Systems Thinking in Workplace Wellbeing

Overview

Overview

Many organisations invest in wellbeing programmes but struggle to address the conditions driving poor outcomes, including workload, job design, leadership, culture, technology and organisational processes. This practical online programme will help participants identify those underlying causes and design improvements that support both employee wellbeing and organisational performance.

What Topics will you Cover on this CPD course?

• Foundations of Workplace Wellbeing
• Systems Thinking and Sociotechnical Systems
• Organisational Psychology and Healthy Work
• Work Design, Leadership and Organisational Culture
• Individual, Team and Social Influences on Wellbeing
• Psychosocial Risk and Protective Factors
• Measuring and Evaluating Workplace Wellbeing
• Designing, Implementing and Sustaining Systems Change
• Evidence-Based Workplace Wellbeing Interventions
• Future Trends in Healthy, Sustainable and Human-Centred Organisations

Who is this Course For?

This programme is designed for professionals who are responsible for, or have an interest in, improving workplace wellbeing through evidence-based organisational and systems approaches. It is particularly suited to:

• Workplace wellbeing and employee experience professionals
• Human resources and organisational development practitioners
• Health, safety and wellbeing managers
• Occupational health professionals
• Organisational psychologists and workplace wellbeing consultants
• Leaders and managers responsible for organisational culture, work design or organisational change
• Professionals seeking to transition into workplace wellbeing, organisational health or human-centred systems design

Who Teaches the Course?

The programme is delivered by an interdisciplinary faculty from the Centre for Innovative Human Systems (CIHS), Trinity College Dublin, bringing together expertise in systems psychology, organisational behaviour, human factors, workplace wellbeing and organisational change.

Teaching is led by Assistant Professor Dale Whelehan, Assistant Professor Sam Cromie, Assistant Professor Siobhán Corrigan, and Assistant Professor Michael Dolazel, with contributions from leading industry practitioners and subject matter experts where appropriate. This combination of academic excellence and practical experience ensures that participants gain both a strong evidence base and real-world insights into designing healthier, safer and more effective organisations.

Time, Date, and Place

This fully online programme is delivered over seven weeks, with one module released each week through Trinity College Dublin's virtual learning environment, Blackboard.

Each weekly module combines self-directed learning with a live interactive tutorial, allowing participants to engage with the material at a time that suits them while benefiting from discussion, practical application and collaborative learning.

The live interactive tutorials are designed to help participants apply the week's learning to real organisational challenges through facilitated discussion, collaborative exercises and case-based problem solving. Guided by our leading academics, these sessions provide an opportunity to deepen understanding, share experiences with peers and translate systems thinking into practical workplace action.

Live tutorials typically take place on Tuesdays from 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm (Irish time).

Register your details at the link below and our team will be in touch when the next iteration of this programme has been confirmed.