Holistic Workplace Wellness

LGBTQI+ workers deal with an overwhelming set of obstacles, harms, and inequities in the workplace. This post provides employers with five actions they can take to provide members of the LGBTQI+ community with the work environment and career opportunities that they deserve.

Psychologists and computer scientists have been working together to produce conversation artificial intelligence that play some of the therapeutic conversational roles that are typically saved for human psychotherapists (e.g., offering empathic responses and providing instructions on how to apply well-tested treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy). This post examines the benefits and limitations of this technology along with what it may look like in the years to come.

Philosophers have been studying well-being for thousands of years. Despite this, many wellness-focused employers are unaware of what philosophers have to say about what it is to be well. Learn more about the work that philosophers of wellness have done and ways in which philosophical insights about well-being should alter employers’ approaches to workplace wellness.

By eliminating the need to self-monitor one’s stress levels, providing direct suggestions on how to de-stress, and even automatically activating stress reducing changes in one’s environment, emerging anti-stress technologies stand to take out the stress from stress management and make staying calm easier than ever.

Based on their analysis of the merits of remote and in-person work, researchers at Avison Young are encouraging companies to permanently offer a flexible work arrangement which they refer to as the “multiverse of work.” Wellable takes a closer look at what this means and explains why companies should consider it.

Creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace isn’t just morally praiseworthy, it’s vital for efficiency and profitability. This week, Wellable examines the business case for cultivating D&I in the workplace and offers four tips for doing so successfully.

By providing opportunities for personal growth, employers can attract top talent and keep employees motivated, productive, confident, and happy. Check out some tips for helping employees become their best selves.