March 26, 2026 5 small shifts to turn creativity into a daily wellness practice BY Next Big Idea Club Below, coauthors Blythe Harris and Mallory May share five key insights from their new book, Daily Creative: The 5-Minute Habit to Rewire Your Brain. Harris is an artist and entrepreneur, and for many years was the cofounder and … Continue reading 5 small shifts to turn creativity into a daily wellness practice
April 20, 2025 How leaders can build a culture of wellness that actually works BY Next Big Idea Club Patricia Grabarek and Katina Sawyer are cofounders of Workr Beeing, where they help clients create thriving workplace environments. They are both industrial/organizational psychologists. Patricia has a background in consulting and internal roles, having led people analytics and … Continue reading How leaders can build a culture of wellness that actually works
By Wilfred Chan June 23, 2023 Most workers at big American companies receive employee wellness benefits. But what if those programs are actually a kind of worker surveillance—that may not even be making workers healthier? A new report from the Data & Society nonprofit argues exactly that. A team of researchers claim that the … Continue reading Could ‘wellness capitalism’ put employee health data at risk?
By Jessica Bursztynsky March 05, 2023 The pandemic broadly accelerated innovation and interest when it came to the health and wellness sector. Suddenly, consumers were more interested than ever in gaining more insight into their bodies and minds, and investors tapped in to that growth. As a result, funding soared and companies flourished. … Continue reading VCs explain why the health and wellness landscape could see more M&A activity in 2023
By Danica Lo August 14, 2022 Three years into the pandemic, with monkeypox and polio looming large on the horizon, it’s no surprise that many Americans are sick and tired of being bombarded with bad news about public health. For the health and wellness industry, which has long relied on worst-case scenarios to compel consumers … Continue reading How to sell health and wellness when consumers are sick and tired of hearing about it
By Shalene Gupta June 07, 2022 In 2007, Arianna Huffington passed out while checking emails, hit her head, and broke her cheekbone. She’d been working 18-hour days to build The Huffington Post (now HuffPost) and she was exhausted. The accident triggered a wake-up call about sustainable work habits. In 2016, she launched Thrive, … Continue reading Arianna Huffington wants employers to take mental health and wellness more seriously
Laura Spawn November 9, 2021 It likely comes as no surprise to hear that the last several years have been particularly stressful for the average worker. According to a recent survey from Gallup, U.S. and Canadian workers are among the most stressed in the world: With concerns looming over things like physical health, isolation, potential … Continue reading Wellness in the Workplace: How Remote Business Leaders Can Model Self-Care
Laura Spawn November 9, 2021 It likely comes as no surprise to hear that the last several years have been particularly stressful for the average worker. According to a recent survey from Gallup, U.S. and Canadian workers are among the most stressed in the world: With concerns looming over things like physical health, isolation, potential … Continue reading Wellness in the Workplace: How Remote Business Leaders Can Model Self-Care
Jeff Pozen October 1, 2021 These days, most of my interactions with colleagues happen digitally. After all, we’re mostly working from home. With COVID-19 cases rising again and new variants emerging, we’re not sure when we’ll all be back in person again. Our situation isn’t unique, of course. Companies believe around 40% of their employees … Continue reading How to Ensure Employee Wellness When Almost Everyone Is Working Remote
Sourov De March 5, 2021 It’s happening. Zoom fatigue, the dog days of winter, being inside all the time, day 1,258,739 of the pandemic. We might be feeling okay physically, but there is no shortage of reasons why we might be feeling drained mentally. If we’re not physically “sick” is it okay to take a … Continue reading Don’t Give Your Employees Sick Days – Give Them Wellness Days and Disconnect Fridays
