{"id":1498,"date":"2017-08-21T07:20:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T07:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cn7w3i4565-staging.onrocket.site\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2017-11-10T07:27:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T07:27:29","slug":"a-look-at-technology-trends-and-how-they-are-revolutionizing-corporate-wellness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/a-look-at-technology-trends-and-how-they-are-revolutionizing-corporate-wellness\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look at Technology Trends and How They Are Revolutionizing Corporate Wellness"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all know that a healthy workplace equals a happy work environment, and a place of work that\u2019s happy in general is a by far the most productive. Back in the day, a salary (a decent one<\/em>) was all a company needed to offer to retain their employees, but that\u2019s no longer the case. Companies also aren\u2019t attracting recruits by merely outbidding the competition with their proposed monthly remunerations.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/em><\/p>\n

Because of corporate wellness and the attention that\u2019s being shifted to the idea these days. It has come to be that employee well-being has become a company\u2019s social responsibility, something that current employees and future talent want, expect, and need to see from employers.<\/p>\n

Roughly 60% of millennials claim that corporate wellness is essential to them<\/a>, which means that NOW is the time for companies to start ensuring that the wellness of their employees (and their offices) are of the highest standard.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a roundup of three technological trends that could very well revolutionize your company\u2019s corporate wellness:<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Gamification Programs<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

Gamification is the premise of a reward system, operating on a kind of game. These \u2018games\u2019 can help keep employees motivated and engaged in adventurous ways which may contribute to improving skills development and urge employees to reach their own goals, along with those of the company.<\/p>\n

According to a report on Forbes<\/a>, companies like Deloitte rely on gamification programs to motivate their current employees, develop their skills, and help recruit new talent. Gamification programs that are centered around health and wellness, such as WalkingSpree<\/a> and WeFitter<\/a> (the mobile app) help encourage healthy competition between colleagues, and it also helps boost the physical health of employees within the office environment, thanks to features such as points awarded for exercises completed and weekly challenges and competitions.<\/p>\n

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Wearable Technology<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

By bringing wearable technology into the workplace, employers can help encourage their employees to monitor their health and fitness levels. One of the most popular wearable tech devices these days is Fitbit. Companies such as GNC, Adobe, BP, and Barclays<\/a> have all started providing their employees with the wearable devices to help them monitor their well-being, and effectively, promote a healthier workplace.<\/p>\n

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Mobile Apps<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

There seems to be an app for just about everything these days, even more so when it comes to lifestyle and health-based apps. Take an app like Headspace as an example. It\u2019s a meditation program which promotes mindfulness and mental health techniques. It has become so popular (and proven to benefit employees) that giants such as LinkedIn and Google<\/a> have started subsidizing subscriptions for their employees!<\/p>\n

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Final Thoughts<\/h1>\n

Is your employer taking care of your health and well-being? Isn\u2019t it time we started actively applying for jobs at organizations that strive to keep us, the employees, and mentally and physically fit as they possibly can, all with the eye on the prize of improving productivity? We all want to thrive, not only professionally, but also physically and mentally while we\u2019re at work!<\/p>\n

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We all know that a healthy workplace equals a happy work environment, and a place of work that\u2019s happy in general is a by far the most productive. Back in the day, a salary (a decent one) was all a company needed to offer to retain their employees, but that\u2019s no longer the case. Companies Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":1499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[271,83],"tags":[492,494],"class_list":["post-1498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-data","category-technology","tag-featured-article","tag-tech-advances"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}