No matter how you like to work, there’s a smarter, healthier way to sit. It’s called active sitting and it’s transforming the way people feel at work—and beyond—by focusing on one simple but profound idea: the human body was meant to move. While traditional ergonomics tries to lock the body into one “perfect” position, active sitting supports healthy alignment while encouraging the body’s natural need for movement—improving circulation, energy, and flow so you can show up more fully in your work and the world.
The shift to remote work will be among the biggest business trends in the coming years, though it won’t be the only lingering effect from the pandemic.
The California Labor Laboratory is a new initiative of UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley, and the California Department of Public Health to design and inform policies, programs, and practices that advance worker well-being. Funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the center will address the health of California workers in both traditional jobs and other employment arrangements, including gig workers, subcontractors, independent contractors, consultants, seasonal and temporary workers.
We’re sorry to kill your buzzword, but the adjective “ergonomic,” currently attached to everything from shower fixtures to vegetable peelers, doesn’t mean what you think it does.
Amphibian, a “future-of-work-consultancy,” created “workplace labs” designed to mitigate failed layout and remodeling efforts, by creating spaces for experimentation before major leasing and construction investments are made.
In a series of interviews, Berkeley scholars who study work and management say that as the COVID-19 pandemic eases, American executives and office workers are emerging into a new and unfamiliar world that may have broad benefits for both.
The company that helped popularize open office plans and lavish employee perks is trying to reinvent office spaces to cope with workplace sensibilities changed by the pandemic.
A year ago, just after Bay Area governments imposed a shelter-in-place order to check the spread of a mysterious new coronavirus, Cristina Banks worried about how she would work from home. She would miss her office at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. She would miss interacting with colleagues and students. She would miss her books and her papers.
