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Managing any risks in your business is not easy. It needs several elements to go well to be completely on top of potential risks....
16 June, 2025
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ABC…of Mental Health
Surprisingly, this has nothing to do with the alphabet. It has all to do with several elements or domains that help individuals get a better understanding of their own mental health and wellbeing....
16 June, 2025
Impact of Leaders
Health, wellbeing and performance must be at the top of organisations’ agendas. Recent research adds more weight to this quest....
16 May, 2025
On the right track
As we get closer to home the data linked to an integrated health, wellbeing and performance program shows an overt reduction in risks associated with humans....
15 April, 2025
A Healthy Investment
The world is starting to realise that an investment in people at work reaps many significant financial benefits....
15 April, 2025
Workplaces are changing
One of the greatest risks to your business is its rate of change and how you manage these changes. Change is inevitable. The rate of the change varies....
13 March, 2025
The cost of inaction
The risk profiles of employees and subsequently their exposure to your business must be uppermost in your thinking....
13 March, 2025
Sleep is a superpower
Being without appropriate sleep means you are at increased risk across a range of health and safety issues....
18 February, 2025
What a Difference a Leader Makes
Our definition of a leader is one who instils a will for all employees to improve. These improvements will ultimately alter the employee’s risk profile and subsequently the risk profile of the business....
18 February, 2025
Physical risks v human risks
The world of work is changing and there is a growing uncertainty about how business should manage human risks. Physical risk management has been legislated for some time and while challenges still...
05 December, 2024
Measuring what matters
Company leaders look to indicators as to how their business is performing. Integrating different metrics with great data is a great starting point to measuring what matters....
05 December, 2024
Risk factors hunt in packs
There are some hot spots emerging within the risk profiles of individuals, businesses and ultimately the communities of Australia. And these risks are too great (and expensive) to ignore....
18 November, 2024
WHY run the risk?
The workplace environment is constantly changing. Why run the risk of exposing your business to a cluster of debilitating risks within this environment?...
18 November, 2024
Risks at Work
Work is making people sick. The health, wellbeing and performance challenges faced by employees today are increasing. Optimum’s data shows the average employee is in relatively poor shape....
17 October, 2024
One Roadmap to Sustainability
Over the last few months Optimum has been looking at how best to sustain an Aussie workforce in the light of an everchanging: workplace, environment, labour force, legislation, compliance and our ever-growing database....
17 October, 2024
Office Solutions IT…their story so far
Their business is expanding through Melbourne, Sydney and the Philippines. Staff numbers are increasing, as is the workload and expectations to perform in a competitive market....
12 September, 2024
The invisible risks lurking in your workplace
There are the known risks. There are the unknown risks. There are also unknown risks that become known - and they need immediate action....
11 September, 2024
What could be a silent yet deadly risk factor?
Lack of sleep is the answer and 45% of Aussies are reporting for work sleep deprived. Sleep deprivation can be debilitating. How do you feel - when you pull an all-nighter...
15 August, 2024
Is it a Black Swan Event or just great management?
In the Upper Swan region, east of Perth - WA, Thompson and Redwood (T&R) keep producing amazing results. These results relate to their business as well as the data from their Integrated...
15 August, 2024
Optimum welcomes Office Solutions IT
This week we were on site at Office Solutions IT (OSIT) with the commencement of a six-month trial. The current MD James Sutton is looking to get a better understanding of his team and hear from them...
13 August, 2024
Powering Sustainability: How to Boost Business Success linked to Employee Wellbeing
This White Paper aims to explore what sustainability could look like for employees and how best to achieve a sustainable workforce...
13 August, 2024
A personal Pitcrew
If it is good enough for F1 Drivers - then it is good enough for you....
30 July, 2024
Mental Wellbeing – Addressing Your Workplace’s Greatest Risk in 2024
Across Australia, employee mental health and resilience has become a key focus for companies....
19 July, 2024
Managing your sleep challenges
As our small tribute to Dr Michael Mosley we would like to relate some of his latest work about how to get a better night’s sleep....
19 July, 2024
Support your mate at work
Managing Mental Health at work needs as many factors aligned as possible.  ...
17 July, 2024
Feeling rundown? Try laughing or laughing more…
In the work we do to help maintain a healthy head, we are always looking for positives. ...
17 June, 2024
How can digital technology help mitigate risks and save money in your business?
It’s no secret that during COVID-19, business leaders were searching for new and innovative ways to support and resource employees across health, wellbeing and performance....
13 June, 2024
Australia…we have a sleep crisis
The importance of good sleep is well researched, yet we continue to ignore this wonderful restorative tool in a world that is becoming more hectic....
13 June, 2024
Feeling anxious? Ask yourself 3 questions
So, you’ve recognised that you feel anxious or unsettled.  ...
05 June, 2024
Mental Health at Work – 3 Approaches to Manage the Risk
As the world of work continuously changes, the risk factors once confronted by businesses are now replaced by risk factors that are not immediately obvious....
17 May, 2024
What could Safe Work Australia, Microsoft and Optimum have in common?
They all have data on psychological health and safety in the workplace and view this data through their own unique position in the market and how it impacts workforces....
17 May, 2024
Steps to Change Your Habits and Reduce Your Risk
Changing habits at any time is tough. The motivation to change your habits to help reduce your overall risk has to offer a stronger commitment to change....
11 April, 2024
More challenging risks in today’s workforce
If your business employs younger people, then the changing patterns of mental health data suggest you may need to think differently about how you manage this emerging and challenging risk factor....
11 April, 2024
Short term v Long term focus on Mental Health at Work
Corporate Australia is trying to get ahead of an increased mental health wave in the workplace. A few years ago, the best some businesses offered was fresh fruit bowls...
15 March, 2024
Risk Rating Index…is about the numbers
Using our significant database, we are now able to launch our own Risk Rating Index. This Index is created by combining the scores across a range of human risks and how they are categorised...
15 March, 2024
Older employees are at increased risk at work
Work-related fall injuries have been shown to increase steeply with age, particularly among women...
15 February, 2024
Workers Compensation and Psychosocial Health
Workers’ compensation claims related to mental health are set to double by 2030...
15 February, 2024
ANZSOM Annual Conference
At the recent Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine (ANZSOM) Conference in Canberra, Dr Peter Connaughton...
18 December, 2023
Optimum on the World Stage
I was honoured to join this august group at the 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work....
18 December, 2023
We can help
Today we are living through a fundamental transformation in the way we work, connect and interact....
21 November, 2023
Proof is in the Data
Optimum’s mode of operation highlights that prevention is better (and more cost effective!) than cure. We have the data from across several industries to prove it. ...
21 November, 2023
Conversation on Mental Health
People that are well, do well. Despite knowing this statement to be true, the workplace remains an environment where pressure and stress levels...
16 October, 2023
Happiness at Work
One point increase in self-reported happiness led to around 12 % increase in productivity, on average, among call centre workers....
16 October, 2023
People and Profit
A recent survey of 5000 Aussie workers has revealed some surprising results when comparing 2019 to 2023 data on meaningful work....
14 September, 2023
The Swan Report
This is not another instalment from Dr Norman Swan. It is a report on the changes that are happening with a team within a unique business located in Upper Swan....
14 September, 2023
Active workers benefit your business
Worldwide 1.4 billion adults are insufficiently active to achieve positive health outcomes (33% of women and 25% of men). There has been no change in this metric since 2001....
11 August, 2023
Mental Health Priorities
During the pandemic there was an enthusiastic approach from most organisations to implement initiatives designed to assist employees. A great deal of that focus was on managing...
11 August, 2023