Opposite

Never seen Opposite work being done with such naked whiteboards - where are the systems maps and illegible scrawls! It's 'opposite' of what we normally do! 🤔 #expectopposite

Another year done. Entering the 10th year at Opposite. Thanks to a wonderful team Christine Antoniou Marty Lynch Conor O'Brien Patrick McGrath Ashleigh Fleming Duygu Serbetci Luke Carroll Rahnuma Tasneem Joanna Adams Damien Alexander Colabattista Justine Pfitzner Tim Farley Iain McMaster Michelle Gully Conor O'Brien Dr Ramsay Dixon

🚛 BIG NEWS for Small Operators! 🛠️💡 Small but mighty? You bet. Opposite’s Small Fleet Safety Toolkit Project just got the green light with funding from the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator's (NHVR) Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative (HVSI), supported by the Australian Government. Smaller fleet operators—small businesses, contractors, and owner-drivers—keep Australia moving but often face the toughest challenges in meeting safety obligations. It’s like juggling chainsaws while driving a semi. 🎪💥 Our mission? Deliver a practical toolkit that makes compliance simpler, upskills operators, and cuts down on road safety risks. 🚦 With SCT Logistics and Sadleirs by our side as trusted partners, we’re blending innovation, industry smarts, and human-centred design to create tools operators will actually use. No fluff, no fuss—just real solutions. NHVR CEO Sal Petroccitto OAM had this to say: “The delivery of Opposite’s project will contribute towards making Australia’s roads safer for all users. Each project is designed to improve heavy vehicle safety, such as heavy vehicle driver education training technologies, first aid safety training, and recruitment campaigns to entice young people into a career in trucking.” This project is one of 16 grantees sharing in a $3.9 million investment towards HVSI projects. Opposite is tackling the big challenges by focussing on the small fleet! Why? Because Opposite does the opposite—we take a different approach to deliver smarter, safer outcomes. Stay tuned as we hit the road (safely, of course) to collaborate with operators across Australia. 🚛💨 Thanks to our partners The SCT Group (Chris N.) and Sadleirs (Danica Pilgrim-Younger) for their support for innovation in this space. #RoadSafety #NHVR #FleetSafety #OppositeThinking #TransportInnovation #SmallBusinessMatters #ExpectOpposite

Go directly to Jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Remember the good ol days of Monopoly? When building a game for a strategic workshop for Ampol, we created the equivalent game with petrol pumps instead of hotels and questions about the strategy instead of chance cards. Just one example of Opposite's gamified approach to things. Meanwhile, we also invented a new approach to strategy, utilising a 'crime scene' detective board. The catch? Connecting the dots (team goals) to the strategy rather than a crime scene! #expectopposite #workshopactivity #gamification #teamdevelopment

Happy 9th Birthday Opposite! We’ve been spiralling into control ever since starting in 2015 – and what a wild, intentional, and human ride it’s been! 🌀✨ With each twist and turn, we’ve leaned further into human-centred design – exploring new ways to help businesses, teams, and individuals find clarity through complexity. It’s been all about asking better questions, challenging the norm, and designing with people, not for them. Opposite wouldn’t exist without the brilliant clients, collaborators, and connections we’ve made along the way. Thanks to all of you who’ve trusted us to help navigate the mess, simplify the complex, and, sometimes, even do the opposite of what everyone expects. It’s been a joy spiralling into control with you. 🎢 #OppositeTurnsNine #HumanCentredDesign #SpirallingIntoControl #BusinessDesign #OppositeThinking #ExpectOpposite Also add, thank you...to all the team members! Ashleigh Fleming Conor O'Brien Christine Antoniou Damien Alexander Colabattista Duygu Serbetci Emmett Graham Joanna Adams Justine Pfitzner Luke Carroll Marty Lynch Dr Nicholas Duck Patrick McGrath Dr Ramsay Dixon Rahnuma Tasneem Sharel Nagpal Tim Farley

