36 min
Guidelines for managing psychological health and safety at work (ISO 45003 – the world’s first International Standard on these things) StellarCast
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During this podcast we hear from Organisational Psychologist, Frank O’Connor, who played a major part in the development of the standard, and registered psychologist, Naomi Armitage. We learn about ISO 45003 and unpack this standard to better understand and manage how psychological health and safety can be improved within a working environment.
Frank & Naomi’s Highlights
2:45 - Identifying a Psychosocial Hazard
3:55 - Why the ISO Standard Developed
6.48 - How Boards and Executives Should Look at Managing Psychological Safety Risk
9.05 - How the Standard was Developed
11.44 - How the Standard will Assist Organisations in Responding to Managing Psychosocial Risks
14.04 - The Challenges and most Efficient ways to Implement the Standard
19.00 - The Three Things Organisations Could Do Tomorrow to Start to Work Through the Standard
22.30 - The Key Factors that will Lead to the Successful Management of Psychological Health and Safety at Work
24.05 - The Benefits of Creating a Psychologically Safe Organisation
25.12 - What do Organisations who are Successful at Managing Psychosocial Risks Look Like?
Identifying a Psychosocial Hazard
Psychosocial hazards are things that reduce or decrease the mental healthiness of workers (or managers). In a work environment, you must look at the things that make you feel better about what you are doing. Focussing your thoughts to question what you do and whether you are doing a good job can impact your mental health. Identifying these psychosocial hazards and finding ways to manage them are crucial to any workplace.
Why the ISO Standard Developed
Work capacity loss of more than 4% of GDP is caused by burnout, stress, depression, and other psychosocial sources. Depression is a major health problem which already exists in the workplace. This standard was developed as guidance in the mental and psychological space because health and safety has tended to be physical.
How Boards and Executives Should Look at Managing Psychological Safety Risk
Companies are already expressing interest. Some have made a good start. Queries are coming through from others. A systematic approach will be adapted to suit different situations as boards invest more into how they can successfully manage and improve psychological health and safety in the workplace.
How the Standard was Developed
Standards have grown in the different countries that are interested in them. As a timeline, the standard was proposed in June of 2018 and development was approved in August of 2018. Drafting of the standard started in January 2020 and finished in January 2021. It was published by the 8th of June 2021. The ISO 45003 is the work of hundreds of people in industry and academia, including the input of many Australians.
How the Standard will Assist Organisations in Responding to Managing Psychosocial Risks
Brings an organisational focus into managing psychosocial risks — it was predominately individually focussed.
Feeds innovation - adaptation gets better because collaboration is easy where friction is lower. Working well together means thinking well together.
ISO 45 003 gives examples and principles, but it doesn’t give solutions. It depends on the risk to the particular people and the work situation. Just like the risk of flooding at work depends of where you are and what work is done.
The Challenges and most Efficient ways to Implement the Standard
The most efficient way to implement the standard is by taking a systematic
Approach: work through the standard and see what the company is already succeeding in, then identify any high-priority gaps. One of the main challenges of using the standard is that it could become a compliance exercise. At present, companies are light on the first step of hazard identification as they don’t know what to look for or what the common ones are. The standard helps here.
The Three Things Organisations Could Do Tomorrow to Start to Work Through the Standard
Look at Sect
During this podcast we hear from Organisational Psychologist, Frank O’Connor, who played a major part in the development of the standard, and registered psychologist, Naomi Armitage. We learn about ISO 45003 and unpack this standard to better understand and manage how psychological health and safety can be improved within a working environment.
Frank & Naomi’s Highlights
2:45 - Identifying a Psychosocial Hazard
3:55 - Why the ISO Standard Developed
6.48 - How Boards and Executives Should Look at Managing Psychological Safety Risk
9.05 - How the Standard was Developed
11.44 - How the Standard will Assist Organisations in Responding to Managing Psychosocial Risks
14.04 - The Challenges and most Efficient ways to Implement the Standard
19.00 - The Three Things Organisations Could Do Tomorrow to Start to Work Through the Standard
22.30 - The Key Factors that will Lead to the Successful Management of Psychological Health and Safety at Work
24.05 - The Benefits of Creating a Psychologically Safe Organisation
25.12 - What do Organisations who are Successful at Managing Psychosocial Risks Look Like?
Identifying a Psychosocial Hazard
Psychosocial hazards are things that reduce or decrease the mental healthiness of workers (or managers). In a work environment, you must look at the things that make you feel better about what you are doing. Focussing your thoughts to question what you do and whether you are doing a good job can impact your mental health. Identifying these psychosocial hazards and finding ways to manage them are crucial to any workplace.
Why the ISO Standard Developed
Work capacity loss of more than 4% of GDP is caused by burnout, stress, depression, and other psychosocial sources. Depression is a major health problem which already exists in the workplace. This standard was developed as guidance in the mental and psychological space because health and safety has tended to be physical.
How Boards and Executives Should Look at Managing Psychological Safety Risk
Companies are already expressing interest. Some have made a good start. Queries are coming through from others. A systematic approach will be adapted to suit different situations as boards invest more into how they can successfully manage and improve psychological health and safety in the workplace.
How the Standard was Developed
Standards have grown in the different countries that are interested in them. As a timeline, the standard was proposed in June of 2018 and development was approved in August of 2018. Drafting of the standard started in January 2020 and finished in January 2021. It was published by the 8th of June 2021. The ISO 45003 is the work of hundreds of people in industry and academia, including the input of many Australians.
How the Standard will Assist Organisations in Responding to Managing Psychosocial Risks
Brings an organisational focus into managing psychosocial risks — it was predominately individually focussed.
Feeds innovation - adaptation gets better because collaboration is easy where friction is lower. Working well together means thinking well together.
ISO 45 003 gives examples and principles, but it doesn’t give solutions. It depends on the risk to the particular people and the work situation. Just like the risk of flooding at work depends of where you are and what work is done.
The Challenges and most Efficient ways to Implement the Standard
The most efficient way to implement the standard is by taking a systematic
Approach: work through the standard and see what the company is already succeeding in, then identify any high-priority gaps. One of the main challenges of using the standard is that it could become a compliance exercise. At present, companies are light on the first step of hazard identification as they don’t know what to look for or what the common ones are. The standard helps here.
The Three Things Organisations Could Do Tomorrow to Start to Work Through the Standard
Look at Sect
36 min