Urs Karkoschka: Designing Wellbeing as Head of Human Performance Innovation | Episode 2

💡"Reka, you have a podcast! Why don't we continue our conversation there?" - this is what they asked when we finished our panel discussion together with Shlomit Gruman- Navot Dallas FitzPatrick Adina Avram after the Horizon Summit The HR Congress in Amsterdam last November where we only had 30 mins to delve into the theme "Enhancing People Wellbeing Through Creating Inclusive Workplaces as Cornerstone of Psychological Safety." ⚡️And so many questions came from the audience! Now we answer all of them exclusively for you:) 🚀 Season 3 of the Wellbeing Designers Podcast kicking off with this special episode with 3 guests on the show! Wow! Wellbeing though the lenses of a CHRO at OLX and the DEI Director of Teleperformance and Head of DEI Trivium Packaging. 🎙️ If you want to know more about the work of these amazing HR leaders and their insights on the questions below, tune into Episode 15 of the Wellbeing Designers Podcast! ❓What responsibility do you see the companies have for the wellbeing of the employee vs the responsibility of the employee? ❓How DE&I can promote wellness at the workplace? ❓Many companies encourage psychological safety and wellbeing but speaking up or asking hard questions is still often career limiting. How do you deal with this? ❓How would you recommend to deal with people who do not see wellbeing being an issue (despite the data) or employees feeling DEI is forced on them? ❓How do we secure the wellbeing of the HR professionals themselves in the challenges they face of balancing the well-being initiatives vs the business pressure? https://www.linkedin.com/in/shlomit-gruman-navot-7236873/https://www.linkedin.com/in/dallasfitzpatrick/https://www.linkedin.com/in/adinaavram/  www.wellbeing.design/podcast

"Wellness is about going to the gym after you finish work. Wellbeing is about the things that you can do within the normal work day." Episode 14 of the Wellbeing Designers Podcast is out! Tune into the fascinating conversation between Dr. Steven MacGregor and Reka Deak. Steven has been on a wellbeing journey for over 20 years, from his time as a visiting researcher at Stanford through pioneering wellbeing teaching at some of the world's best business schools to help tens of thousands of leaders change their approach to a busy business life. The new version of his third book, The Daily Reset was just launched now in January 2024. He is also the host of the Chief Wellbeing Officer podcast and he published a book with the same title. Today Steven is an international speaker, a professor at the Glasgow School of Art and Advisor at McKinsey & Company.Highlights of the conversation:- How a PhD in engineering and design management has been inspiring his work in the wellbeing space since the very early days- Why the role modelling of leaders is so critical to make wellbeing successful in an organisational context - Clearly defining and distinguishing wellbeing vs wellness- Why he thinks that Wellbeing still has that opportunity, more than ever, to show its real worth and to show its business case- How the future wellbeing leader is challenged: having humility, empathy while looking at the science and the numbersListen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3G6XFhZListen on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3jh6BsmOr via our website: https://lnkd.in/epTRdTW5What resonated with you? Share your highlights in the comments below! 💙Don't forget to pass on the episode to someone who needs it today! 🙂 www.wellbeing.design/podcast

❗️"Focusing on not trying to fix people, rather creating the space where they can self serve and fix, because there is a deal of dual accountability." - The big day has come! Episode nr. 13 of the Wellbeing Designers Podcast has been out since yesterday! Our guest is one of LinkedIn's Top Voices in the topic of wellbeing: Ryan Hopkins on a mission to ENGAGE 1 BILLION people in the betterment of wellbeing. Hopefully I can contribute to this number though our podcast 😃 When we recorded the podcast Ryan was still at Deloitte UK, leading projects focusing on Wellbeing for their clients worldwide. Today he switched and took on a role as Chief Impact Officer at JAAQ.He has an impressive story about his own well-being journey that he shares in a TEDx talk (link in comments) and he just published his book 52 Weeks of Wellbeing (link in comments). Most importantly though he is an authentic and fun human being 💯 Highlights of our conversation:🤔 We were contemplating a bit about the fact how much you can learn resilience vs how much you have to go through your own sometimes painful experiences in order to understand that.🟰The dilemma between attrition and engagement. Why lower attrition is not necessarily mean higher engagement and wellbeing.⚖️ The upcoming trend of human sustainability and its implications.✋ Why we need a reality check when ideating about wellbeing solutions: "I just want to put healthy hot food on the, on the table for my family." 💫 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3G6XFhZ💫 Apple podcast: https://apple.co/3jh6Bsmor via our website: https://lnkd.in/epTRdTW5 ⁉️What are your highlights? We would love to hear from you! Please leave them in comments!💙 Share this episode with someone who would love this today:) Reach out to us if you have any questions or feedback:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanhopkinsuk/https://www.linkedin.com/in/rekadeak/ www.wellbeing.design/podcast

⛔ "Measurement and impact is really important. We can't be spendingmillions and billions of dollars on developing wellbeing strategies that are just not having an impact."🔇 Episode 12 of the Wellbeing Designers Podcast is out today! My guest is Chris Cummings Group CEO of the Wellbeing at Work World organising the Wellbeing at Work Summits worldwide since 2014! Chris and connected back in 2019 fist time. Many things happened in the meantime including covid so finally their event arrived in Zurich in May this year!Chris is a wellbeing leader who creates international forums for organisations and leaders to exchange and co-create in the organisational wellbeing space. My highlights of our conversation:⚡️The evolution of wellbeing in organisations from 2014 until today: starting with a siloed approach of expecting meditation apps and yoga classes to solve wellbeing in organisations towards a holistic approach, brining wellbeing into business processes✨His favourite Wellbeing at Work Summit over the past 10 years👏The best action that he has seen so far how organisations can take care of their employees📐And of course the measurement piece... one of my favourite topics and one of the hottest topics in organisational wellbeing these days!Thank you Chris for your engagement in this conversation! See you in Zurich at the summit in 2024 the latest 😀 https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-cummings-b204a525/https://www.linkedin.com/in/rekadeak/ www.wellbeing.design/podcast

🔇 Episode 11 of the Wellbeing Designers with Kacy Flaming, Head of Global Wellbeing at Takeda is out today!  🎙️ To make you even more curious to tune in and listen to our conversation, let's do a small quiz! Guess which of the following is NOT true! 1 - 2 - 3 ? Kacy...1 - ... started her career as an actress before climbing the corporate ladder in pharmaceuticals as a strategic director and recently wellbeing leader2 - ... considers the ways of working as the main problem to tackle in organisational wellbeing and in society3 - ... is convinced that up-skilling individuals with wellbeing skills is the way to go because it's a quick fix 😎 To find out the right answer, you need to tune in;)  My personal highlight of our conversation was:✨ learning about the dimensions of wellbeing, an approach Takeda developed in collaboration with Thrive Global and Arianna Huffington✋ hearing her way of taking care of her own wellbeing: setting boundaries! This is my mantra as well. And it is so difficult - we agreed on this!🙋🏾 she is one of the first ones amongst the wellbeing leaders who I have been talking to, who proactively highlights gender health (including menopause, female health) at the workplace as one of the focus areas of their work Reach out to us via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kasingacthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rekadeak/ www.wellbeing.design/podcast

 Episode 10 of the Wellbeing Designers Podcast is out today! Our guest is the one and only Karen Guggenheim, founder of WOHASU ® and the World Happiness Summit.When we recorded this, we were not aware that it will be launched just after the #worldmentalhealthday. What a great coincidence!🌟 As previously announced we are expanding our guest circle beyond "heads of wellbeing" and introduce some systemic change makers. Karen is the perfect example of being such an inspirational leader. She created WOHASU® a unique platform that elevates wellbeing and raises awareness about the science of happiness. Their goal is to educate individuals, businesses, and civic leaders on the significance of utilizing data-driven tools and policies to foster happiness and wellbeing.Join me and Karen for this conversation if you are curious about...🎙How happiness, wellbeing and longevity (3 popular terms nowadays) are interconnected🎙How WOHASU has been evolved into a world-wide movement since it was launch in 2016 and became a driving force to create the Como Wellbeing Manifesto signed by members of the UK Parliament🎙What's Karen's advice for future wellbeing leaders🎙Insight how WOHASU helped to support and transform a business towards happiness and wellbeing🎙What is going to happen in London 19-10 March 2024 😀 👀 One of my favourite take-aways is about ...The rippling affect ... as we transform business environments into positive organizations, that not only impacts the business and the employees working there, but also their families who are associated with these employees. - This is super important aspect and makes the work of wellbeing leaders even more important!https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenguggenheim/Buy your ticket to the next World Happiness Summit 19-20 March 2024: https://bit.ly/3FcFFSghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rekadeak/ www.wellbeing.design/podcast

"If we don't take care of the people taking care of our patients, our patients are going to suffer." - Episode 9 of the Wellbeing Designers Podcast is out today! Our guest is Jonathan Fisher, MD FACC a cardiologist, wellbeing leader and author of the book, "Just One Heart" based in the US. This is a very special episode for me in many ways. When I discovered Jonathan's work few years ago, I felt that his approach towards health finally manages to make peace in me and in the world between the traditional Western medicine and the more spiritual Eastern one. Jonathan has been a cardiologist for more decades Novant Health. Nowadays he works 60% as a cardiologist and 40% he is a wellbeing leader.   Some of the thought provoking topics we are talking about: 1. What if we say that someone as a doctor can truly care about their patients only if they care about themselves? How is this possible in the current health care system? 2. How can a doctor after facing burnout go back to the same system as a new person and contribute to a systemic change?  3. Even if healthcare is considered as one of those "lucky" industries where people are most connected to the meaning and purpose of their work, these days healthcare workers are so exhausted that they are often disconnected from the results of their work. What to do about this?  4. And what about trauma? We talked about our common favourite physician, Gabor Mate and his work in this field.  5. How can a doctor embody a mindful approach in practice? And... If you are interested in reading Jonathan's upcoming book, "Just One Heart - a cardiologist's guide to healing, health, and happiness, is a practical guide to inner workings of the mind heart connection, helping readers master their stress and develop a healthy and joyful heart, make sure you get on the waiting list: https://jonathan-fisher.presale.manuscripts.com/registration/select Jonathan and I are very much looking forward to hearing about your feedback on this conversation! 🎙 Links to the episode in comments below!Sharing is caring! Share this episode with someone who would love this today:)   www.wellbeing.design/podcast

In this bonus episode Reka Deak, the host of the Wellbeing Designers Podcast changes her seat. She is interviewed by one of her good friends Isabel Steinhoff. Reka shares about her vision and mission with Wellbeing Designers, a bit about her story how she got here, about the community that started to form around Wellbeing Designers and the work that they are doing and planning to do with organisations. Connect with them:https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabelsteinhoff/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rekadeak/ www.wellbeing.design www.wellbeing.design/podcast

"One of the things we have got to fix is CEOs and CFOs have to understand that GROWTH is dependent on wellbeing. They can't sacrifice wellbeing for growth ...... I think wellbeing is gonna be part of the overall corporate SUSTAINABILITY agenda in companies over time. if companies are more and more dependent on the innovation and service and creativity and productivity of the individual people, wellbeing is a financial metric almost..."❓ How does this resonate with you 🤔 ❗ It very much resonates with me 😀 YES! Time has come for Episode 8 of the Wellbeing Designers Podcast with Josh Bersin CEO of The Josh Bersin Company and author of the book "Irresistible". I am super excited to share this conversation with you as Josh is putting organisational wellbeing into the bigger context of other HR and business topics and challenges. Thank you Josh for sharing your insights with us! It was great to have this conversation with you 🙏Links to various podcast channels via our website: https://lnkd.in/eTFB9TCf or in comments ⬇️My top 3+1 learnings are:💚 People sustainability: wellbeing is predicted be part of the overall corporate sustainability agenda in companies 💰 Pay Equity: according to the research done in the Healthy Organisation study Pay Equity has a massive impact on people's sense of wellbeing. People who feel underpaid or unfairly paid are bringing, carrying a big burden around with them every day at work. Reminds me on the basic levels of the Maslow pyramid and the importance of financial wellbeing. 💁‍♂️ Confusion: is one of the main factors affecting wellbeing. "What am I responsible for? What are my priorities? What can I not do because I have to do this versus that?" The company might have too many things going on and there seem to be conflicting priorities. Targets are too high and we're not hitting our metrics and people are not sure what they should do about it.💫 Solutions: should come from the business, problems are not expected to be solved by a single wellbeing manager. Bringing people together to agree on the problems and then discussing solutions is the way forward! The book Irresistible: https://www.amazon.com/Irresistible-Secrets-Enduring-Employee-Focused-Organizations-ebook/dp/B0B1VQL9MLhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bersin/ https://www.wellbeing.design/podcasthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rekadeak/ www.wellbeing.design/podcast

In Episode 7 of the Wellbeing Designers Podcast we get to know the work of Lisette de Jonge and Julia Cornu, the two Global Health and Wellbeing Leaders at Ingka Group / IKEA based in Sweden.As a big fan of the Scandinavian way of living, working and BEING:) I was very keen on to bring them into this conversation and to share about their work with you and the world. In close collaboration with the local wellbeing leads in each country they are co-creating global wellbeing initiatives to deliver value for more than 170k employees worldwide .My three highlights from our conversation:💫 Measurement and return on investment are important but the overall health and wellbeing of coworkers is even more important. We need to acknowledge that wellbeing is a long-term topic. We cannot change the engagement within a month in the organization.💫 Listening to people and their needs is crucial. However, we need to go deeper than the surface. If they request a chair massage, we need to ask why, what is underneath this idea and need?💫 Health and Wellbeing need to be integrated into all key people processes, and ultimately, into all key business processes. So a close collaboration with various business areas is a must. www.wellbeing.design/podcast