Resilience racket or corporate calm? What works when building resilience, psychological health and well-being in the workplace.

The Nonsense Dialogues

Resilience racket or corporate calm? What works when building resilience, psychological health and well-being in the workplace.
In this episode David and Randal share their microphones with Diya Dey, an organisational psychologist and leader in the area of evidence based approaches to enhancing psychological health and wellbeing in the workplace. Their discussion explores the concept of resilience in the workplace, its historical context, and its impact on mental health. It delves into the components of resilience, the role of mindfulness, and the challenges of implementing resilience programs in organisations. The conversation delves* into the evidence base for resilience training, and the need for a systemic approach to mental health in the workplace. It also explores the concept of well-being, the SMART work design model, and the importance of group identification in fostering resilience. The impact of workload and the cultural aspects of organisational change are also discussed. The conversation delves further into the concept of resilience, organisational justice, and the systemic approach to building resilient communities. It explores the interplay between individual and situational factors, as well as the importance of prevention and control of controllables. The discussion also touches on the challenges of screening for resilience and the need for a holistic approach to psychosocial risk management.

*Ok Ok busted…we got an AI to generate this summary. The word delves was the giveaway wasn’t it? Anyway, we thought it did a pretty good job. Lacked our usual smart aleck tone but probably more informative. Hopefully, it has encouraged you to listen to the episode. We think it’s one of our good ones as Diya really does know what she is talking about here. It’s motivated us to seek out more collaborators and guests. Watch this space for new episodes on power at work, military leadership and bad/zombie leaders.

PS Sorry for the long break between episodes. Both of us got busy and two guest speakers cancelled their sessions. No Christmas presents for them this year. But we managed to get one of them back so expect another episode in the not too distant future.

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