Workplace Wellness Through Technology: Addressing workplace user concerns

Workplace Wellness Through Technology: addressing workplace user concerns

Creating a healthy workplace can benefit from many new technological tools but their adoption can be challenging. People can have a wide variety of concerns with tech-driven solutions.

How do experts suggest ways in which these valid concerns can be addressed?

Here are a dozen of my top findings for resolving or creating a work-around for concerns:

Healthy Workplaces: Encourage lifestyle changes with rewards and low-cost wellness initiatives like walking meetings. Gauge the impact of wellness on presenteeism with surveys and productivity tools.
Data for Well-Being: Address privacy in health data with robust protocols and anonymization. Personalize wellness programs using data insights and include employee feedback for a holistic view.
Personalization via Data: Balance personalized communication with feedback, ensure technology is accessible, and refine data collection for accurate insights into preferences.
Continuous Improvement: Use clear ROI/VOI metrics and agile program designs. Implement control groups to link improvements to specific wellness programs.
Tech Interfaces for Health: Phase in new technologies with change management, involve employees in tech decisions, and ensure tech simplifies tasks.
Understanding Worker Needs: Complement tech with personal interactions to cover all worker needs and use diverse data collection methods to ensure representation.
Physical and Psychological Well-being: Offer both tech and non-tech personal development options, ensuring data privacy and personal autonomy in setting goals.
Sensors and Feedback: Educate on sensor benefits with opt-in consent, maintain sensor accuracy, and respect privacy with anonymized data collection.
Mobile and Wearable Tech: Provide various wearable options, focus on key health metrics, and ensure technical support for integration into corporate programs.
Data-Driven Design: Involve employees in spatial redesign decisions, continually update demographic data, and partner with design experts for actionable solutions.
Communication Channels: Mix digital and personal communication, offer varied platforms, and use analytics to track and adjust digital communication effectiveness.
Health Culture Design: Implement health-focused changes gradually using change management, develop digital interventions collaboratively, and secure leadership support with evidence of business benefits.