Putting the FlourishDx Psychosocial Safety Playbook into Action
Workplaces are facing rising expectations under WHS, IR, and Respect@Work obligations. Many teams understand why psychosocial safety matters but struggle to make practical progress that balances risk, culture, and operations. The FlourishDx Psychosocial Safety Playbook was built to close that gap.
It distils years of consulting experience into a library of “plays” that help organisations move from intent to implementation. With clear guidance, templates, and ready-to-use tools, HR and HSE professionals can act with confidence, demonstrate due diligence, and improve outcomes for people and performance.
Who This Playbook Is For
Playbook Core Principles
Concepts That Underpin the Playbook
The playbook is organised around two complementary ideas: the Psychosocial Safety Compliance Maturity Journey (how maturity and impact builds over time) and Compliance Categories (the building blocks you use at every stage). This helps teams see both where they are now and what to do next.
Compliance Maturity Journey
The maturity journey reflects how psychosocial safety evolves — from reactive compliance to proactive, prevention-led practice embedded in daily work. Each stage clarifies ownership, artefacts, and assurance, helping teams understand what “good” looks like, evidence progress, and sustain compliance through continuous improvement.
Compliance Categories
These compliance categories are supported by the Strategy category, which stitches the compliance elements together, links them to broader business objectives, and coordinates stakeholder management.
Getting Started with the Playbook
Follow a simple step-by-step process to apply the Playbook in your organisation. Start by identifying your current maturity level, select the right plays for your goals, and use the provided tools to measure progress and maintain momentum over time.
Assess your maturity from the Compliance Maturity Journey Map
Pick a play appropriate for your maturity level, category focus and what you are trying to unlock next.
Ensure you have completed the “Plays to do Before” to increase likelihood of success.
Check you have considered the “Key Success Factors” before commencing.
Follow the instructions including making use of the downloadable resources.
Measure the impact following the recommendations and available tools.
Start again at step 2. You’re on your way – keep the momentum going!
Need help working through the playbook? Every FlourishDx software subscription comes with a dedicated subject matter expert who can support you through the various plays available.
Benefits for HR and HSE Professionals
The FlourishDx Playbook helps HR, HSE, and business leaders move from awareness to action — providing practical, defensible, and evidence-based tools to meet psychosocial safety obligations and build mentally healthy workplaces.
Compliance You Can Defend
Aligned to Australian WHS psychosocial risk regulations (including Victoria) and Respect@Work, with clear examples of evidence to maintain to demonstrate compliance to leaders and regulators.
Strategic Direction
Start with the end in mind. Sequence activities in the right order with a clear roadmap that links quick wins to higher-impact controls, maintaining momentum and focusing effort where it will meaningfully move risk and compliance forward.
Clarity and Speed
Cut through complexity with step by step guidance, checklists, and templates that accelerate delivery. There’s no better resource that instructs you what, why and how to do necessary activities.
Stronger Crossfunctional Alignment
Shared language, clear responsibilities, and simple artefacts (risk registers, heatmaps, board reports) enable HR, HSE, Legal, Operations, and Executives to collaborate effectively.
How It Works With FlourishDx
Many of the included plays can be completed on your own by simply following the instructions and leveraging the included resources.
Some plays will have a linked FlourishDx product or service that can be purchased to make rapid progress when capacity is lacking, or when speed is important.
Occasionally there will be plays that can only be completed leveraging FlourishDx tools or software. These will be clearly marked.
Watch the Reveal Webinar
In October, four of the team behind the FlourishDx Psychosocial Safety Playbook got together to talk through the key concepts and what to expect. You can catch the webinar on demand if you would like further context about the benefits of the playbook and how to get the most out of it.
