People Spark Unites HR, Legal and Safety Leaders to Tackle Psychosocial Risk in Western Australian Workplaces

PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA - People Spark, brought to life by the team at People Solutions is a Western Australian community built for HR, people and culture, organisational development, learning and development, work health and safety and legal professionals, has reinforced the value of a multidisciplinary approach to workplace risk following its latest industry event. The gathering brought HR, safety, legal, organisational development and leadership perspectives into a single conversation about psychosocial risk, one of the more pressing compliance and culture issues facing Australian employers.

People professionals across Western Australia are increasingly relied upon to guide managers and leadership teams through difficult conversations, organisational change and conflict, often while receiving little support of their own. People Spark was established to close that gap, giving practitioners from across the people and culture spectrum, alongside consultants and business leaders, a place to compare notes, test ideas and learn from professions outside their own.

A Multidisciplinary Response to a Shared Problem

Psychosocial risk sits at the intersection of several professional disciplines, and few workplaces manage it well when HR, safety, legal and leadership teams operate in isolation. Attendees at the recent event identified breaking down silos, strengthening communication and connecting psychosocial risk management to organisational purpose as the practical actions they intended to bring back into their own workplaces. A number also flagged the need to clarify where safety and other functions should contribute during an investigation, and to help leadership teams understand the seriousness of psychosocial risk and their legal obligations.

The feedback pointed to a specific strength in the event's format: exposing attendees to viewpoints outside their own discipline. The multidisciplinary panel encouraged attendees to treat psychosocial risk as a shared, systemic challenge running across an organisation, extending beyond the safety and HR functions traditionally associated with it.

Built for Western Australia's People Professionals

People Spark was purpose-built around the Western Australian business landscape, bringing together HR professionals, organisational development practitioners, learning and development specialists, work health and safety professionals, legal practitioners, consultants and business leaders from across the state.

"People Spark exists to ignite the courage, confidence, and connections for professionals and leaders to create workplaces where people truly thrive," said Amy Cooper, Chief Spark at People Spark. "Together, we learn from one another, challenge conventional thinking, support each other through the tough moments, and turn bold ideas into meaningful change."

Much of the most useful learning, according to People Spark, does not happen in a training room. It happens when practitioners share what has worked, what hasn't, and what they are still trying to figure out. People Spark has built its events and community around that kind of dialogue.

What One Attendee Said About the Event

"Loved the panel diversity! It ensured the information was credible and applicable to the workplace. I appreciated that it was a genuine multidisciplinary approach. The level of professionalism and style of these events is admirable."
Event attendee - People Spark community member

The response to the psychosocial risk event points to a broader shift in how Western Australian people professionals want to learn, through honest conversation with peers who understand the pressures of the role. People Spark now brings together practitioners across HR, work health and safety, legal, organisational development, learning and development and business leadership under a shared premise, that supporting the people who support others is one of the more overlooked investments a workplace can make. With Belong, Grow and Lead as its guiding principles, the organisation is positioning itself as a long-term fixture in Western Australia's people and culture sector.

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