What an incredible event!
Our 3rd Annual Summit was held during Safe Work and Mental Health Month and was a huge success! This year we met in person at the beautiful Victoria Park on 16-17 October, 2024 to align with the Women in Safety Awards on the night of 17 October.
Australian and International experts shared their knowledge, research and provided practical solutions and tools to help navigate psychosocial safety.
THANK YOU TO THE SPEAKERS!
Psychological impact of physical injuries
Retired Paralympian and Founder of Perception Performance, Cameron Carr discussed the psychological impact of physical injuries.
Beyond Bruises: Reshaping Narratives on Domestic Abuse
Penelope Twemlow, Management Executive at the Royal Australian Navy and CoFounder of Women in Power, shed light on Domestic Abuse and what you can do if it's happening at work.
Alcohol-Freedom – Shifting Paradigms
Sarah Connelly, coach and speaker, will offer new perspectives on one of the most ‘swept under the rug’ root causes of many psychosocial challenges.
Courageous Conversations
Blyde Neser, Founder and Chief Engagement Officer at Professional Coaching Solutions shared how to build psychosocial safety in teams and influence self awareness, accountability and ownership.
Workplace healing and trauma
Sean Lappin, Managing Director of Connected Self shared how to create compassionate and accountable systems to improve productivity, retention and healing.
What we don't repair, we repeat
Kerrie Sellen is the Director and Trainer at Restorative Journeys and Practice Institute Australia.
Kerrie shared how to repair the harm of psychosocial hazards so they don't continue.
Women in Safety
Founder of Women in Safety and the Safety Team, Alanna spoke about the importance of women in safety and what can be done to increase representation and participation.
Creating Constructive Cultures
Fiona Hogarth shared how Human Synergistics measures and can change the thinking and behavioural styles of your organisation to create constructive cultures and leaders.
Putting the brakes on burnout
Dr Helen Lawson Williams, co-founder of Tank - the app that fights burnout, discussed how burnout is a symptom and how to support staff and yourself.
Rehabilitation Reimagined
Dr Caroline Howe, Founder of My Social Support Network, shared how to improve rehabilitation for psychological injuries.
Where does psych safety sit?
Dr Elizabeth Crawford Spencer, author of Happy at Work: A Practical Guide for Overcoming Workplace Psychological Harassment, co-presented with Donna to discuss the question: Where does psychosocial safety sit?
A $16M case study
Dr Donna Stemmer is the Founder of WorkRight23 and showed how to measure and manage psychosocial safety, leading to huge benefits. She also co-presented with Liz to discuss: Where does psychosocial safety sit?
Where's your Attention?
John Toomey, Founder of The Wellbeing Thought Leaders, challenged our focus and attention and shared a different perspective on living to thrive.
Trauma informed intersectional risk management
Kanae Dyas is the Workplace Support Unit Manager at Anglo American and shared the best-practice approach to intersectionality and trauma informed practice for marginalised workforce at risk.
The elephant in the room
Or is it a tiger...?
Michelle McFadyen co-presented with Blyde Neser on how to have courageous conversations and tackle the elephants in the room.
Your host
The Psychosocial Safety Summit is hosted by Nicole Turnbull, Founder and Chief Courage Officer at Neon Shed.
I'll spoke on the topic: She's the cat's mother: Navigating gender and generational differences at work.
I have over 20 years in communications and 15 years in the work health and safety industry, working for both NSW safety regulators, the Workers Compensation insurer and the Workers Compensation Independent Review Office.
I'm the host of the podcast Under the Rug at Work, the Dark Sides of Work Summit and the World First Lived Experience Summit for bullying and sexual harassment.
I started Neon Shed to bring light to the dark sides of work. I'm on a mission to eliminate psychosocial hazards and ignite courage in leaders and teams by giving them the tools and options to know how to have a safe workplace.
Our Annual Summits help create safe, courageous and thriving workplaces. They connect directly with HR and WHS leaders who are dedicated to improving psychosocial safety in their organisation.
It was so great to meet you!
MISSED OUT?
Did you miss the chance to join us...?
The speakers were electric, the energy was high the entire summit, we danced to the Hokey Pokey, had a group photo and Ravi the Therapy Dog was the most loved delegate!
The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and people can't wait for more!
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Join us the 2025 Summit!
The 2025 Psychosocial Safety Summit is on 20-21 March at the Murrook Culture Centre in Williamtown! Find out more here.
THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS
TANK
Rest, play, and working towards goals that are important to you: these are the things that refill your tank. TANK helps you stay focused on what counts.
Burnout is complex.
Don't know where to start? Start with the system. Find out more about the Tank app here.
Professional Coaching Solutions
Maximising team performance through a proactive, holistic, integrated approach, we help professionals and organisations thrive so they can have a greater social impact. Find out more.
Practice Institute Australia
From knowledge to practical wisdom.
Learn how to turn the leading edge research that our trainings provide into practice wisdom that you can apply daily within your community.
Women in Safety
Women in Safety is a thriving community dedicated to empowering and connecting professional women in the health and safety field.
Sarah Connelly
Wake up with no regrets and rediscover the extraordinary person you are without alcohol. Sarah has guided hundreds of individuals in re-evaluating their relationship with alcohol, fostering profound and enduring transformations in both their personal and professional lives.
Summit Supporters
Thank you to our Summit Supporters:
Jess Price Founder of Paradigm Makers - creating a way of work designed for the world we live in.
Kate Simpson Founder of EmploySafe Legal - your trusted partner in safety and employment law.