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AI is boosting workplace efficiency, but at what cost? Paul Bridgewater on why cognitive load could be behind your team's exhaustion.

Five HR leaders share what it actually takes to manage psychosocial risk, beyond the risk assessment. Key takeaways from our Melbourne event with dss+.

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L&D and OD roles are converging around AI capability. Merridy Thomas, Director at The Next Step, unpacks FY27 hiring trends, from OD's rise to the new AI capability lead role.

Senior HR Recruitment Consultant Erin Hogan shares her observations on Melbourne's HR contracting market, and the hesitancy of current candidates.

AI may have changed how candidates apply for jobs, but it hasn't changed what makes a great hire. Explores the rise of AI-generated applications, the challenges they create for employers, and why human judgement remains critical to identifying genuine capability, fit and potential. Learn

HR has reinvented itself in a generation. Geraldine Doyle reflects on 23 years of placing HR professionals and what it really means to be commercially minded in 2025.

Job design is no longer just an HR process—it’s a critical factor in employee wellbeing, engagement, performance and psychosocial risk management. Explore five key questions HR leaders should be asking to improve role clarity, reduce workplace stress, strengthen manager capability, and create high-performing, healthy w

Discover how the SMART Work Design framework helps managers have better check-in conversations, identify psychosocial risks, improve employee wellbeing, and strengthen retention. A practical guide for HR and people leaders looking to build manager capability and create healthier workplaces.