Episode 180: Design Work for Optimal Health and Wellbeing with Caroline Knight
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How can you create a workplace where people thrive and productivity soars?
In my new podcast episode, I’m joined by Caroline Knight, Senior Lecturer at The University of Queensland Business School. Caroline’s research focuses on designing healthy work environments that boost both individual well-being and organisational success.
Caroline collaborates with researchers, practitioners, and industry partners globally and has secured nearly AUD$1,000,000 in industry, government, and university grants. She completed her PhD at the Institute of Work Psychology, Sheffield University, and has published in top-tier academic and practitioner journals.
Caroline also shares a valuable resource, here's their recent paper on SMART Work Design, which sets out how to design work to make it optimally healthy:
https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22200 - Parker, S. K., & Knight, C. (2024). (The SMART model of work design: A higher order structure to help see the wood from the trees. Human Resource Management, 63(2), 265-291.)
Whether you’re leading a team or rethinking your organisation’s work structures, this episode is packed with actionable insights to help you build a healthier, more productive workplace.
Caroline Knight LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-knight-932b9876/
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