Mountains of procedures that nobody uses? We’re the only ones crazy enough to go through each one and fix this! We simplify them into simple, sequential steps that can be used by humans and translate them into digital tools. Take a look at one of our favourite ones--also one of our first. Since then, we have conducted dozens of simplification projects. I might even be as bold as to say we are the leading simplification experts! #simplificationprocess #businesstools #simplifyprocedures #exoectopposite

🎬 Cue the office sitcom opening theme 🎶 Today on “The Workplace”… enter Unpredictable Leader, who’s somehow mastered the art of scheduling urgent 4:59 PM meetings. Will their team survive the chaos? Will the Wi-Fi hold up for Isolated Worker stuck on Zoom Island? Tune in to find out… 😅 But in all seriousness, it’s #WorldMentalHealthDay! 🧠 And it’s the perfect time to check in on your mental health—especially at work. Did you know it’s also Week 2 of National #SafeWorkMonth? This week’s focus: Psychosocial Hazards (cue dramatic music 🎻). These sneaky hazards might not break the printer, but they can definitely wear down your mental health. Think: 📌 Unpredictable Leader (we see you!) 📌 Demanding jobs that make you wish you had extra arms 📌 The control freak who leaves you powerless 📌 Workplace bullies who think they’re starring in their own drama 📌 And Isolated Worker, who’s now on a first-name basis with their Wi-Fi router… These unseen risks—poor leadership, high demands, harassment, poorly managed changes—can really impact mental health. But don’t worry, we’ve got this! By spotting these psychosocial hazards and creating safe, supportive environments, we can boost well-being, reduce burnout, and make work a much better place. Let’s commit to workplaces where both mental and physical safety reign supreme. Because we all deserve to thrive, even on Zoom Island! 🌴 Oh, and if you need a hand diagnosing your workplace sitcom scenarios, give Opposite a call . We do comprehensive psychosocial assessments. www.opposite.com.au #SafetyisOurBusiness #MentalHealth #WorkSafe #PsychosocialSuperheroes #Workplacewellbeing #Healthyworkplace

🙇♂️ Are you a humble person? According to our guest, Professor Simon Moss, studies have revealed that humble people tend to be generous people. They offer their: ⌛ time and sacrifice their needs 🆘 help or they 💛 encourage other individuals. But is this generosity a ⭐ blessing or a ☠️ curse? Simon share with us his perspectives on a new concept #radicalhumility, which is a movement to prevent narcissism and promote humility for the good of society. That's what our #itsaboutnothing podcast is about today with Dr Nicholas Duck and Cam Hawker! Download now here on Apple: https://lnkd.in/g_Gk-ijm Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gHXHYhZD #radicalhumility #narcissism #ego #humility #itsaboutnothing

Psychosocial is more than preventing mental health issues. Workplace factors that increase this risk also tend to result in undesirable outcomes, such as absenteeism and lower productivity and harmony. In short, psychosocial risk is bad for business. We've recently developed some new tools and methods to assess the psychosocial risk of your organisation. This involved reviews through rigorous assessments, interviews, observation, and incident data analysis. Importantly, we don't like to leave anyone with a risk profile and no ideas on what to do. We also help design and implement solutions to lower your psychosocial risk profile and promote well-being in the workplace. #psychologicalrisk #healthyworkplace #workplacewellbeing #productivity #expectopposite #organisationalpsychology

Recently, we conducted a two-day workshop for a client with some great feedback. One of the attendees said 'last year I really wasn't looking forward to this but then I loved it. This year, you've managed to do it again'. It really is the positive experiences like this that make it all worthwhile! 🙂 We treat each workshop like an event, designing and developing activities that get you and your team thinking and interacting. We do everything from large-scale strategic workshops, targeted team development programs and short and sharp sessions with a specific outcome in mind. #userexperience #workshopdesign #userengagement #workshopactivities #teamdevelopment #expectopposite