Resolve Group takes all health and safety seriously, mental health and wellbeing no less than any other, and is always looking for ways to build resiliency within our organisation and alongside our clients. Recently, Keith Swedhin attended a HASANZ safety conference in Wellington at which one of the major, over-arching themes was supporting the mental health of staff. The keynote speaker, Dr Lucy Hone, provided a wonderful rendition of her 2020 TedTalk on Resiliency. The original talk is just under 16 minutes, and worth the watch (it rated in the top 20 talks of 2020 globally).

Resolve Group’s leading H, S & W goal for 2023 is to embed an understanding of NZS 45003:2021 within the business. This is a new Standard, currently being piloted, that puts in place “Guidelines for managing phycho-social risks”. Resolve Group is looking to pioneer its adoption to ensure we are supporting the mental wellbeing and psychological safety of every member of our staff. We also hope that we can be leaders and mentors to other organisations in a wider attempt to improve effective responses to mental health issues as part of a greater overall concern with the wellbeing, not just of our own people, but society in general. This attitude helps strengthen one of our fundamental company values – recognising the importance of staff wellbeing to the wellbeing of the company as a whole.

Karen Fehl attended the Australasian Road Safety Conference in Christchurch this week, where the “Decepta” – a vehicle built in a lab by Waka Kotahi for the promotion of the vehicle safety rating system as part of the road safety campaign – is on display. Karen says, “while fun to sit in, in real life it makes a confronting prop. The car has featured in a number of television ads and there have been several poignant points made at this conference. The campaign provides plenty to take away and put into practice.”

You can see public reaction to the vehicle below: