Forest Bathing 101: An Interview with Melanie Choukas-Bradley
Have you heard of the term forest bathing? If you're like me, you may have heard …
Movement at Work
Nature Fixes Everything: An Interview with Florence Williams
What does being in nature have to do with our happiness, health or productivity? Ap…
Is the Office Obsolete?
I was recently asked, "Why do people need to go into the office?" It wasn't a naïve…
A Healthy Environment Can Nudge Behavior
Consider the many ways a healthy environment impacts our decision-making. What we s…
Healthy Workplace Book Recommendations for 2017
Here are my top 8 "healthy workplace" book recommendations and why you will benefit from reading them. Some might surprise you!
10 Easy Ways to Create a Healthy Workplace
Studies show that people who feel more “in control” of their work and work environment are less likely to suffer from stress and illness and see increases in productivity.
Brave Endurance Podcast #63 – “We All Like a Little Cheetah” Episode
I recently got the chance to speak with Dr. James Kelley from the Brave Endurance Po…
Creating a Wellness Movement: Interview with Laura Putnam, Author of Workplace Wellness that Works
Laura Putnam, author of Workplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Bei…
What Can Casinos Teach Us about Designing Healthy Workplaces?
I’m reading the book Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas by Natasha D…
Tapping into the Human Machine
Several years ago, one of my mentors sat me down and set me straight. “Business isn…
Designing a “Free-Range” Workplace
I can't stop talking about the book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval N…
Interview with Jennifer Stevens, PhD: Neuroscience and Space
When I first met Jennifer Stevens, PhD, about a year ago, she was giving a presentat…
Interview with Sam Whiteside, Chief Wellness Officer at The Motley Fool
During my research writing The Healthy Workplace, I got the opportunity to meet Sam …
Individual and Group “Flow” in the Workplace
I've been obsessing lately on human performance, specifically, what makes us produc…
The Value of Urban Friction
I recently read Jonah Lehrer's book Imagine: How Creativity Works. There are severa…
Fuji Kindergarten: Lessons in Movement by Design
I recently saw a great TED talk by Takaharu Tezuka, describing his design of a kinde…
Is Coffee the New Gin?
I recently heard Seth Godin, one of my favorite "thought leaders," discuss a major s…
How Can Space Promote Creativity?
There have been dramatic shifts over the last several hundred years that have profou…
Love It or Hate It: Why the “Open Office” is Under Fire
Over the years, environmental psychologists have interviewed people of all ages and …