PANELLISTS:
Hillart Bennett, Director, Leading Safety
Terry Buckingham, Wellbeing Lead, ASB Bank
MODERATOR:
Craig Bleakley, Safety & Risk Consultant, ecoPortal
As the landscape of work continues to evolve, health and safety leaders are increasingly being called upon to rethink how organisations can create mentally healthy, resilient, and human-centred workplaces. This session will explore how to design systems, roles, and cultures that not only minimise psychosocial risks but actively promote wellbeing and engagement.
Through an interactive panel discussion, industry experts will unpack evidence-based strategies for identifying and managing psychosocial hazards, integrating wellbeing principles into work design, and fostering psychologically safe cultures.
Key takeaways:
- Learn how to identify, assess, and mitigate psychosocial hazards such as workload pressure, poor role clarity, and lack of support using a proactive, data-informed approach.
- Gain practical frameworks to build individual and team resilience through leadership behaviour, peer connection, and sustainable work practices.
- Understand how to embed wellbeing into the design of jobs, teams, and work systems, moving from reactive interventions to preventative design.
- Discover how to create environments where empathy, inclusion, and trust drive safety performance and long-term organisational success.
