Many companies concerned about the future of work focus on the massive disruption of jobs, automation, and workforce demographics. All of this is important but as HR leaders we need to start with making worker wellbeing a priority in 2020!

why this is growing in importance, » wellbeing is impacted by several macro trends such as the growth of the digital economy and the increased need to develop resilience while we are being bombarded by constant social media notifications. We decided as a firm it was time to study this and take action.

worker wellbeing in a holistic way, including physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual lenses. specific practices that can improve wellbeing. These habits are identified in the PwC Habit Bank and range from reminding employees to stand up for short meetings, wind down prior to sleep, make time to be outside with nature, turn off smartphone notifications, and decide what «not» to do as well as what to «focus» on!

The real power lies in creating a wellbeing culture, making a commitment to wellbeing at the individual, team, and organizational levels and equipping employees with technology that promotes wellbeing behaviors.