Sweeping cultural, political, and technological changes are transforming many of the ways we think, act, and work. As these changes come to the workplace, employee wellness programs face significant challenges and exciting opportunities. Employee wellness leaders must understand this changing landscape so they can prepare for what’s to come. Put your organization ahead of the curve by joining ShapeUp’s Founder & CEO Dr. Rajiv Kumar on this webinar as he kicks off the new year by sharing his and other national wellness experts’ views on what to expect for wellness in 2013 and beyond.
- 1. Fran MelmedOwner, Context Communication
2. More employers will offer healthtechnologies such as
self-trackers,apps, and other devices, or integratewith employees
preferred tools. 3. Christopher ChanCreative Director of Health
Imagination, Towers Watson 4. In 5 years, everything will
bemeasured, whether you like it ornot. 5. Adam WoottonDirector of
Social Media & Games, Towers Watson 6. Companies will be
surprised tosee that when they deploy wellnesstools, their
employees are wellahead of them in the adoption of
mobiletechnology. 7. Bob MerbergWellness Program Manager, Paychex,
Inc. 8. Employee wellness programswill turn their attention
moretoward intrinsic motivation toachieve long-term outcomes. 9.
Dr. Janice ProchaskaCEO, Pro-Change Behavior Systems 10. More CEOs
will demand thatwellness programs are based onscience and produce
high impactoutcomes. 11. Dr. David HunnicuttCEO, Wellness Councils
of America 12. Worksite wellness programs are goingto becomemuch,
much, much, much, much, much, much, much more Draconian. 13. Dr.
Lorna FriedmanPartner, Global Health Management, Mercer 14. More
companies will lookto expand their wellnessprograms outside of the
US. 15. Jennifer BenzBenz Communications 16. This will be the year
that companies stophesitating to invest in the ongoingcommunication
that is needed to createsuccess with wellness programs. 17. Dr.
Michael RoizenChief Wellness Officer, Cleveland Clinic 18.
Americans will progressivelyembrace the wellness rebateprovision of
the PPACA tobecome wealthier and healthier. 19. Susan WilletteSVP,
National Healthcare Strategist, Aon Hewitt 20. For employers
deciding to moveto a health exchange, the focus onemployee health
will shift to its impacton productivity and overall
businessperformance. 21. Sue LewisEVP, Payor Solutions Group,
Krames StayWell 22. Wellness will rapidly become mission-critical
for Health Plansas they reinvent themselves from healthinsurance to
health managementcompanies. 23. Dr. David KatzDirector, Yale
University Prevention Research Center 24. Our culture will start
tosubstitute shoe leather forthe seat of our pants. 25. Dr. BJ
FoggFounder & Director, Behavior Design Lab,Stanford University
26. Dancing will become amore popular way to behappy and healthy.
27. Michael SamuelsonExecutive Administrative Director, The Health
&Wellness Alliance for Children 28. Understanding that economic
development requiresa local and steady stream of educated and
healthyworkers, organizations will expand beyond primaryprevention
to focus on primordial prevention, childrenshealth, and functional
medicine. 29. Alexandra DraneFounder, Eliza 30. Caregiving is
recognized for the condition itis as devastating and impactful as
diabetesor asthmaand employers, feeling thebeginning onslaught of
the silvertsunami, react accordingly.
