applied research into how work actually works
arrley labs is where we test ideas before they become practice. open where possible, honest about what's unproven.
we build what we use
everything in the lab is on a path into client practice. if it doesn't survive contact with real work, it doesn't ship.
we work in the open
open source where possible, methods published, progress logged in public. safetylm is the proof, not the promise.
we start from the front line
research questions come from real sites and real work, not conference decks.
inside the lab
current projects, each honest about its status. one is real and public today; the rest are at earlier stages, and say so.
safetylm. an open-source AI assistant for AU/NZ WHS practice, built in public.
every answer grounded in real regulatory documents, filtered to the right jurisdiction, with citations. safetylm retrieves from a catalogued corpus of 616 AU/NZ WHS source documents (legislation, regulations, codes of practice) processed into 20,451 metadata-tagged chunks, and runs entirely locally: no API dependency, no per-query cost, full data sovereignty.
see the projectthe leading indicator project
finding the signals that move before harm does.
organisational performance, health & safetyin developmentthe work-as-done field method
a repeatable way to study how work actually happens.
operational excellenceexploringthe pulse instrument
a psychosocial check-in short enough to actually run.
people & culturewhat we're exploring
open questions across the four areas we work in. some will become projects; some will die honest deaths.
health & safety
which leading indicators actually lead?
people & culture
what makes speaking up normal instead of brave?
organisational performance
what would board reporting look like if directors could ask their own questions of the data?
operational excellence
how big is the gap between work-as-imagined and work-as-done, and where does it cost the most?
solve hard problems about how work works
labs people are part practitioner, part researcher. no open roles right now, but the door is worth knocking on.
labs careers