One of today’s hottest trends in workforce health engagement is gamification. Gamification is the use of tactics inspired by games -- especially video games -- to engage people. Think about what makes video games so alluring and habit-forming for people …...
WHE07: Pitfalls of Workplace Wellness: Does It Do More Harm Than Good? | with Al Lewis
As we discussed back in episode 4, in our interview with epidemiologist Tom Wilson, it’s a good idea to not have blind faith in wellness vendors, but to have a healthy dose of skepticism. For one thing, there are probably leaders and employees at your...
WHE06: Healthy Eating in the Workplace | with Alison Acerra from Guckenheimer
Many companies are spending huge amounts of health care dollars paying for treatment of medical conditions caused primarily by poor food choices. Then they spend money on top of that for wellness programs to encourage employees to make better food...
086: The 6 Principles (or C’s) of Workforce Health Engagement | with Terry Sherwood
In episode 1, Jesse and his colleague Terry Sherwood defined workforce health engagement as improving the knowledge, decision-making, and behaviors of employees, their families, and organizational leaders to optimize health outcomes, control medical...
WHE05: New Tools for Health Care Consumerism | with Clayton Nicholas from Change Healthcare
Health care consumerism is a key part of most employers’ strategies for workforce health engagement. This involves tools, resources, education, and motivation to help employees and family members make decisions that optimize health outcomes and...
085: A Leadership Course for the Rising Star | with Kevin Allen
You can buy a leadership book today for about $25. Or you can get an MBA for about $30,000. But learning about leadership from a few decades of everyday experience and mentors? That’s priceless. Kevin Allen was the pitchman for the “Priceless” ad campaign...
WHE04: Does It Work? An Epidemiologist’s Surprising Answer about Wellness and Other Workforce Health Engagement | with Tom Wilson from Trajectory Healthcare
It seems common sense that investing in wellness and other workforce health strategies would be worth all the money and effort that employers are putting into them these days. But what is the actual evidence that there’s a return on investment? It’s wise...
WHE03: Matching Employees with the Right Hospitals for Advanced/Specialty Care | with Rick Chelko from EdisonHealth
Through EdisonHealth, members of contracting health plans can gain access to heart, valve, spine, and transplant care at some of the highest-performing clinics and health systems in the United States. The EdisonHealth Network contracts with first-rate...
GC26: Online Leadership Training Game | with Kevin Allen from Planet Jockey
The Planet Jockey Game is based on actual situations and dilemmas drawn from the experience of real CEOs and other senior leaders of Fortune 500 companies. Planet Jockey trains users to become emotionally intelligent leaders by adopting the concept of...
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