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ICHW Director Cristina Banks and Consulting Expert Melissa Jancourt attended the CoreNet Global Summit in Amsterdam this week, presenting in the session, "Our Next Now: Work Experiences for Continuous Learning."

Find courses related to the center's work currently available at UC Berkeley!

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Part of the Positive Psychology in the Workplace series​. Workplace positive psychology exercises are relatively simple practices that can be incorporated into daily life and have the potential to benefit the well-being of individual employees and the organizations of which are they are a part.

Gourab Kar is an architect, industrial designer and human factors researcher based in Oakland, California. His interests lie in envisioning research-driven-design approaches to shape objects, spaces and experiences to be in tune with human needs, capabilities and behaviors. Gourab’s research investigates approaches to reduce sedentary behaviors and increase physical activity in our everyday lives - at home, in school, and in our offices. 

The ICHW led a focus group study aimed at understanding the ways physical elements of workplaces impact worker well-being and productivity. The focus group took place on Monday, September 24th, 2018 on the UC Berkeley campus.

IN THIS ISSUE:

Director’s Note

Introduction to Dr.Ed Yelin

Introducing Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer

Featured Researcher - Dr. David Lindeman

Spotlight on Sedentary Behavior

Finding Fit: Technical Report and Interactive Assessment Tool

Center Projects

The Leadership

The Interdisciplinary Team Researchers and Consulting Experts

Past Conference Presentations

Upcoming Conferences

Donate - Please Support HealthyWorkplaces

Revised July 12, 2018 

March 14, 2018 - A commentary between ICHW Director Cristina Banks and Hector De La Torre, Executive Director of Transamerica Center for Health Studies.

The Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces (ICHW) has developed an Employer Guide that will enable organizations (with an emphasis on small and medium-sized) to find a workplace wellness program that fits their specific constraints.

Technology is becoming an increasingly prominent part in the lives of modern workers. A simple search of “well-being” in any app store can yield thousands of results, with each application claiming to improve different facets of users’ daily behaviors to lead a healthier lifestyle. To understand more about the value of health technology in organizations, HealthyWorkplaces conducted a literature review of existing health technologies in the marketplace and their corresponding scientific support.

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HealthyWorkplaces has identified those psychological states which, if stimulated by the work environment, either directly or indirectly, promote physical health and psychological well-being, resulting in energized and engaged workers who love what they do and who contribute to organizational effectiveness accordingly.

HealthyWorkplaces is helping to spearhead the paradigm shift from single variable models of wellness toward an interdisciplinary model of well-being that gives prominence to the physical and psychological states that correlate with and give rise to the development and sustainability of worker health and well-being. As a think tank, with a mission to do and apply interdisciplinary research, HealthyWorkplaces seeks to re-conceptualize worker health and  well-being.

What is workplace wellness?

Wearables are becoming increasingly popular among people of all ages as technology gets more integrated into our everyday surroundings and become necessary resources for helping us live our lives.  Wearables have the capability to enhance our lives by making some tasks or functions easier (such as monitoring fitness or nutrition tracking), and can even help us perform necessary, daily tasks (reminding a user when to take pills, or to move after being sedentary for too long).  So what exactly are wearables?

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