Trends + Tensions presented by BHDP

Patrick Donnelly and Rex Miller continue their discussion on workplace wellness, explaining the Domino Nudge Theory behind the Healthy Workplace Nudge and how small changes like utilizing choice architecture or reducing friction points can make a more long-lasting impact than a Sandcastle Solution push that may get washed away with change in leadership. Creating a work culture centered around individual wellness is important because culture is individual behaviors rolled into a universal truth or universal way of looking at the world and expresses what is important to that company’s culture. In order to sustain workplace culture, organizations must focus on individual behavioral change, so people understand the new and established norms. Through creating architecture that embraces the culture of an organization, stress, wellness, and wellbeing can change over time. By using design thinking and strategy to engage in conversation, you can uncover what is at the core or a company and the needs of the people there. Little by little and project by project, if what the people need for their workplace culture is uncovered, we can help impact work wellness.