Harm By Design: Psychosocial Risk Management at Work

By Jamie Mallinder

Psychosocial harm isn't an individual weakness. It's a system design failure.

Most organisations are still trying to solve stress, burnout and psychological injury with resilience training, EAPs and wellbeing initiatives - while the real hazards remain untouched.

This book shows you how psychosocial harm is produced by work itself - and how to redesign the system to reduce exposure at the source.

Built around the 4D Human Work System framework - Design, Demands, Dynamics and Defences - this is a practical playbook for leaders and safety professionals who need more than theory.

Inside, you'll learn how to: Identify where work design is generating psychosocial riskExplain why two teams with the same workload experience radically different outcomesRecognise how leadership behaviour under pressure becomes a primary hazardMove beyond "wellbeing theatre" to real, defensible controlsDesign assessments that stand up to regulatory scrutinyBuild monitoring and governance structures that prevent harm over timeAddress emerging realities like remote work, algorithmic management, precarious employment and climate stress

This is not another book about self-care.

It is a systems-based approach to designing work people can live with - year after year.

If you are a leader, safety professional, regulator, board member or organisational designer responsible for preventing harm - not managing its aftermath - this book gives you a clear, credible and implementable path forward.

Scroll up and begin redesigning work at the source.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GD2CH11G
• ISBN13: 9798241453839
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"