Work design isn’t just about dividing tasks and streamlining processes – it’s about shaping how people experience their work: the meaning they find and the autonomy they have.

In the age of AI, this takes on new urgency. As technology reshapes work, organisations must choose whether to let jobs become narrower and more transactional, or redesign them to drive motivation, resilience and performance.

In this episode, Professor Sharon Parker – Director of the Centre for Transformative Work Design at Curtin University – shares how HR leaders can apply evidence-based work design to create healthy, meaningful roles and ensure people remain at the centre of transformation.

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Further learning

AHRI's contemporary workforce redesign short course: https://bit.ly/4hVCh0r

AHRI's organisational design short course: https://bit.ly/49K5Wrh

Sharon Parker's SMART work design model: https://bit.ly/4991zGb

HRM article featuring Sharon Parker's research: https://bit.ly/3WMcmyL

Sharon Parker's book Transformative Work Design: https://bit.ly/47LZptB

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