Aug 30, 2026 · 53 min · 11 segments
**Changing the Mental Health Conversation with Virginia Scully | Never Not Creative** Mental health at work is often treated like an all-or-nothing conversation, but Virginia Scully argues that the…
Virginia ScullyGuest
Andy WrightHost
There's different legislation around But how do you term psychosocial safety? For people who are hearing it for the first time, what do we tell them?
So the legislation states that it refers to managing workplace hazards that affect mental and psychological health.
So put simply, it's the workplace conditions that that may harm psychosocial safety, now there is legislation around it.
So, you know, if we spilt something on the floor in the office, we'd be responsible for mopping that up to ensure the safety of those around the office.
So it's like I kind of liken it to the idea of like three points of contact on a ladder or steps and stuff or making sure if you're working, you don't cross the road on the red man and that kind of stuff, right? Like it's some of those types of things.
But are there people inspecting? Are we going to get someone come onto the work site, but in this case, you know, into the office?
Random inspections are happening across various states, but the likelihood of someone rocking up to your office unannounced is probably a lot lower than there is someone within your workplace.
So that is the greater risk, especially when we're talking to our audience of creative and media agencies or the creative industries who tend to be smaller organizations that potentially, you know, under 50 employees or less that think that they're going to fly below the radar in an industry that is particularly vulnerable culturally aligned with many of the hazards of like working long hours, pressure, bullying from clients, et cetera, we actually need to be really wary of the rights that our employees have now and the reality of them making a claim.
And so some of those things that you mentioned, I guess, things that people can watch out for and make sure that, you know, they're acting on, not just going, oh, that's a shame.
But there are things like you mentioned bullying, obviously, but there's also things that might seem less severe, but do contribute to psychological hazards, right? Like, so not being given good feedback, not knowing where you're going in your job, not having enough kind of instruction or supervision.
So unclear roles and job insecurity are huge problems in our industry at the moment.
So that might involve micromanagement or it might involve actually too much control over our work or not enough control over our work can become hazards.
So AI in itself is becoming a hazard in that there's a lot of change expected to happen overnight.
There's also a lot of additional technology and surveillance that workplaces need to be mindful for.
There's different legislation around But how do you term psychosocial safety? For people who are hearing it for the first time, what do we tell them?
So the legislation states that it refers to managing workplace hazards that affect mental and psychological health.
So put simply, it's the workplace conditions that that may harm psychosocial safety, now there is legislation around it.
So, you know, if we spilt something on the floor in the office, we'd be responsible for mopping that up to ensure the safety of those around the office.
So it's like I kind of liken it to the idea of like three points of contact on a ladder or steps and stuff or making sure if you're working, you don't cross the road on the red man and that kind of stuff, right? Like it's some of those types of things.
But are there people inspecting? Are we going to get someone come onto the work site, but in this case, you know, into the office?
Random inspections are happening across various states, but the likelihood of someone rocking up to your office unannounced is probably a lot lower than there is someone within your workplace.
So that is the greater risk, especially when we're talking to our audience of creative and media agencies or the creative industries who tend to be smaller organizations that potentially, you know, under 50 employees or less that think that they're going to fly below the radar in an industry that is particularly vulnerable culturally aligned with many of the hazards of like working long hours, pressure, bullying from clients, et cetera, we actually need to be really wary of the rights that our employees have now and the reality of them making a claim.
And so some of those things that you mentioned, I guess, things that people can watch out for and make sure that, you know, they're acting on, not just going, oh, that's a shame.
But there are things like you mentioned bullying, obviously, but there's also things that might seem less severe, but do contribute to psychological hazards, right? Like, so not being given good feedback, not knowing where you're going in your job, not having enough kind of instruction or supervision.
So unclear roles and job insecurity are huge problems in our industry at the moment.
So that might involve micromanagement or it might involve actually too much control over our work or not enough control over our work can become hazards.
So AI in itself is becoming a hazard in that there's a lot of change expected to happen overnight.
There's also a lot of additional technology and surveillance that workplaces need to be mindful for.
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