The DNA Review
A structural audit of workplace psychosocial risk
Aligned to BS 30480:2025 (Suicide and the Workplace) and ISO 45003 (Psychological Health and Safety at Work), principles of Behavioural Science, and Organisational Transactional Analysis
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The DNA Review
We approach this as if anthropologists looking for what is significant, not as auditors looking for what is measurable. A checklist produces a score whereas this review produces an interpretation of what workplace structures do to behaviours in practice.
Why the structural approach
The Health and Safety Executive's 2024/25 statistics name the leading causes of work-related stress as workload and tight deadlines, lack of managerial support, bullying, and organisational change. Each cause on the regulator's own list is structural rather than a failure of individual resilience.
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BS 30480:2025 finds that organisational structures affect whether a worker feels able to disclose a mental health concern, particularly where people fear for their job or their reputation.
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The implication is straightforward: an organisation can invest in individual support and see limited improvement, because the structural mechanics generating or amplifying the risks are not appropriately considered.
Method
Three Phases:
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Phase 1:
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Diagnose (3–4 weeks) — pulse instrument, structural artefact review, confidential conversations at every level, performance and conduct pipeline review, gap analyses against both standards.
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Design (2 weeks) — a board-ready report naming specific structures and the behaviours they produce, each with a named owner. With a documented psychosocial risk position for your register, adoptable crisis and return-to-work protocols, and an evidence trail against both standards.
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Embed (optional) — ongoing structural support, only where the diagnosis shows a need for it.
What The DNA Review does not do
This is not a competition so we do not offer a score, ranking or benchmark against other organisations.
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This review assesses organisational readiness and structural risk. It does not assess individual risk and is not a clinical service. Anyone identified as being in current distress during the process has a pre-agreed route to professional support via the business protocols.
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No structure prevents every act of self-harm. A well-designed structure however helps us to notice issues earlier, respond better, and mitigate causing further harm through its own processes.
How is the work delivered
Findings are offered as observations to examine together, not judgements to accept. Where something looks significant, the questions are what it appears to be producing and who is placed to change it, never who is at fault.
Who is it for
Boards, Executive Teams, People Directors and their teams, and health, safety and wellbeing functions who suspect their current wellbeing investment is not delivering as well as intended.
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Or read the full approach: The DNA Review - Positioning Document (PDF)