Drawing on key theoretical frameworks, including the Job Demands–Resources model, Sociotechnical Systems theory, and Human–System Integration, the article evaluates the effectiveness of human-centred approaches to occupational redesign. Empirical research from healthcare, manufacturing, and knowledge work is reviewed to assess the extent to which human factors principles improve worker well-being, safety, and system performance.

When pressure is high and energy is low, our brains default to what feels most urgent rather than what’s most accurate. This blog explores how the availability heuristic quietly fuels anxiety, reactivity, and burnout at work and what leaders and teams can do to restore clarity, fairness, and psychological safety.

We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we expect it to be. Confirmation bias quietly shapes how we interpret behaviour, feedback, fatigue, and wellbeing at work. When energy is low or pressure is high, our assumptions often fill the gaps. This blog explores how confirmation bias shows up in everyday working life, why it’s amplified by fatigue and cognitive overload, and what leaders and teams can do to interrupt it before it impacts wellbeing, communication, and perfor

Ever feel like your mind grabs onto the first number or idea it hears and refuses to let go, even when better options come along? That’s no coincidence. It’s the anchoring heuristic at work, quietly guiding your decisions behind the scenes. Let’s explore how it functions, where it shows up, and how you can outsmart it when it counts.

We don’t have goldfish attention spans, but we are living in environments that overload our brains. This blog explores the truth behind modern focus, why entrepreneurs feel it most, and how small psychological shifts can restore clarity, energy, and performance.

Georgia Hodkinson GMBPsS Organisational Psychology Consultant August 2025 You’ve seen it happen. The room’s buzzing, the training day’s off to a confident start. Slide decks are sleek, icebreakers are on point, feedback is glowing and then… nothing. Three months later, it’s as if the day never happened. No behaviour change, no measurable impact, just another well-intentioned event filed away in the archives. The core problem is we are treating training as a moment instead of

Georgia Hodkinson GMBPsS Organisational Psychology Consultant May 2025 Fatigue Management is one of the most underestimated risks in today’s workplaces. While it often hides behind casual remarks like “I’m just tired” , its impact reaches deep; impairing cognition, reducing safety, and quietly eroding productivity. As an Organisational Psychology Consultant specialising in fatigue risk management, I help organisations design psychologically informed systems that go beyond co

Georgia Hodkinson GMBPsS Organisational Psychology Consultant April 2025 I sit with managers who show frustration over communication. "I've explained it three times. Why aren't they getting it?". It reminds me that clear communication is about what the other person actually understands. More than words, communication thrives on connection and when that connection breaks, it costs more than we realise. We've all felt misunderstood. Often the issue is subtle. We assume others c