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CSA SPEAKER BULLETIN WELL-BEING AND TECHNOLOGY
WELL-BEING &
TECHNOLOGY
Ray Hammond is Europe’s most experienced
and most widely published futurist
How do you feel about the pace of change has never been this devices such as fitness bands,
technology you use at work? fast, yet it will never be this slow smart watches, stress monitors,
again.” sleep monitors (for home use!) and
Does it feel as though you’re meditation apps.
drowning in emails, messages, And if that pithy observation sends a
calendar schedules and chill down your spine, there is some Used as part of a planned wellness
conference calls? Does it feel help at hand and, this time, it is programme these devices and
as if you have no time to do technology itself that is the solution. apps can help ensure the harassed
anything properly? executive takes regular breaks, gets
“Workplace wellness” is a major new enough exercise and maintains overall
Or do you feel liberated and trend being adopted in U.S. offices health.
empowered by better and which is now spreading to workplaces
faster search engines, software in other nations. Most employers are subsidising
that anticipates your needs the cost of fitness wearables and
and virtual assistants that daily A healthier employee is a happier running corporate programmes to
become more intelligent? employee—and also a more encourage opt in by staff members.
productive one. That’s why employers It is important to check who has
Too many of us fall into the first are introducing wellness programs in access to the data produced by
category and many “information droves, and at the same time turning health and fitness wearables, but it is
workers” experience stress as they to technology as a tool to monitor, interesting (and slightly ironic) that it is
fight to stay on top of technology that promote, and reward their employees’ technology itself that is providing the
seems to be constantly changing and fitness achievements. antidote to the ever-increasing rate of
demanding that we learn new skills. change.
The technologies employed to
Canadian Prime Minister Justin promote fitness and reduce stress
Trudeau recently pointed out: “The among workers include wearable
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