Moving is never easy. When you’ve invested in a new facility or re-designed an existing workplace, transitioning a workforce to the new space is difficult enough. But when your workplace is also being transformed through disruptive technology, turning a comfortable, traditional workplace into a shared work environment or a mobile workplace, you-know-what can hit the fan if they’re not ready. What will they all need to know? Consider these four ways to prepare team members for their new technology just prior to the move: 1. Be sure teams have the right equipment and know how to use it It’s i ..read more

Are you involved with a move to a newly designed sustainable workplace soon? As a member of the new facility planning team, you know the countless decisions that were made to make the workplace experience engaging, comfortable, safe, secure, efficient, sustainable and productive. You also know that you’ve got just one chance to make a good first impression on occupants and plan a smooth transition. Practicing the art of providing answers to questions before they are asked Moving to a newly designed workplace can be daunting, confusing and perhaps even intimidating for work teams, espec ..read more

Recently, I had the opportunity to put Distributed Work to the ultimate test in Sofia, Bulgaria. Bulgaria is a country less than half the size of Colorado, my home state. To give some context, the population of Bulgaria is 7.18 million and Colorado is 5.54 million people. Sofia, is the capital of Bulgaria and is a bustling city rich with history everywhere you go and has a culture strong in tradition. This distributed work adventure all began on a single ordinary day when I looked in my daughter’s room and saw a picture hanging on her wall. I had seen the picture many times, but this time ..read more

We’ve all seen videos of a flock of birds or a school of fish moving in unison as if they were of a single mind. It makes you wonder how they do that, right? Imagine how valuable it would be if your large distributed workforce acted with that kind of synergized action in their daily health, safety and security practices. That’s called Work Force Synergy. When an enterprise is synchronized, team members learn and practice the same skills simultaneously to maximize its potential. Can you imagine the value of your investment in wellness, safety, security programs if all team members, no matter ..read more

A snapshot of health in most western countries is not reassuring. People are living longer, but much sicker lives. Rates of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease continue to surge, largely due to unhealthy eating habits and physical inactivity. This health decline ultimately has consequences in the form of higher healthcare costs, increased absenteeism, and reduced productivity in the workplace. The good news is that lifestyle intervention is a proven tool for improving health outcomes and job performance. Workplace wellness programs provide a multitude of benefits for both emplo ..read more

More than 380 million people worldwide have diabetes. In 2011-2012, the estimated prevalence of diabetes in the United States was 12-14 percent, and the prevalence of prediabetes was 37-38 percent, which means that about half of the U.S. adult population now has diabetes or prediabetes (1). Diabetes is a leading cause of heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, amputations, and many other complications including death. As a result, diabetes not only takes an invaluable emotional and physical toll, but an extensive financial toll as well. In 2012, diabetes was estimated to induce cos ..read more