mental health at work. In this episode, she describes her model of SMART work design.

Mind on the Job is created, presented & produced by Dr Ben Searle. Check out our website, MindOnTheJob.com, for more resources.

Music is Cypher by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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