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This is
not a drill.
A podcast about psychosocial risk, workplace mental health and the systems shaping modern work.
This is Not a Drill, explores how organisations can create healthier, safer and more sustainable workplaces through practical conversations with people working across leadership, culture, risk, wellbeing and organisational change.
Each episode moves beyond surface-level awareness and into the real decisions, tensions and actions that shape work today.
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About the podcast
Workplace mental health is now central to how organisations lead, design work, manage risk and support their people.
This is Not a Drill is for leaders, people and culture teams, health and safety professionals, and wellbeing practitioners who want practical, informed conversations about meaningful action in real workplaces.
Rather than stopping at awareness, the podcast examines the systems, conversations and everyday choices that help people and performance thrive over time.
Episode 2: Managing high-risk mental health and wellbeing matters in the workplace
High-risk mental health and wellbeing matters are some of the most complex situations workplaces can face. In this episode, we look at what best practice now requires beyond awareness and prevention, including clinical triage, clear escalation pathways, leadership capability, governance and safe people processes. The conversation explores how organisations can better prepare for situations involving…
Episode 1: Good intentions are not sufficient psychosocial controls
Many organisations genuinely care about employee wellbeing, but good intent, awareness campaigns, wellbeing activity and leadership concern are not enough to manage psychosocial risk. This episode establishes the core thesis of This Is Not a Drill: psychosocial risk management requires practical, meaningful and reviewable controls that change the conditions creating or amplifying risk.
