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WPIS
The Parachute Framework

The Workforce Productivity Intelligence System

Workforce productivity is a system output - not a product of individual effort or isolated intervention.

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1

Work Architecture

Work Design

Role architecture, workload, demands, autonomy and control

The upstream origin of most work-related health risk

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2

Management Systems

How Work Is Experienced

Management practice, psychological safety, policy application, day-to-day culture

Where psychosocial risk is most directly generated

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3

Health Provision

Health Support

Occupational health, EAP, PMI, mental health support, health programmes

Necessary but insufficient in isolation

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4

Human Capacity

Workforce Health

Physical health, mental health, lifestyle, brain health, energy and resilience

What people are carrying and where risk is concentrated

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5

Organisational Performance

Workforce Performance

Productive capacity, absence, presenteeism, turnover and retention risk

Where the cost of system failure becomes visible

Each layer (1-4) is a cause. The Outcomes layer is the cost.

Three Feedback Loops

How organisations typically respond to workforce productivity challenges

Reactive

Operational

Firefighting Loop

Responding to symptoms as they surface — absence spikes, turnover crises, engagement drops.

Reactive

Health Demand

Containment Loop

Deploying health programmes and benefits to contain damage already underway.

Preventive

Structural Workforce Intelligence

Parachute's Loop

Diagnosing root causes at the system level to prevent capacity loss before it compounds.

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Without intelligence, organisations manage symptoms. With it, they redesign the system.
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How It Works

The Parachute Method

The WPIS assessment diagnoses precisely where you are, and the evidence-based path to move forward.

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Reactive
Maturity
Strategic
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Firefighting

Capacity loss is accepted as unavoidable and largely unmeasured. Action is downstream and individualised.

Containment

Health risks are managed through policies, programmes and support. Investment is rising but impact on capacity remains unmeasured.

Performance Control

Workplace health is managed as a connected performance system. Data is used to reduce avoidable loss and stabilise capacity.

Productivity Engine

Workforce Productivity Intelligence is used to unlock capacity and performance. Human capital, including retention, is managed as a strategic asset.

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