Duncan Young Build Wellness Head of Workplace Health & Wellbeing ...
Duncan Young Build Wellness Head of Workplace Health & Wellbeing [email protected]
HEALTHY WORKPLACES
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WHY DOES HEALTH & WELLBEING MATTER?
Australians are spending about one third of their lives at work, health bodies such as the World Health Organization have recognised the workplace as a priority setting for promoting health and wellbeing WHO 2008
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HEALTHY WORKPLACES
WHAT ARE THE MAJOR TRENDS?
* Thinking fast & Slow Daniel Kahneman
Focus and attention
Sedentary lifestyle
Mental health issues
Restoration
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HEALTHY WORKPLACES
WHAT WE NEED TO DO
Move more
Foster social connections
Take time for restoration
Build capacity
Reduce Tech dependency
Eat better
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STRATEGIES
Workplace Health has multiple controls
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STRATEGIES
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Strategies can be high level
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STRATEGIES
As well as Detail Strategies
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STRATEGIES IMPLIMENTED
Raising curiosity about personal wellbeing is key to embedding change
Copyright Lend lease health & wellbeing
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STRATEGIES
SEDENTARY ACTIVITY We research workplace inactivity to understand sedentary patterns. Our program encourages employees to sit less, stand more & move often
Sitting is the smoking of our generation Copyright Lend lease health & wellbeing
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STRATEGIES
SEDENTARY ACTIVITY
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STRATEGIES
MAKING CHANGE EASIER Awareness alone is not enough to make long term change, we need to shape the path and make change easier
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STRATEGIES
NUTRITION & PRODUCTIVITY Research workplace nutrition, guide discretionary food and use behavioural economics techniques to make change easier
Making change easier Research
Copyright Lend lease health & wellbeing
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STRATEGIES
MENTAL WELL-BEING Focus on positive mental health and develop programs that build resilience
Shape the path Mindfulness programs Meaningful work
Copyright Lend lease health & wellbeing
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STRATEGIES
ACTIVE TRANSPORT We research trends and design spaces to encourage active transport. Active transport increases health and lower absenteeism
Research
Workplace specific
Safety through social
Making change easier
Copyright Lend lease health & wellbeing
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HEALTHY WORKPLACES
TAKEAWAYS
Food and breaks impact decisions
Look up occasionally
Find connection between your work and others
Use food to build social connections
View sleep and restoration as an asset
HEALTHY WORKPLACES
2
WHY DOES HEALTH & WELLBEING MATTER?
Australians are spending about one third of their lives at work, health bodies such as the World Health Organization have recognised the workplace as a priority setting for promoting health and wellbeing WHO 2008
4
HEALTHY WORKPLACES
WHAT ARE THE MAJOR TRENDS?
* Thinking fast & Slow Daniel Kahneman
Focus and attention
Sedentary lifestyle
Mental health issues
Restoration
5
HEALTHY WORKPLACES
WHAT WE NEED TO DO
Move more
Foster social connections
Take time for restoration
Build capacity
Reduce Tech dependency
Eat better
Copyright Lend lease health & wellbeing
STRATEGIES
Workplace Health has multiple controls
7
STRATEGIES
8
Strategies can be high level
Copyright Lend lease health & wellbeing D.Young
STRATEGIES
As well as Detail Strategies
9
10
STRATEGIES IMPLIMENTED
Raising curiosity about personal wellbeing is key to embedding change
Copyright Lend lease health & wellbeing
11
STRATEGIES
SEDENTARY ACTIVITY We research workplace inactivity to understand sedentary patterns. Our program encourages employees to sit less, stand more & move often
Sitting is the smoking of our generation Copyright Lend lease health & wellbeing
14
STRATEGIES
SEDENTARY ACTIVITY
Copyright Lend lease health & wellbeing
STRATEGIES
MAKING CHANGE EASIER Awareness alone is not enough to make long term change, we need to shape the path and make change easier
15
18
STRATEGIES
NUTRITION & PRODUCTIVITY Research workplace nutrition, guide discretionary food and use behavioural economics techniques to make change easier
Making change easier Research
Copyright Lend lease health & wellbeing
20
STRATEGIES
MENTAL WELL-BEING Focus on positive mental health and develop programs that build resilience
Shape the path Mindfulness programs Meaningful work
Copyright Lend lease health & wellbeing
21
STRATEGIES
ACTIVE TRANSPORT We research trends and design spaces to encourage active transport. Active transport increases health and lower absenteeism
Research
Workplace specific
Safety through social
Making change easier
Copyright Lend lease health & wellbeing
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HEALTHY WORKPLACES
TAKEAWAYS
Food and breaks impact decisions
Look up occasionally
Find connection between your work and others
Use food to build social connections
View sleep and restoration as an asset
