WhyWork Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Alan Girle, Trajce Cvetkovski, & Sara Pazell
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<p>The WhyWork Podcast is an organisational strategy session and legal dissection of workplace events that are laced with humour. Your bloggers, Alan, Trajce, and Sara, explore the contemporary and uncomfortable realities of work and the boundaries that are tested. Alan and Trajce dismantle case law and Sara pushes all to consider how to redesign the world of work so that business objectives are realised and that people thrive. Good stories are told. The WhyWork team throws shade on some of the stories and the people involved as they consider defensible and remarkable work design strategy. When you listen to the WhyWork Podcast, you realise that no skeleton in the workplace closet is too sacred to unearth. It’s like listening to the water cooler gossip but then shit gets real, and it all becomes serious – fast. This is a must-listen for executive and emerging managers, work design strategists, human factors specialists and ergonomists, work health safety and law specialists, organisational scientists, occupational health academics, and anyone humoured by office and workplace antics! Get ready to exclaim, “She said WHAT...?” and “He DIDN’T! OMG!”. Laugh along with us while you learn lots.</p>
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Recent Episodes
July 13, 2026
S10 E03: Predicting Risk: Why Psychosocial Safety Needs a New Playbook
<p><strong>Season 10 Episode 03: Predicting Risk: Why Psychosocial Safety Needs a New Playbook</strong></p><p><strong>WARNING: This episode refers to sexual harassment and occupational psychosocial risks – we advise listener discretion.</strong></p><p>Meep-meep. The roadrunner—an analogy for the rapidly changing occupational sociocultural landscape.</p><p>What happens when psychosocial risk management, industrial relations, human rights, and WHS law intersect?</p><p>In this episode, Alan Girle, Trajce Cvetkovski, and Sara Pazell explore the evolution of psychosocial risk management—from the decommissioning of PAWS to the development of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.vividdesignlabs.com.au/smarter-risk-insights-with-pra-praise/">PRAiSE (Psychosocial Risk Assessment and Integrated Solutions for Employers) and the PRA (Psychosocial Risk Analyser) feature in ErgoAnalyst,</a> an integrated task-based risk assessment and work re-design decision support software system.</p><p>The discussion examines survey bias, the challenges of measuring psychosocial risk, acute versus cumulative exposures, predictive analytics, and the shift from lag indicators to leading indicators. This is a practical discussion about moving beyond compliance to build organisational capability to design better, healthier, productive work.</p><p>Along the way, the team reflect on favourite childhood cartoon characters and their ‘on the edge’ antics, recent industry forums, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://whywork.com.au/workshops/">WhyWork workshops</a>, and Trajce's "rockstar" days. Alan compares Trajce’s 80’s music genre pursuits with the current phenomenon of the precariat, casualised worker whose livelihood depends on wages and tips (“That’s ‘tips’ with a ‘P’ for our listeners who may have lost that pronunciation,” reminds Alan, in his cheeky but dry wit style). The team take a few more nostalgic detours featuring past Coyote Ugly podcast chatter, the Road Runner's "Meep Meep!", and the cartoon character, Marvin the Martian.</p><p>This episode builds on last week's release: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://whywork.com.au/s10-e02-coyote-ugly-scandal-upon-scandal/">S10 E02: Coyote Ugly: Scandal Upon Scandal</a></p><p>For more on the changes impacting industry approaches to psychosocial risk management, download <strong>ViVA health at work</strong>'s flyer on, "<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://vivahealthgroup.com.au/ergonomics-resources/#signup">Rethinking Psychosocial Risk</a>."</p>
July 6, 2026
S10 E02: Coyote Ugly – Scandal upon Scandal
<p><strong>Season 10 Episode 02: Coyote Ugly - Scandal upon Scandal</strong></p><p><strong>WARNING: This episode refers to sexual harassment and cultural prejudice at work – we advise listener discretion.</strong></p><p>Trajce laments, “We’ve never mentioned the UK Royals in our podcast – that is fodder for scandal upon scandal, where do we begin? However, we have a good case from the UK involving a Brazilian woman, a bar, and cultural prejudice – it’s juicy.”</p><p>Sara is ready to dig into the discussion feeling positive after discovering an omen before the recording session – “It’s an Otter!” she exclaims while showing a glittering otter charm to the boys. The crew reflect on their spirit animals, the Deer (Trajce), the Owl (Owwwlin’ – aka Alan), and The Otter (Sara), before circling back to discussions about Coyotes, Cowboys, and a novel UK experience – bar work, dancing, and claims about theft.</p><p>Alan is aghast that the employer in this instance may have shifted truth to frame a Brazilian worker for unsubstantiated theft, relying on cultural typecasting in their defence.</p>
June 29, 2026
S10 E01: I am follicle-y challenged and I’ve got moobs!
<p><strong>WARNING: This episode refers to sexual harassment and prejudicial treatment at work – we advise listener discretion.</strong></p><p>Alan presents an extract from a complicated UK case—he is focussed on a particular passing comment rather than a binding ruling. In this comment, the aggrieved person complained that a alleged perpetrator labelled him, ‘bald.’ The defendant viewed this as discriminatory and a form of sexual harassment.</p><p>While reflecting on workplace harassment by teasing others about their appearance, culture, sex, gender affiliation, or accent, the crew, Alan and Trajce, can’t help but make fun of Sara and her American accent. “They’re not confident and BOLD, they are BALD!” exclaims Trajce.</p><p>They descend into discussions about man-boobs, sexually suggestive body parts cross cultures—like wrists and earlobes, and hairiness versus baldness “Folically challenged!” chimes Trajce.</p><p>Sara talks about the trend in legal cases following contemporary issues, where the pendulum swings based on what is making news and the regulator’s focus. She also discusses the messiness of determining prejudicial treatment in the workplace when legal pundits must dissect both intention of harm by the perpetrator and perception of harm by a defendant.</p><p>For more on sexual harassment and prejudicial concerns, listen to:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://whywork.com.au/s07-e05-tickle-versus-giggle-for-girls-and-safety-on-the-footy-field/">Season 7, Episode 5 – Tickle versus Giggle for Girls and Safety on the Footy Field</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/120622/Summary-Tickle-v-Giggle-for-Girls-Pty-Ltd-No-2-2024-FCA-960.pdf">Tickle v Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd (No 2) [2024] FCA 960</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://whywork.com.au/s09-e03-top-o-the-morning-to-ya/">Season 9, Episode 3 – “Top o’ the morning to ya!”</a></p>
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- What is WhyWork Podcast?
<p>The WhyWork Podcast is an organisational strategy session and legal dissection of workplace events that are laced with humour. Your bloggers, Alan, Trajce, and Sara, explore the contemporary and uncomfortable realities of work and the boundaries that are tested. Alan and Trajce dismantle case law and Sara pushes all to consider how to redesign the world of work so that business objectives are realised and that people thrive. Good stories are told. The WhyWork team throws shade on some of the stories and the people involved as they consider defensible and remarkable work design strategy. When you listen to the WhyWork Podcast, you realise that no skeleton in the workplace closet is too sacred to unearth. It’s like listening to the water cooler gossip but then shit gets real, and it all becomes serious – fast. This is a must-listen for executive and emerging managers, work design strategists, human factors specialists and ergonomists, work health safety and law specialists, organisational scientists, occupational health academics, and anyone humoured by office and workplace antics! Get ready to exclaim, “She said WHAT...?” and “He DIDN’T! OMG!”. Laugh along with us while you learn lots.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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