WPSQ – Science of Happiness and Success

The WPSQ — From Assessment

to Actionable Intelligence.

A science-backed, 34-item validated psychometric instrument that measures psychosocial hazards and organisational strengths — giving leaders a complete picture, not half of one. Produces compliance-grade documentation, prioritised action frameworks, and a repeatable baseline for tracking real change.

Validated questionnaire items

Psychosocial safety domains

Years psychometric development

0 +

∞

Repeatable for ongoing tracking

From Data to Decisions

Everything you need to understand risk, prioritise action, and lead with confidence

The WPSQ transforms complex psychosocial data into clear, structured outputs — designed to guide action at every level of your organisation.

Clear Diagnostic Reporting Visual, structured insights into psychosocial risks, strengths, and organisational trends — all in one place.
Prioritised Action Plans Know exactly what to address first, what to monitor, and where to focus for maximum impact.
Compliance-Ready Documentation Board-level reporting aligned with WHS standards — built for governance, audits, and decision-making.

What the WPSQ Actually Measures.

Structured around four validated domains, each independently scored. This granularity is what makes the data actionable — and what separates it from generic engagement surveys.

WHS Compliant

Safe Work Australia aligned

Repeatable

Ongoing pulse tracking

SURVEY INVITE

Your voice shapes your workplace.

Take 8 minutes to complete the Psychosocial Safety Survey. Responses are confidential and inform meaningful workplace improvements.

Leadership Commitment

Measures how clearly leadership values psychological safety and supports it through action, priorities, and decision-making.

Communication

Assesses whether people can speak openly, raise concerns safely, and access clear, relevant information.

Participation

Looks at how involved employees are in decisions that affect their work, wellbeing, and sense of control.

Deliverables

What You Receive Fromt
a WPSQ Deployment.

Structured, decision-ready outputs designed for different audiences — from board governance to frontline managers. Each translates organisational psychology into clear priorities.

01 – REPORT

Comprehensive Risk & Resource Report

Structured diagnostic report presenting psychosocial hazards, protective resources, and organisational strengths in a clear, visual format. Includes benchmarking against normative data and trend analysis where repeat measurement exists.

Board-ready

Benchmarked

Visual format

Trend analysis

02 – FRAMEWORK

Prioritised Action Framework

Tiered recommendations mapped across primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention levels. Identifies what to address first, what to monitor, and what strengths to protect — with specific, actionable next steps.

Tiered priorities

Prevention-mapped

Actionable

03 – DOCUMENTATION

Compliance & Risk Documentation

Procurement-ready, executive-grade reporting formatted for governance review, risk committees, and WHS management system integration. Includes hazard identification findings and control measure recommendations aligned to Safe Work Australia frameworks.

WHS-formatted

Prevention-mapped

Procurement-ready

Deliverables

Established Frameworks & Research

Research Framework

Job Demands–Resources Model

The leading model for understanding how job demands and resources interact to produce strain, motivation, and performance outcomes.

Research Framework

Job Demands–Resources Model

The Psychosocial Safety Climate framework — the leading international model for organisational-level safety climate measurement, validated across 30+ countries.

Research Framework

Edmondson Psychological Safety

Harvard’s team-level psychological safety constructs — establishing psychological safety as the primary driver of team performance and learning.

When to Deploy

Six Moments That Call
for Measurement.

The WPSQ is designed for moments where leaders need objective, defensible data — not intuition.

Regulatory Compliance

When your organisation needs to demonstrate proactive psychosocial hazard identification to satisfy WHS obligations under Safe Work Australia’s model regulations.

Post-Incident Response

Following a psychological injury claim, bullying complaint, or significant resignation. The WPSQ provides systematic data on contributing conditions — not just individual circumstances.

Culture Change Baseline

When beginning a transformation program and needing an honest baseline to measure against — or when you need to prove what changed after intervention.

Merger, Acquisition & Restructure

Post-merger culture integration requires understanding where two organisations’ psychological safety climates actually sit. The WPSQ provides the objective baseline for coherent integration programs.

Annual Governance & Reporting

Boards in healthcare, financial services, and government are increasingly expected to demonstrate systematic psychological safety monitoring as part of their duty of care obligations.

Leadership Development Anchoring

When deploying a leadership program and wanting to connect individual leader growth to measurable cultural outcomes. The WPSQ shows whether behaviour change is producing cultural shift.

Service Integration

The WPSQ is the starting point
Not the whole journey.

The WPSQ integrates directly with our broader service offerings. Measurement is step one — transformation is where the value compounds.

WPSQ + Leadership Development

WPSQ data informs targeted leadership programs. Leaders see how their mindsets and behaviours directly impact the psychosocial safety climate measured by the tool — creating a feedback loop between individual growth and cultural change.

WPSQ + Ongoing Pulse (Team Excel)

Combine the WPSQ baseline with Team Excel’s ongoing pulse capability to track whether your interventions are working and course-correct before problems compound.

WPSQ + Culture Transformation (OCI/OEI)

For whole-of-organisation programs, the WPSQ provides the psychosocial safety baseline while the OCI/OEI maps the broader cultural landscape — together creating a complete diagnostic foundation.

Typical Consulting Flow

Explore → Measure → Debrief → Transform → Sustain

The assessment tool changes based on need — individual, team, or organisation — and the program content differs based on results. But the method remains the same: rigorous measurement informing evidence-based transformation.

Hear from our clients,

What do they say about us?

We have worked across a wide range of sectors and organisational contexts, helping leaders, teams, and organisations build stronger culture, healthier workplaces, and more sustainable performance.

Steve Thomson

Senior Consultant – Capability and Program Delivery

Damien was terrific; he handled the large group really well and was able to adjust to things that arose during the sessions, in terms of meeting the diverse needs of the group. Really great and we appreciate the introduction to him!

John Doe

CAHS Child Adolescent Health Services WA Govt

I really enjoyed the content on personal values, the worksheet resources and diagrams, as well as the presentation style today. I’d absolutely be keen for any other sessions that are presented by Damian / The Science of Happiness and Success in future.

Judy Slatyer

Chair, Sustainability, ESG, AI

April 1, 2021, Judy was senior to Damian but didn’t manage Damian directly Damian and I worked together at Australian Red Cross. He was a great coach to me, the leadership team and the Board on our role in leading and role modelling a constructive and performance-oriented culture. A great listener, Damian was also good at holding up the mirror to me in a way which helped me see what I didn’t see and change as a result. Professional, thoughtful and of the highest integrity are the three attributes which come to mind when I think of Damian.

Steve Thomson

Senior Consultant – Capability and Program Delivery

John Doe

CAHS Child Adolescent Health Services WA Govt

Judy Slatyer

Chair, Sustainability, ESG, AI